Learn to sail. Build confidence on and off water!
Learning to sail teaches you so much more than just how to sail. It helps you to plan for the unexpected, builds confidence on, in and off water. It encourages and promotes teamwork, even when you are sailing on your own and it opens up a whole community of like minded people that are love the water and are keen to share their passion.
Term Time Sailing
Our focus is to teach children how to sail in a fun safe environment, giving them the skills to enable them to get out on the water sailing. Truly a diverse sport for life.
The activities are the ideal way to keep your kids involved in a regular structured sporting activity. Term time classes run on the same day every week, for 2 hours 15 minutes. Each session helps them learn and practice a little more slowly building up their skills until they can confidently handle their boat single handedly.
Level 1
This program is for children who have sailed a little or not at all and covers all the basics on wind awareness, how to sail in a straight line (harder than it sounds), how to sail a figure of 8 course and what to do in the event of a capsize.
Cost is $460 per child (eligible to use Active Kids voucher)
Level 2
This program is for children who have completed the Level 1 course, know the basics and want to improve their sailing skills. In level 2 they will start out in an Optimist and move onto an O’PEN Skiff when ready. They will learn how to handle a more tricky boat single on their own, about the 5 points of sail, how to come alongside and how to sail a triangle course well.
Cost is $560 per child (eligible to use Active Kids voucher)
Level 3
This program is for children who have completed Level 1 and Level 2 courses and would like to advance their boat handling skills. By the end of level 3 they should be able to sail in and out from the deck, be able to apply the 5 essentials, and have an understanding of race rules and to have competed in some fun practice races.
Cost is $560 per child (eligible to use Active Kids voucher)
Manly Sailing Cup
For those that are in level 3, or who have completed level 3, we run a fun midweek social race to help the sailors get more practice and advance their boat handling skills. The Manly Sailing Cup consists of ~3 races each session followed by a sausage sizzle and prize giving on the deck (parents welcome to join).
Cost is $350 per child or $250 if purchased along with level 3 course (eligible to use Active Kids voucher). More information and the latest Manly Sailing Cup race results.
Watersports Program
Our watersports program is a great opportunity for kids to try and improve on many fun activities in a safe environment each week. We give children an introduction to these activities as well as running team building games and fun challenges. The aim is to build their skills confidence in the water all under the guidance of our experienced Instructors.
This program is 8 weeks long and subject to availability. We run 2 sessions a week on a Tuesday afternoon after school from 4.30 – 6.30 pm and Sunday Afternoons from 2 – 4pm.
This program is for children who would like to do a mixture of activities: sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, paddle boarding, etc. Activities are dependent on weather conditions and will be changed/swapped accordingly.
Cost is $530 per child (eligible to use Active Kids voucher)
What you need to know
Duration: 8 week programs with sessions that are 2hrs and 15mins
Days/Times: Courses run after school during the week and in the mornings at the weekends. Days/time vary by level (more information on booking screen)
Age: For sailing, we accept children 7+ (sometimes a little younger if they are extremely water confident/have experience with parents sailing). Children over the age of ~12 should refer to the Youth Program. For the watersports program they need to be a little older 10-14.
Active Kids: we are an Active Kids provider. $100 voucher can be applied at the time of booking
Makeups: for safety reasons we have limits on class sizes and don’t guarantee swaps/makeups. If given advance notice we can generally accomodate during the course of the term.
Weather: to sail well you have to understand both the theory and then to put the theory into practice. Lessons will go ahead in most conditions, but we will take advantage of days with poor weather to cover theory topics & do drills on the deck and to hone our skills.
Active Kids Provider
Parents, guardians and carers of school children can apply for a $100 voucher to use for sport and fitness costs
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Want to sail in the holidays?
Holiday camps are a great way to try sailing or other water sports for the first time or to get some extra time on the water and up-skill.