Sani Resort Sailing Academy
SAILING COURSES
For children, teenagers and adults alike
We invite you to experience the initial steps of Sailing in 8 - hour intensive courses while keen dinghy sailors can further strengthen their skills under the attentive supervision of our instructors. Lessons are held both on dry land and off shore and the participants are awarded with the accredited “Certificate of Attendance”
Sailing sessions
Duration:
May - October
Sailing session dates:
Everyday
Session hours:
09:00 - 11:00, 11:00 - 13:00, 14:00 – 16:00, 16:00-18:00
Meeting venue:
Sani Club Watersports Center
Cost:
500€ per person per 8 - hour course
Family (2+ children):
425€ per person per 8 - hour course
Cost:
150€ for one day teaser 2 hours
*Dinghy choices:
Optimist, Topper Taz & Topper Topaz,
RS Zest, Rs Toura, Toper Catamaran
Hobie Catamaran
VDWS Sailing Academy
Slalom Watersports is an accredited VDWS international center at Sani Resort. At Slalom Watersports we offer a ‘Basic License for Sailing & Catamarans’
VDWS basic sailing license serves as a proof of competence for sailing, where you can prove your theoretical and practical capabilities by exam. The training is mainly practically orientated and avoids getting into deeply theoretical material. The basic license makes an ideal entry point into the sport of sailing. It also provides the basics needed to go on for other sailing qualifications.
Basic sailing license
(10 hours of training are required)
Cost:
150€ per person per additional 2 - hours training on top of the basic course
VDWS
The VDWS e. V. was founded in 1974. The VDWS stands for a coordinated system of services for all aspects of water sports - especially wind sports. VDWS focus on the implementation of high quality standards in training. An important step has been the introduction of the basic license for dinghies and catamarans. Meanwhile more than one million licenses have been issued and about 2.5 million students (beginner and advanced) have been trained. Today the VDWS has about 3600 members and attends 540 schools in over 30 different countries.
Basic Sailing License
The VDWS basic sailing license serves as a proof of competence for sailing. Here you can prove your theoretical and practical capabilities by exam. The training is mainly practically orientated and avoids getting into deeply theoretical material. The basic license makes an ideal entry point into the sport of sailing. It also provides the basics needed to go on for other sailing qualifications.
Guidelines for the Training and Exam
The training for dinghy the certificate should involve depending to the level of competence between 10 training hours in theory and practice. The course duration should allow for the aims of the course to be achieved. That being that the trainees should be capable of comfortably sailing up to 3 bft wind force including departing and returning safely to the shore as required.
Practical Exam
Setting an recovering of sails, knots, leaving and returning to the shore, holding a waiting position, controlling the speed, stopping by sharply luffing up and going head to wind. Sailing on different points of wind with the correct sail setting. Beating to windward min 300m with at least two tacks and two jibes.
The exam should be carried out in force up to 3 bft wind conditions and considered as passed when all maneuvers are safely carried out and the trainee is capable of returning safely to the point of departure.
Theoretical Exam
Boating materials. General rules and regulation. Sailing theory. Safety. Nature and environment. Knots and their uses. For the theoretical exam, an exam paper must be filled out. If the result of the exam is not satisfactory, an oral exam can be done with similar questions out of other questionnaires.
Basic License Catamaran
Since 1993 the VDWS issues the basic catamaran license. It is a proof of qualification for catamaran sailors, who have passed the practical and the theoretical exam. The basic catamaran license makes hiring of boards much easier. Many holiday clubs abroad insist on this license when it comes to hiring of boards.
Training and Examination Rules
Depending on previous knowledge, the training for the basic catamaran license takes about 10 hours in theory and practical experience. The training target is decisive for the duration of the courses. The students should be able to set sail, to sail in the training area and to return to the starting point in a safe way with a wind up to 3 bft. After a training period of 10 hours, the exam can be done. The hours will be confirmed in the basic catamaran license.
Practical Exam
Setting sails, rescuing, knots, casting off, stand-by position, speed control, stopping through sailing into the wind and heaving, steering and sailing in different courses with the right sail position, beating at least 300 meters in windward, at least 2 tacks and 2 jibes, capsizing, righting. The exam should be done with a wind up to 3 bft.
Theoretical Exam
Material knowledge, sailing theory, safety, nature and environment, knots and their use. In the theoretical exam a questionnaire has to be filled in. If the result of the exam is not satisfactory, an oral exam can be done with similar questions out of other questionnaires.
