I live and sail in Ireland and so tempetures like that are the norm for me. Honestly it just depends on what you feel like when you get there
Depending on your tolerance for cold, that should work fine.
The instructor courses are usually taught in double-handed dinghies like FJs which are a bit dryer than Lasers. You'll probably have to demonstrate a capsize recovery so you'll get wet that day but other than that it probably won't be as wet and cold as a full day racing Lasers.
If you have a fleece top you can wear under the spray top that would probably make you nice and toasty. The rule of thumb of course is to layer up as it's better to start off too warm and have to peel off a layer or two than to be too cold.
As I recall, when you put us through our US Sailing Instructor course, you made us swim in the marina without any wetsuit, float for 5 minutes and tie knots while in the water...all in late December weather!
Sheldon
Pre-requisites anybody??
How can a person go from clueless about what to wear to instructor in a day??
We just had a USSailing level One course at our local club. The attendees were pretty much folks who were taking up the sport or had taken it up fairly recently.
At the same time the soon to be certified USSailing instructors were sitting in classrooms and fearing a short boat ride. 27 sailors who each know more about sailing individually than the sum of the students and an instructor who couldn't have finished in the top ten were out holding a regatta.
Think about being a coach in ANY other sport.
Do people who need to be taught how to dress get to become coaches??
Oh yes...but we need coaches and these are the only people who are willing//////
Our sport is pretty much managed by the willing ...
There really is no other qualification for leadership and decision making in the world of sailing.
And as long as 99% of those of you who read this continue to do nothing for the game...
at least The willing will continue to do a better job than you.
What about for Water temp mid 30's and air temp high 50's?
Wetsuit, thermal layer, splash top, hot socks + winter gloves?
gouvernail:
I am most certainly not one of the would-be instructors without prerequisites you seem to be worried about. Just to prove that point:
I'm 20 years old, and will have been in boats for 17 of those years as of this summer. Both of my parents were sailing instructors in their time. I soloed when I was 10, have earned, sailed, and raced two Hobie Cats on my own (solo), won my club's season-long race series in my Laser, and currently serve on our race committee. I simply have not had much experience in colder conditions; the majority of my sailing is lake-sailing, which tends to be warmer than an ocean or bay. I have not taken the sport up recently, and, given that I've poured almost all of my personal resources and several summers doing construction work into pursuing the sport, I don't see how you can attack my willingness to sail and to teach. Simply asking for confirmation about a clothing choice does not mean that I lack drive, skill, or enthusiasm.