Learn to sail yachts through our sailing school in Sydney Harbour. We offer yacht sailing courses including Introduction to Sail, Competent Crew, and Bare Boat charter training. For those a little more adventurous, we can also offer offshore racing programs such as Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Hamilton Island Race week, and other fun sailing events.
Bare Boat Course
Learn how to Sail your own yacht, or a charter yacht with confidence. Thinking about sailing a yacht on beautiful Sydney Harbour, Pittwater or the magical Whitsundays? Perhaps the Mediterranean?
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Yacht Crewing and Racing
Eastcoast Sailing has an exciting array of sailing and racing options. These range from (seriously!) fun Hamilton Island Race Week, Sydney Harbour yacht racing series,
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Learn to Sail Yachts
Our Introduction to Sail program involves an exciting day of sailing lessons out on Sydney Harbour learning the basics of sail handling and steering. No prior sailing experience is required.
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Competent Crew Course
Build on your sailing skills and gain your certificate of competency so that you can enjoy confidently sailing and cruising with family and friends.
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
No! Our Learn to Sail course caters for the absolute novice.
All courses have expert tuition by qualified instructors, wet weather jackets, comprehensive training notes, Internationally recognised Yachting Australia Courses and Certificate, and great fun! Courses are run on yachts on beautiful Sydney Harbour.
We have a range of Learn to Sail courses, that provide progressive Sailing and Skills development. Starting from fundamentals of Learn to Sail, through to Competent Crew, Competent Skipper, and Bare Boat Course. For the advanced or those seeking some thrills, we can arrange crewing on yachts for racing events around Sydney and Australia.
Learn to Sail
- One full day out on the water.
- Comprehensive Course notes are provided.
- Lunch stop at beautiful locations like Watson’s Bay where you can grab fish and chips from Doyles, the best seafood in Sydney!
- Professional, experienced, friendly tuition from qualified instructors.
- Learning to sail in a relaxed, enjoyable environment with no pressure.
- Comfortable training vessel with room to move. We have access to several yachts and catamarans.
- Wet weather jackets provided.
- Small class size with 3 – 4 students per vessel.
Competent Crew / Skipper
- Two or Four full days on the water. You can choose how far you wish to progress.
- Your training can help you charter your own vessel in Australia and abroad.
- Comprehensive course book and log book are provided.
- Professional, experienced, friendly tuition from qualified instructors.
- Sailing tuition in a relaxed, enjoyable environment with no pressure. Learn at your own pace.
- Comfortable training vessel with room to move.
- Small class size with 3 – 4 students per vessel.
Our Learn to Sail courses are one full day out on the water so you get a real feeling for what sailing is all about. If you love sailing and choose to do more, our Competent Crew courses are three full days so you get the most out of learning hands on and being out on the water.
We believe the best experience comes from being hands on sailing the yacht. All teaching is done on board with the instructor up to and including Competent Crew. Who wants to be stuck in a classroom for sailing lessons?
We make decisions to continue to sail based on safety and comfort. Classes will be rescheduled based on excessive rain and wind strength, storm warnings, and other abnormal conditions. We want you to love sailing as much as we do! Rain is not a sole reason for rescheduling or cancelling classes and jackets are provided.
Most bare boat Yacht Charter companies (such as in the Whitsundays) strongly prefer some skippering experience /training. Our Bare Boat Sailing Course will provide you with the skills, confidence and a certitication of competancy to assist your Charter.