Windsurf RYA Intermediate – Course 2

This session is designed for sailors who are confident with the basics and ready to build stronger, more efficient windsurfing skills. Course 1 focuses on improving stance, sail control, and board balance in moderate winds, helping you sail with more confidence and less effort.

You’ll develop reliable launching and landing skills, sail comfortably on all points of sail, and be introduced to using a harness to reduce fatigue and improve control. The session also covers faster tacks and consistent non-planing gybes, giving you smoother, more fluid manoeuvres on the water.

By the end of the course, you’ll feel more relaxed, balanced, and in control, even as conditions become more challenging, like in different sea states, forming a solid foundation for intermediate progression within the Royal Yachting Association National Windsurfing Scheme.

What’s Included

✔ All necessary gear, including board, helmet, impact vest and wetsuit

✔ Full coaching from trained instructors

✔ Access to our clubhouse with changing rooms, hot showers and café

Focus: Board Control, Power & Upwind Sailing

Aims

• Develop confidence sailing without a daggerboard

• Improve upwind sailing technique

• Introduce and refine rotational sails

• Build effective power control in stronger winds

Session

1. Equipment & Rig Focus

• Differences between cambered vs rotational sails

• Outhaul and downhaul effects on power

• Harness line position for rotational rigs

• Board trim without a daggerboard

2. Daggerboardless Sailing Fundamentals

• Board positioning and rail engagement

• Maintaining height without lateral resistance

• Sailing efficiently on a beam reach and close reach

• Stance changes to prevent sideways slip

     3. Upwind Sailing Techniques

• Sailing upwind without a daggerboard

• Sheeting angle vs pointing angle

• Micro-adjustments for gusts and lulls

• Tacking accuracy to hold ground

4. Power Control & Gust Management

• Sheeting in/out smoothly

• Harness-based power control

• Opening the sail in gusts

• Bearing away vs easing vs stance changes

Focus

• Staying relaxed while powered

• Avoiding spin-out and loss of control

• Sailing longer with less fatigue

5. Consolidation Sail & Manoeuvres

• Linking upwind legs and controlled reaches

• Applying power control through tacks

• Instructor-led coaching runs

Session Details

Duration: 4 hours with up to 6 students.

Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in water and able to swim and have completed

Age Requirement: 14 years old and above (younger participants can book private lessons or kids courses)