Sailing Courses

Term Time Sailing Starts Next Week

2023-10-01T19:41:31+11:00

Manly Sailing's Term Time program is starting next week. We run dinghy sailing: Optimist (level 1) and Advanced Optimist/Beginner O'pen Skiff (level 2) after school and on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Our focus is to teach children how to sail in a fun safe environment, giving them the skills and abilities that will enable them to partake in sailing which is truly a sport for life. Our term time courses are 8 week programs, 4pm - 6:15pm on weekdays or 8am - 10:15am on weekends. Children who participate in our courses should be able to swim. We supply lifejackets which [...]

Term Time Sailing Starts Next Week2023-10-01T19:41:31+11:00

Hamilton Island Race Week

2022-09-01T16:28:14+10:00

Hamilton Island Wrap Up What do your Manly Sailing instructors get up to in winter? …. They go NORTH, sailing up the coast and racing in the 36th edition of Hamilton Island Race week Onur boarded Rumba - a Northshore 370 from MYHC – for a 1,120 NM passage from Sydney to Hamilton Island in 17 days. One of the best adventures of his life despite having to deal with rigging damage and 4 days without any instruments. James took up the same passage on board Savannah Girl – a Swan 46 from MYC and left Sydney with a light breeze out of the south [...]

Hamilton Island Race Week2022-09-01T16:28:14+10:00

Australia At Open Skiff World Championships

2022-08-11T18:37:17+10:00

Ollie Goes To O'pen Skiff World Championships One of Manly Sailing’s assistant instructors, Ollie Ross, has just been over to France to compete in the O'pen Skiff World Championships. He was part of the Australian Team of 9 sailors from NSW, VIC and QLD.  Addy Newlan, Sophie Drummond, Banjo Nicholson, Grace and Josh Golinski, Corrado Dorrington, Russell and Connor Harris. Ollie and Josh sailed in the under 17 category and the rest of the team in the under 15s. France was in the middle of a heatwave. The first day with practice racing and the opening ceremony had [...]

Australia At Open Skiff World Championships2022-08-11T18:37:17+10:00

School Sailing Continues Into Winter

2022-06-10T19:54:36+10:00

Will winter put a freeze on school sailing? Never! The autumn and winter seasons typically see a slowing down for youth sailing; but at Manly Sailing, things are just starting to heat up. Our die-hard sailors are excited by the stronger winds, and they’re super keen to get out on the water – after putting on an extra jacket first! Despite the challenges the last couple of years have ushered in with COVID and remote learning, two Northern Beaches Secondary College schools, Balgowlah Boys Campus and Manly Selective Campus have supported students to attend the weekly Wednesday afternoon training [...]

School Sailing Continues Into Winter2022-06-10T19:54:36+10:00

Resources to encourage outdoor play for children

2022-07-02T20:26:35+10:00

Resources to encourage your children to put down their devices and play outside Guest blog contributed by StopNDD.org! A TV or tablet might provide your child’s favourite form of entertainment, but as a parent, you probably wish they would take a bigger interest in playing outside. There’s nothing wrong with playing a few educational games or occasionally watching programs on TV, but there's a world of nature out there with so much potential for fun, learning, stimulation, and imagination! In fact, the dependence on screen-time has become such an issue that the term 'nature-deficit disorder' was coined to describe what [...]

Resources to encourage outdoor play for children2022-07-02T20:26:35+10:00

Race Day

2019-04-08T12:09:41+10:00

Race Day On Saturday 13th of April 9-12pm we will be organising a sailing event for all of our junior sailors. The morning will be about fun, games and adventure. To make the day more exciting we will be introducing racing rules and a finish line. This is a great way for the junior sailors to develop a greater interest and take sailing to the next level.  Afterwards we will be having a sausage sizzle on the deck when the kids come back in, to thank you for this term and your continued support of Manly Sailing. It's only [...]

Race Day2019-04-08T12:09:41+10:00

Discover Windsurfing Day

2019-04-02T16:57:43+11:00

Try Windsurfing Manly Sailing has a passion for sailing and every new day is another adventure. For that reason, we felt it was time to challenge our sailors and we had the opportunity to converse with experienced windsurfers and partner up with Australian Sailing and BIC Australia. Therefore, we now want to see if there is some interest here in Manly for windsurfing courses. Windsurfing is another fantastic water sport and it is basically a mix of sailing and surfing. It could be a great addition to Manly Sailing and our location here in Manly. To see whether there [...]

Discover Windsurfing Day2019-04-02T16:57:43+11:00

Summer Holiday Camps

2019-04-02T16:52:09+11:00

Wow, what a start of the new year! We've had more than a hundred kids joining us between three 3-day camps this month. The response that we got from the kids were that they really enjoyed learning to sail, including theory and exercises such as rigging, derigging, capsizing, turtling, follow the leader etc. and most important of all, they made so many new friends which is so fun for us to see! This time, we decided to offer two camps depending on the kids previous sailing experience. The intention was to challenge the more experienced kids and further [...]

Summer Holiday Camps2019-04-02T16:52:09+11:00

Aqualuna

2019-04-02T16:47:40+11:00

Adult Sailing Courses We are very excited to share with you all that our new yacht Aqualuna is now ready to take adults out for sailing lessons in Sydney Harbour. Manly Sailing offers sailing courses under both the Australian Sailing and the International Yacht Training scheme. We have courses for both beginners and experienced sailors, click here to learn more about our sailing courses. Feel free to come by our office for a chat or contact us if you have any questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNu-2Ic82M

Aqualuna2019-04-02T16:47:40+11:00

Fun times

2018-11-23T00:12:08+11:00

Manly Sailing Cup It is very important for us at Manly Sailing that our young sailors feel safe while they are out on the water. As you can see in the video below, capsizing happens out there and we want everyone to feel confident enough to handle such situations and get back on, to continue a nice sail. The shots in this video are taken from Manly Sailing Cup which we run every Friday to challenge our more experienced sailors. Races are also a great way to improve skills as well as gain new ones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gn5TJ14u0E [...]

Fun times2018-11-23T00:12:08+11:00
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