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Enjoy learning to sail with Felpham Sailing Club. whether just starting out with no experience, or seeking to improve confidence or sailing skills, FSC has something for you. we run sailing courses for young people, adults, and sometimes mixed courses where all the family can take part. Felpham Sailing Club is an RyA Recognised Training Centre offering courses in Dinghy Sailing and Powerboating. Our courses are aimed at:

• Getting you started sailing in a dinghy

• Improving your sailing skills

• Starting you racing

• Improving your racing techniques

Sailing courses are open to members and non-members, youth, adults and families. They are usually one or half days and are charged to cover course costs and provide a reasonable return to the Club. Our courses cover youth Sailing, Adult Sailing, Start Racing, Spinnakers, Seamanship, Powerboat, First Aid, Instructor etc.

Once you have your basic skills the next step is to sail regularly and acquire new skills. Our club Skills Development programme focuses on building confidence and increasing competence both in dinghy handling and on into racing. This can be done through another weekend course or is free to members on Thursday evenings with welcome on water (wow), during Friday youth Night, or on Skill Saturday sessions. Racing is on Sundays and wednesday evenings.

Membership also give access to the club facilities including the bar and a whole social programme throughout the year. we even have club boats you can hire before deciding to get your own. we also offer the RyA ‘OnBoard’ programme for youngsters aged 8-18 – OnBoard is the RyA’s programme to introduce sailing as a sport for young people. These can start with youth taster sailing sessions so that you can decide if sailing is for you. OB gets youngsters out on the water every Friday during the summer months. It teaches them new skills, gain confidence, make friends and lets them have great fun too!

Felpham youth Regatta is Felpham’s annual celebration of youth sailing and racing, taking place on a low tide week in the summer holidays. Family participation is encouraged as many volunteers are needed to supervise around 60 young sailors and provide hot lunches for all. This event is a lot of fun and a lot of training is covered from Start Sailing, to Seamanship, Spinnakers and Race Coaching.

Summer School is also an opportunity for smaller groups of children and families to participate in sailing and power boat courses. Members’ children may be left at Summer School with the Senior Instructor acting “in loco parentis”. Places are limited in number, and age restrictions apply. Summer School places can be reserved for a particular course, or for multiple courses in multiple weeks.

All courses are overseen by experienced instructors and all development by experienced sailors.

So, there are plenty of opportunities for the whole family to start sailing as a group or as a youngster or adult. Our aim is to build confidence and skills, to get people on the water and to get all ages involved in club racing and helping make Felpham Sailing Club the ‘best little club on the south coast’.

See our website for more details or just email fsc@felphamsailingclub.co.uk

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Sunday 2nd April – 2.30pm

A Coronation Celebration (in studio 1)

Tickets - £10 / cons £8

Tuesday 4th April – 2pm

Robert Mills - at the 2 O’Clock Club (in studio 1)

Tickets - £6 / £5 cons / Friends £4.50

30 minutes of Neil Diamond songs, then, after a short break, 45 minutes of songs from the 60’s & 70’s

Friday 7th April – 7.30pm

60 Minutes of Classical Music (in studio 1)

Tickets - £6.50 / £5 cons / Under 25s £3.50

Featuring this month – Christopher Beaumont (on Xylophone, Vibraphone, Percussion), playing 100 years of Patrick Moore.

Saturday 15th April – 7.30pm.

Magical Bones : Soulful Magic Tickets - £20.50 / cons

£18.50 Britain’s Got Talent finalist

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Friday 21st April – 6.00pm

Pop Princesses

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A musical spectacular starring four fabulous Fairy tale Princesses who just love to Sing!

Sunday 23rd April – 3pm

The Royal Marines Association Concert Band

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Thursday 27th April – 7.30pm - Over 18s only

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