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| Content: Students learn the basics to sailboat navigation and are introduced to the sport in an entertaining and positive learning atmosphere. Students will engage in technical and practical detail that is important to develop navigational skills. Based around the Competency Base Education Training curriculum, the Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) has adopted a standard to take account of different skill levels available in a single group. This allows different people with different skills to progress at their own pace. From this new idea,CYA has eliminated all written tests! That's right, no final exams! With this new curriculum, you will be responsible for your own focus. This gives room for students to learn on different boats, learn different skills and move into a sailing specialty independent of others. More information on this can be found on our course reprogramming page. Students will start with the first two days as common and will be able to specialize afterwards, allowing you to complete your chosen skill set checklist later on. Lessons will cover theory such as knot tying, basic seamanship, navigation, wind prediction, and gain skills both as crew and as skipper.. High lights of this course, based on previous year's experience, will be a sail under their own seamanship, typically at the end of the course where anyone can sail freely, race, partake in destination sails and just plain havin' fun! Boats: Lessons will start in 12'picos / 14' mistrals and progress to Club 420's. These dinghy boats provide room for two persons maximum. These are not keelboats and are no way associated with the Vernon Yacht Club just down the road. Students are encouraged to follow skill sets that use our different boats such as Lasers (1 person). These boats are generally more efficient and have 'planing' capabilities. NOSA also has a fleet of one person Lasers; use of the Lasers are restricted to persons completing adequate skill sets in other boats and those who are of a certain competency equal to Whitesail 3. Check out our pictures and a list of all our boats |
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| Membership fees are as follows: Please visit our membership page for more information What to bring: NOTE: Club provides life jackets Students are not guaranteed to stay dry! When sailing these small dinghies, you only get wet at your feet. It is strongly suggested that you bring a change of clothes. Under direct instructor direction students will demonstrate how to capsize their dinghy depending on the skill set right a capsized boat and clear it of water.
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can either bring a lunch or go out during your one hour
lunch break on both Saturday and Sunday. |
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join us this summer for some sailing lessons. Experience
the action and excitement of sailing on the Okanagan and
take advantage of what Vernon has to offer. Tucked next to Paddlewheel Park, NOSA provides an intimate setting
for families and friends to gather and have fun. . What better way to get
exercise and meet new people than on the Vernon Arm of Okanagan Lake. Located
in Vernon, British Columbia, the North Okanagan Sailing Association offers Learn to Sail lessons
all summer long.
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February 6, 2011