Volunteering Opportunity 1: to give new members a trial sail.

Volunteering opportunity to run a trial sail at Ardleigh Sailing Club

As part of our ongoing efforts to attract new members, we want to encourage those interested in joining to come along and have a trial sail as a first step. Therefore, we need to build up a list of confident sailors at Ardleigh SC who are willing to take members of the public for a short trial sail on a club boat during the course of the season.

The sessions will be around 20 minutes sailing time and will only take place when there is a safety boat on the water. This will be most likely just after racing has finished, during a social sailing session or a special event such as New Members Day.

Guidance about how to run the session will be given by the committee, but ultimately it will be up to the volunteer 'host' to sail according to their capability and prevailing conditions.

Please do consider volunteering if this is something that you are able to do, even if only occasionally.

At this stage, we are asking those who would be interested to get in touch by emailing sail@ardleighsc.co.uk, and in the email suggest a couple of dates that they would be available.

Volunteering opportunity 2: To provide informal sailing coaching for members.

An opportunity to provide informal sailing coaching to other members at Ardleigh Sailing Club.

Ardleigh Sailing Club committee is looking for confident sailors willing to provide informal sailing training to other members. Previously the club has successfully hosted such training sessions and would like to do so again.

Guidance about how to run the coaching session will be given to volunteers by the committee, but ultimately it will be up to the volunteers to sail according to their capability and prevailing conditions.

If you are interested in volunteering for this role then please do get in touch with sail@ardleighsc.co.uk.