The sailing club's Junior Sail Training section runs courses each year for sailors between the ages of 8 and 16 using our fleet of Oppie and Pico sailing dinghies.

RYA Training Centre Status
Our recognition as a RYA Training Centre means we're inspected annually to ensure that we maintain high standards of tuition, equipment and safety. Sailors are taught by qualified RYA Dinghy Instructors to the standards required by the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Our centre principle is Mike Croft and full details of RYA recognition can be found on the RYA website.

Our Equipment
JST courses use the club's fleet of 6 Laser Pico dinghies and 6 Oppie dinghies for younger sailors. New for 2009 were 3 Fevas for more advanced training. The club's fleet of four powerboats is also used to provide safety cover. The sailing club quay also houses equipment for shorebased teaching.

TEAM FEVA
In 2009, the Club purchased 3 RS Feva's to introduce more advanced training for our sailors who have completed their RYA Level 4 in the 11-16 age group. The Team were trained by various RYA Race Coaches, hosted an Open Meeting, organised by Roseland Paddle and Sail, and attended various regattas, including the RYA 'Feva Frenzy' at Stithians Lake.

OUR SAILORS
Our junior sailors enjoy success at local, National and International level.

Locally, in Pico's and Feva's they participate in village regatta's, the Cornwall Schools Regatta, Falmouth Dinghy Week and our very own Junior Race Week.

Nationally - Jack Hawkins (Restronguet SC) and Chris Thomas sail in the RS Feva National Squad, and Ollie and Freddy Grogono sail in the National Optimist squad.

Internationally
Piran and Ivo Tedbury came 6th in the 2009 RS 500 Europeans at Lake Garda, Italy.

Ollie and Freddy Grogono sailed in the Australian National Optimist competition in Perth, Australia and the French Nationals in July.

Chris Thomas and Jack Hawkins came 6th in the 2009 Feva Europeans and won the Dutch National Feva Championship.

That said, most of our young sailors are very happy to be sailing in the creek or the bay here in beautiful St Mawes!