Dominic
New member
Most sailing schools take four students on a course.
The RYA say 5 students max, but 4 is the norm.
I get a number of enquiries from couples that want the boat to themselves.
Think this one through......
The Instructor is there to instruct - not to demonstrate while everyone else watches. So, during a tack for example, the instructor is talking it through with the helmsman while the one other student is working both genoa winches.
During docking practice, one student on the wheel, the instructor talking and guiding the helmsman, and the other student has to cope with both bow and stern lines.
SWMBO is not going to be happy with this level of workload.
Funny how a number of couples want a sailing course for just themselves but think it will be a skippered charter with a full crew to do the running around. They would be so much better off with two other students at the same level sharing the work.
As learners they do not want to be on a boat with strangers who know much more than them - but that never happens.
Your thoughts ?
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The RYA say 5 students max, but 4 is the norm.
I get a number of enquiries from couples that want the boat to themselves.
Think this one through......
The Instructor is there to instruct - not to demonstrate while everyone else watches. So, during a tack for example, the instructor is talking it through with the helmsman while the one other student is working both genoa winches.
During docking practice, one student on the wheel, the instructor talking and guiding the helmsman, and the other student has to cope with both bow and stern lines.
SWMBO is not going to be happy with this level of workload.
Funny how a number of couples want a sailing course for just themselves but think it will be a skippered charter with a full crew to do the running around. They would be so much better off with two other students at the same level sharing the work.
As learners they do not want to be on a boat with strangers who know much more than them - but that never happens.
Your thoughts ?
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