Summer Training Camp 2025

Tuesday 26th August - Friday 29th August 2025

This year's Summer Training Camp is a 4-day course, running from Tuesday 26th August to Friday 29th August.

Bookings will go live on Monday 7th July at 19:00 on EliteLive.

Mixed Beginners (RYA Stage 1)

This group is for people that have never sailed before or would like to gain confidence at the very basics, such as sailing across the wind. It will have extra support with additional instructors to focus on improving confidence on the boat single-handed. This group will work toward gaining the RYA Stage 1 Award.

With your own boat (Opi or tera): £325

With a HISC Hire boat (Opi or tera): £375

The price is inclusive of 1 Space, Logbooks and Certificates.

Opi Improvers (RYA Stage 2 or 3)

This group is for people that are confident in a boat and can sail across the wind. With support from our qualified instructors, the focus will be on sailing upwind, downwind, and tacking and gybing. Depending on ability, this group will work towards gaining RYA Stage 2 or 3 award depending on ability.

With your own boat: £325

With a HISC Hire boat: £375

The price is inclusive of 1 Space and Certificates.

Tera Improvers (RYA Stage 2 or 3)

This group is for people that are confident in a boat and can sail across the wind. With support from our qualified instructors the focus will be on sailing upwind, downwind, and tacking and gybing. Depending on ability, this group will work towards gaining RYA Stage 2 or 3 award depending on ability.

With your own boat: £325

With a HISC Hire boat: £375

The price is inclusive of 1 Space and Certificates.

Start Racing Opi

This group is for people that are confident in a boat and can sail upwind, downwind and are confident tacking and gybing. With support from our qualified race coaches, the focus will be learning racing skills. This group will work towards gaining the RYA Start Racing qualification.

With your own boat (Opi): £325 The price is inclusive of 1 space and Certificates.

With a HISC Hire boat (Opi): £375 The price is inclusive of 1 space and Certificates.

Start Racing Tera

With your own boat (Tera): £325 The price is inclusive of 1 space and Certificates.

With a HISC Hire boat (Tera): £375 The price is inclusive of 1 space and Certificates.

Feva Improvers (Start Racing)

With your own boat (Feva): £430

The price is inclusive of 2 spaces (1 boat, helm and crew) and Certificates.

With a HISC Hire boat (Feva): £540

The price is inclusive of 2 spaces (1 hire boat, helm and crew) and Certificates.

Below is all the information you and your child will need for the camp.

An adult must be onsite & responsible for participants at all times during the course.

Course Start & Finish Times

Tuesday Registration opens @ 09:00, meet your Groups @ 10:00 and the day will finish @ 16:00.

Registration – 9:00 Registration will take place on Tuesday from 09:00 in the Main Bar.

• Please bring your child’s buoyancy aid to registration.

• Please bring logbooks (if your child has one) to registration.

We will let you know who your instructor is and where to meet your instructor at registration. You need to be ready to meet your instructor at 10:00.

• Children must be changed into their sailing clothes before meeting their instructor.

• Please put your boats on the beach before 10:00. Boats do not need to be rigged.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please be changed and ready to meet your instructor at 09:00 at the location advised by your instructor. 16:00 finish.

What to bring / check list

Please bring kit appropriate for the weather including wetsuits, sailing boots / shoes, sun hats, buoyancy aid, spray top, swimwear, sun cream, towel, spare dry clothes, sunglasses, plenty of water to drink, snacks for on the water, log books.

Lunch

Lunch is not provided on the course and parents, guardians and responsible adults are expected to meet their child and supervise them during their lunch break. The instructor will let you know what time lunch will be at the morning briefing.

The beach bar will be open daily serving hot and cold food.

Boats

Boats are not provided in the course, and you need to bring your own or hire one from the club.

If you are hiring a boat from the club, the Marine Team/Instructor will make sure the boats are ready to go. Boats must be washed down and returned to their boat parking space at the end of the day.

If you are using your own boat, it must be in a safe and seaworthy condition. Please check your boat and kit before the start of the training week. There will not be time on the morning of the course to check boats have complete kit and are ready to go sailing. This must be done beforehand.

Please put your boats in the following area: Optimist Groups – Back Beach, Tera Groups – Back Beach, Feva Group – Main Slipway by the winches. For directions on where to go please ask at reception. The Medical Declaration form is attached, this will have to be handed in at registration – Click Here

Additional Information

Weeks Aims

The weeks aims are to work towards the children’s next stage of the RYA Sailing Scheme. The whole week the emphasis will be on fun!

Larger groups can and will be split depending on ability and cohesion with other members. Your children will be part of a group where the instructor must provide instruction equally to everyone. It’s important to recognise that if you child hasn’t sailed for some time, they might need to re-cover skills that they have done in the past.

Challenge by Choice

Instructors will be briefed to work with a challenge by choice policy - they will do everything to persuade people to go sailing but they will not force anyone to do something they are not happy with. At Hayling Island Sailing Club we want to promote a positive, happy relationship with sailing.

Foul Weather Plan

If conditions are obviously too bad to sail and this can be seen clearly in advance - a whole day may be cancelled and a partial refund given. In the event of bad weather for part of the day resulting in unsuitable sailing the instructors will work with the students on sailing activities on land.

Lower Group Bookings

To avoid disappointment, groups with lower bookings will be merged with other groups working at a similar level. This might mean groups will be mixed craft i.e. teras/opis.