Completed Tackers 1? Take the next step in your child’s sailing journey with Tackers 2 – Learn to Sail for Kids.

Tackers 2 builds confidence and teaches new dinghy sailing skills in a safe, supportive environment. Kids sail independently, strengthen their technique, and have even more fun on the water.

Why choose Tackers 3?

Builds on Tackers 2 sailing skills
Encourages independent dinghy sailing
Designed for kids aged 7–12

Safe, fun, and professionally supervised

Sailors Competencies

On the Water

• Sail by myself in most conditions
• Identify dangerous situations in and around the marina
• Sit on the side of my boat and face my sail
• Sail without kneeling
• Steer and control my sail at the same time
• Tack my boat facing forward and changing my hands behind my back
• Reach around a sausage course
• Know where to have my sail set for all points of sailing
• Steer using my tiller extension when I’m paddling or being towed
• Get out of the ‘No Go Zone’

Off the water

• Name the all of the parts of my boat
• Name the main ‘points’ of sailing
• Tie a ‘bowline’ and a ‘reef’ knot
• Use aids to determine the wind direction and strength
• Rig and derig my boat with assistance

 

Course fee $360.

Under your registration, you will see an option to "Sign Up" - please select this and follow the prompts

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Course Overview
This course aims to build on skills learned in Tackers 2 and focuses on advanced sailing skills through games and adventures on the water. 

Course Prerequisites

• Water confident
• 7-12 years-old
• Skills, knowledge and experience gained in Tackers 2

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who have completed Tackers 2.

Course Outcome

By the end of the Tackers 3 course, the participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate the correct method and understand the theory of roll tacking and gybing
• Stopping the boat in a confined areas for a period of time
• Sail backwards
• Understand the theory behind gybing and can demonstrate the action downwind
• Show a sound knowledge of the five essentials:
  • Centreboard position
  • Boat trim
  • Boat balance
  • Course made good
  • Sail trim
• Start and finish races on a triangle and trapezoid course
• Always use tactical mark roundings in races

You will gain your Tackers 3 completion certificate.