Completed Tackers 1? Take the next step in your child’s sailing journey with Tackers 2 – Learn to Sail for Kids.
Tackers 2 builds confidence and teaches new dinghy sailing skills in a safe, supportive environment. Kids sail independently, strengthen their technique, and have even more fun on the water.
Why choose Tackers 2?
Builds on Tackers 1 sailing skills
Encourages independent dinghy sailing
Designed for kids aged 7–12
Safe, fun, and professionally supervised
Sailors Competencies
On the Water
- Sail by myself in most conditions
- Identify dangerous situations in and around the marina
- Sit on the side of my boat and face my sail
- Sail without kneeling
- Steer and control my sail at the same time
- Tack my boat facing forward and changing my hands behind my back
- Reach around a sausage course
- Know where to have my sail set for all points of sailing
- Steer using my tiller extension when I’m paddling or being towed
- Get out of the ‘No Go Zone’
Off the water
- Name the all of the parts of my boat
- Name the main ‘points’ of sailing
- Tie a ‘bowline’ and a ‘reef’ knot
- Use aids to determine the wind direction and strength
- Rig and derig my boat with assistance
Sept Dates |
Week 1: 21st – 24th BOOK HERE
Week 2: 28th – 2nd Oct – BOOK HERE