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Sailing Instructor Level 3

Level 3 Sailing Instructor Courses are the right choice for all of our Level 2 Instructors who like to take their teaching and own Sailing skills to a higher level. During those courses, we focus on the technique of intermediate and advanced SUP manouvers and how to teach them professionally. 

Level 3 Instructors are Sailing experts with a very high own riding level and a deep understanding for complex movements. Their methodical skills and experience make them the true experts on the beach!

 


For the course:

  • VDWS Instructor License
  • VDWS membership
  • Advanced sailing skills
  • teaching experience

For the license qualification:

  • practical exam at the end of the Level 3 Instructor seminar

Please note:
Even if you don't have a sufficient level yet and haven't mastered the topic of the training (yet), you are still welcome to participate. Your participation will then be considered as a license extension (and not as a Level 3 completion!).

Duration:  2 days

Price: 200€ 

Extra costs: travel expenses, accommodation, equipent rental

Course contents

  • Depending on the seminar topic, the following topics are weighted differently.

  •  Improving one's own riding skills
  • Use of methods in advanced training
  • Use of digital media in training
  • Organisation in intermediate lessons or in special courses
  • Concrete training of individual manoeuvres or techniques
  • Improvement of own demonstration skills
  • Deepening of material knowledge and reference to ascender equipment
  • Deepening of the physical basics
  • Extending didactic knowledge for advanced training 

 

Each of the Level 3 Instructor Seminars concludes with a practical examination on the respective topic of the 2 days.

Topics Level 3 Seminar

Prerequisites:
Experience with gliding dinghies is an advantage

Course contents:
Course framework gennaker and harness course / reciprocal coaching / develop methodical teaching skills / equipment, trimming and physical background / techniques and manoeuvres.

Examination:
Up - Downwind course with two buoys.
Course will be sailed around with one tack and one jibe with gennaker. On each close hauled course, the sailor is to get into and out of the harness once. The helmsman and the foresailor will be scored equally.

Prerequisites:
Cat Basics

Course contents:
Course framework of a gennaker and harness course / reciprocal coaching / develop methodical teaching skills / equipment, trim and physical background / techniques and manoeuvres. 

Examination:
Up - Downwind Parcours  
Course will be sailed with tacks and jibes with gennaker. On each close hauled course the sailor has to get into and out of the harness once.
The helmsman and the foresailor will be judged equally.

Requirements:
Dinghy Basics

Course contents:
Course framework of a foil course on a dinghy / coaching each other / developing methodical teaching skills / equipment, trim and physical background / techniques and manoeuvres. 

Exam:.
Up - Downwind Course 
Course is sailed with a foil turn and a foil jibe.
The helmsman will be scored.


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Date: 09/13 - 09/14/2025
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Place:
Dranske, Rügen
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