Sailing in the lake district

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Why do it?

Key Facts

Locations: Coniston or Windermere.
Progess to: RYA courses, Level 1, 2 seamanship skills, using spinnakers, performance sailing, Day sailing.
Duration: ½ or full day activity
Minimum Age: 9
Bundles: Can be included in a family bundle but surcharges may apply.
Per person prices: offers and prices

Learning how to sail a dinghy is a real wind in your hair experience. Its easy to pick up the basics and your instructor will be with you all the while, so you can have fun being captain on the open waves!

Sailing Availability

We have availability! Please send us an enquiry or call us to check availability of your preferred dates

Please see dates below for activity sessions that are running and have spaces available for others to join.

Dinghy Sailing sessions in the near future

last updated: 22 July 2010
Sat, 18 Sep 10 Pm Dinghy Sailing Location: North end Coniston Water Current Spaces Available: 1

We have availability to run a sailing course in July/August 2010. We have the possibility to run a sailing course which would give you all a great opportunity to obtain RYA Level 1 and 2 as well as learning valuable Seamanship Skills along the way. It would be run in conjunction with a local RYA centre on Coniston water. Learning to sail in the Lake District is particularly convenient with fresh water venues and stunning scenery. The boats used would be hawks, wayfarers, toppers lasers, picos etc. The course runs for a period of 3 days and costs £375 per person including instruction, equipment, VAT, RYA log books and certificates and hot drinks. Lunches can be added as an extra cost. If you are interested in sailing courses then please contact us and we can secure dates and details.

Sailing Details

You will be instructed in the use of your craft of choice (Sport 16, Wayfarer, Topper, Pico, Laser, Omega, RS Vision) by an RYA qualified dinghy instructor, departing from one of 4 venues on either Coniston or Windermere. Instruction will be done with as much on-the-water tuition as possible. Usually the instructor will be in the double-handed sailing boat with you instructing from inside this 2+ person boat. If you are interested in single handed sailing the instructor will begin teaching the basics from the beach for the first hour whilst you learn launching, landing and turning. Then the instructor will coach you whilst you sail on the water from a safety powerboat. You will be instructed and not left! All abilities are catered for, from complete beginners right through to the club racer.

If you are learning single handed dinghy sailing then you will be provided with a wetsuit to keep you warm, as well as buoyancy aids and helmets if it is particularly windy. During double handed dinghy sailing in our family boats, then full breathable waterproofs will be provided, if requested at no extra cost, instead of a wetsuit. These sessions aim to keep you dry!

What do we do in a typical Sailing session

River Deep Mountain High sailing sessions offer private tuition, with your sailing instructor in the boat with you during double handed sailing sessions. For single handed sailing sessions your instructor will guide and coach you from our saftey powerboat.

All our outdoor activity sessions include elements of fun, learning new skills, going on a journey, adventure and coaching. Each session will have one of these elements as its main focus, either because the activity naturally offers it, (eg. Canoeing a journey), or to tailor the session to the groups aims. Be sure to let our office/your instructor know if there is something you would like to learn, do or have concerns about. We will always remember that you are doing the activity as part of your time off and so your enjoyment will always be our priority.

Through years of experience providing quality outdoor activities we include all those small things that make your holiday so unique and memorable. Such as average instructor to customer ratios of 1:5 (so you have more time and are not rushed) complimentary hot drinks, and much more.

Adventure Days

Sailing Course

We have availability for you all to learn to sail properly, so that you can either hire out, or buy your own boat to enjoy independently. We have the possibility to run a sailing course which would give you all a great opportunity to obtain RYA Level 1 and 2 as well as learning valuable Seamanship Skills along the way. It would be run in conjunction with a local RYA centre on Coniston water. Learning to sail in the Lake District is particularly convenient with fresh water venues and stunning scenery. The boats used would be hawks, wayfarers, toppers lasers, picos etc. The course runs for a period of 3 days and costs £350 per person including instruction, equipment, VAT, RYA log books and certificates and hot drinks. Lunches can be added as an extra cost. Within the course you will be given excellent tuition but also the opportunity to enjoy a sailing journey to put your newly learnt skills to good use!

This activity day involves some or all of the following activities:

Sailing

Swallows and Amazons Canoeing

Canoeing is a dry option (unless it rains!). On Coniston Water, we can run our Swallows and Amazons adventure day in our extra wide and very stable boats. We explore the lake taking a journey from the beach which is situated next to a beautiful field that is featured in the Swallows and Amazons film. We also visit Peel Island, which is Wildcat Island in the books, on the way for a break and a hot drink and sometimes play a game or two. From Peel Island, we can raft the boats together and, if the weather is favourable, hoist a sail – a very relaxing way to travel, but still one that everyone can be involved in. Come along and discover some of the views and excitement of Swallows and Amazons on our fun trip on Coniston Water.

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Why go Sailing in the Lake District?

The Lakes! Sailing these lakes of the Lake District has been a fantastic adventure since Swallows and Amazons stories. Lake District Sailing on Coniston and Windermere is great because of their reliable winds, incredible views of the mountains and vast size for fresh water lakes in England. Windermere and Coniston receive a sea breeze in the afternoon around 2pm when there is warm weather. Coniston and Windermere also benefit from the prevailing SW wind blowing from end to end of the lake (5.5 miles on Coniston).