For the Kids
Kids Activities in the Lake District.
We provide RYA Youth Sailing Courses, Activity Weeks, and Swallows & Amazons Adventures
Our gently curved beach forms a sheltered bay in full view of the centre, providing a beautiful, safe environment for children to enjoy the beauty of the great outdoors.
Our highly qualified, friendly Instructors run a wide variety of courses and activities for all ages, regardless of experience. There is more information on the different activities below, together with a brief synopsis of the RYA Youth Scheme Syllabus.
If you have any additional questions, would like to check availability or would like to book, please contact us.
2024 COURSE DATES
Please see below for our RYA Youth Scheme, Kids Weeks and Swallows & Amazons Adventure 2024 dates.
We will be adding more RYA Youth Scheme course dates in the New Year – if you have specific dates in mind, please do get in touch and we will do our best to make it happen!
RYA Youth Scheme
Mon 12th – Thu 15th August
Our friendly instructors offer a safe environment for children to have fun, learn and challenge themselves.
Kids Weeks
Mon 29th July – Fri 2nd August
Mon 5th – Fri 9th August
Lose your parents anywhere from one day to a week for our super duper kids activities weeks!
Swallows & Amazons
Sun 11th August
We don’t know who has the most fun on our popular Adventure days, the young adventurers or our Instructors!
RYA Youth Scheme Syllabus
Stage 1 – An introduction to the parts of the boat and the basic principles of how to get a boat sailing.
Stage 2 – Improved sailing skills on all points of sail. Tacking, gybing, ropework and collision avoidance.
Stage 3 – Improved rigging, sailing theory, launching and recovery. Building confidence in a range of sailing techniques on all points of sail and capsize recovery.
Stage 4 – Transferring pre-learnt skills, techniques and manoeuvres to sail crewed boats, enhance rigging, launching, recovery and practical skills to recover a man overboard.
The RYA Youth Scheme is suitable for children aged 8-15. Most children aged 16+ would benefit more from the adult RYA Sailing Courses.
You will be out on the water having fun, learning something new and making new friends. These popular activity weeks are run by our friendly and professional RYA Qualified Instructors, therefore the emphasis is on sailing, but may also include rafting, canoeing + kayaking.
All with plenty of variety, fun and games!
Parents/guardians: Drop your kids off with us knowing that they will be having fun learning confidence on the water with an emphasis on safety and common sense. Our day starts at 10:00am and finishes at 4:30pm.
Kids Weeks are suitable for children aged 8+. No previous experience required.
This epic full days adventure, which are run by our friendly and professional RYA Sailing Instructors, will see you sailing (aboard our Traditional ‘Swallow’ type boats), learning semaphore, hunting down treasure and an epic battle against Captain Flint – complete with a cannon and walking the plank!
For ages 6+ (kids only event – parents/guardians are to remain landlubbers!). No previous experience required.
RYA Youth Scheme
2 Day Course £245
3 Day Course £345
4 Day Course £435
5 Day Course £510
Kids Weeks
1 Day Activity £175
2 Day Activity £245
3 Day Activity £345
4 Day Activity £435
5 Day Activity £510
Swallows & Amazons
1 Day Adventure £135