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29er Skiff Skills Development - Term 2 2025 » Session 1
8th June, 09:30 - 12:30
This program is designed for sailors that have completed the '29er Experience (step 1)' program or have prior experience sailing a 29er at entry level. This is step 2 in the pathway.
Objectives of the Program
- Provide a pathway for sailors transitioning from other classes into 29er, without the need to purchase a boat and or find a crew member.
- Provide a safe and fun learning environment
- Matching potential skippers and crews
- Encouraging sailors to purchase a 29er
- Develop the basic skills necessary to be a competent 29er sailor that covers
- Rigging and de-rigging a 29er
- How to right a capsize 29er
- Launching and retrieving 29er
- Gybing and Tacking
- Upwind and downwind sailing
- Trapezing
Training Session Structure
Coaching is conducted by an experienced coach. The training program runs for 4 sessions in Term 2 2025, with each session being 3 hours.
A maximum of 6 sailors per course will be sharing 2 x 29ers. The sailors rotate on the water and when not sailing are with the coach in the RIB. Training sessions will be a combination of on and off the water training, with the sailors responsible for rigging and de-rigging the 29ers. Sailors will learn both being a skipper and crew.
What do sailors need to bring?
Sailors must bring a life jacket, wetsuit, gloves, booties, sunscreen, food, and water.
If you have a trapeze harness, please bring to the sessions, or if you are an aspiring 29er crew, we will encourage to buy a harness.
All the sailors in the program are experienced sailors, and we do ask all sailors to be committed to learning and working together.
Last updated 12:34am on 1 May 2025