Start Sailing
Your Sailing journey starts here as you learn the fundamental skills of small boat sailing in a safe and supportive environment. We aim to make every course as informative and fun as possible, we love what we do and we are sure you will too. This is a two step program Start Sailing 1 covers the basics and Start Sailing 2 aims to equip participants with the skills to sail independently in calm to moderate conditions.
Some things you will learn in this course:
Basic clothing and equipment requirements
Sailing terminology
How to Launch and recover a boat
How to recover from a capsize
How to Rig a boat
Sailing a triangular course
Basic sailing Rules and Theory
Course Inclusions
Start Sailing 1&2 Courses at the Keppel Bay Sailing club are run over one full weekend. Each step includes;
- 14hrs tuition with experienced and nationally qualified Australian sailing instructors
- Australian Sailing logbook (Start Sailing 1 only)
- Boat and PFD provided
- Complimentary Sailing membership for the remainder of the financial year ($80 Value) (Start Sailing 1 only)
- Complimentary 3 session pass to attend Sunday morning discover sailing sessions after course completion to put practice what you’ve learned ($54 value)
Cost $180pp
START SAILING 1
April 10th - 11th 2021
9am – 4pm
June 26th - 27th 2021
9am – 4pm
October 2nd - 3rd 2021
9am – 4pm
December 11th - 12th 2021
9am – 4pm
START SAILING 2
April 10th -11th 2021
9am – 4pm
June 26th - 27th 2021
9am – 4pm
October 2nd - 3rd 2021
9am – 4pm
December 11th - 12th 2021
9am – 4pm