SAILING - PROGRESSIVE

ADVANCED

ADVANCE YOUR SKILLS

SAILED BEFORE? WANT TO IMPROVE?

Sailing Progressive is for schools whose pupils have ideally had experience sailing previously, although this is not essential.  

This activity is at request only. If you would like to do sailing with your school residential refer to ‘Sailing - funboats’ or ‘Sailing - Keel Boats’.  

We offer a range of RYA sailing courses usually over weekends if this is something your school is interested in as an additional trip.  

taking fusion sailing boats

WHAT ROUTE WILL YOU GO DOWN?

yellow and blue boat being sailed
two boats sailing next to each other
wrapping up the sail

HOW DOES THIS ACTIVITY LINK TO OUR CURRICULUM

During our sessions we highlight key areas of the National Curriculum. This benefits students as they can relate skills to real life.

What skills do we teach in Sailing that link to core skills?

MATHS

  • Learn about points of sail through use of angles
  • Tension on sail
  • Weights (Boat balance)
  • Distances travelled
  • Position to sit in the boat, further forwards, backwards

SCIENCE

  • Pulleys and the way they work to help reduce the load on the ropes - which part of main sheet do you pull
  • Water resistance
  • Basic understanding of how buoyancy aids work
  • Different hardness of materials, dragging sailing boats will scratch but grass won't etc - microplastics

ENGLISH AND PE

  • New vocabulary learnt including part of boat
  • Ask questions to develop their knowledge
  • Take part in outdoor adventure activities in a team or individually.
  • Swimming and water safety performing safe self rescues in different water based situations
  • Develop balance, agility and coordination and apply in a range of activities

HOW TO BOOK

Get in touch to find out how Grafham Water Centre can help you plan your next adventure.