Instructor Resources

Sailing Instructor Welcome to our instructor resources page. SailCork has been running instructors courses for over 30 years and we have helped over 1000 instructors gain their qualifications. The training of instructors has moved forward in huge leaps especially in the last 10 years. We learn from every course - every participants contributes to moving instructing forward. We now want to share some of these great ideas which have emerged from all types of instructor courses and hence this page. Below we have helpful hints and downloadable pages for you. 

The SailCork base at East Ferry Marina is especially suited to instructor courses. The changing rooms, classroom and restaurant are in an idyllic rural setting overlooking the marina and slipway. We can get afloat or back ashore quickly and the location offers shelter from every quarter resulting in no time lost afloat.

Eddie English is our resident trainer and is the most experienced trainer in Ireland. Eddie favours a mix of participants on courses which means that you get to make new friends on every instructor course. Remember we run the whole range of instructor courses associated with the Small Boat Sailing Scheme (Dinghies and Keelboats) from Dinghy Instructor to Senior Instructor. Click here for full info.

fevaSession Planner

Tips on Instructing Afloat     Running a session

RYA Instructor Resources page

Tacking Tacking Centre Main Sheet 

Land drill Gybing Centre Main Sheet 

Tacking the FEVA dinghy video

More videos on Feva - kite hoist + drop etc

Teaching Man Overboard Recovery

Special tip for Dinghy Instructors

Teaching rigging - rig set up table 

Areas of importance for dinghy or powerboat instructor:

QUALITIES:  Good Listener, Look the part, Confident, Patient, Good Communicator, Theoretical Knowledge, Practical Knowledge, Qualifications, Interesting, Approachable, Sense of humour, Dilligent 

RESPONSIBILE to – ISA, Self, Pupil (parent), SI, Club/Organisation, Manager/JO, Team/instructors, Other Water Users, Health/Safety – Sos, Law – working with kids
 
ROLE - Enhance students knowledge, Encourage good practice, Pass on knowledge, Set a structure – session plans/course programme, Teach full syllabus, Safety, Increase interest of pupil, Make course interesting and enjoyable, Be fully prepared, Promote full involvement
 
RESOURCES- Uniform, Personal Kit, Access to facilities, Access to admin notes, Access to gear, Comfortable classroom, Instructor notes, ISA and other publications, Charts etc, Internet
 
KIT --- Clothing –layers, waterproofs, Buoyancy Aid – LJ, VHF , Whistle, Phone, Notebook+Pencil, Watch, Spare Kill Chord, Sunscreen, Ref material, Water, Multi – tool, String!
 
Teaching Dinghy SailingBASIC INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUE:
Explain
Demonstrate
Imitate
Coach
Task
 
WE MUST SET GOALS FOR PUPILS:
Specfic
Measureable
Agreed
Realistic
Time Frame
 

Making Presentations

The basics of a Powerpoint Presentation

 4 steps to better Powerpoint presentations

Some more Powerpoint tips

Here is an amusing take on Powerpoint with some helpful hints!

Eddie English Blog

18 January 2012

Why did the Costa Concordia sink?

 The town of Cobh has been a port of call for ocean liners for over 150 years - now about 60 liners visit Cork Harbour each year- we all love the liners!  Everybody in the maritime community was shocked last Friday night with the news of the grounding of the massive Italian cruise liner the Costa Concordia. I spent the weekend trawling the web to try to find out what really happened - this blog is the tragic story of the last voyage of the Costa Concordia on  Friday the 13th of January 2012.

sinking of costa concordia

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