SPASC 2026/27 Junior Sailing - Silver Fleet & Adventure Series
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Sun 18 Oct 2026 13:00 - Sun 21 Mar 2027 16:00
Event information
Registration for this event closes at Sun 21 Mar 2027 10:00.
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE USING THE BLUE 'REGISTER' BUTTON IN THE LHS BOX.
Our Junior Silver Fleet & Adventure Series is designed for kids aged 8 to 16 years who have completed the Australian Sailing Green Fleet Coaching Program. Silver Fleet is a mixture of adventure sailing and racing for kids who are not interested in racing every week.
The program runs between 1pm and 3pm each relevant Sunday from 18th October 2026 to 21st March 2027.
NOTE Parents & Guardians - Please ensure you register using your child's revSPORT username and password and not your own, to allocate this Junior Sailing Program correctly.
Find the 2026-27 sailing program HERE
The aim of this program is to grow sailing foundation skills through coaching during the racing and adventure sailing activities and keep kids interested in sailing through other fun activities. We hope to incorporate some exciting non-sailing activities into this program like kayaking, fishing and more...
This program is also linked to our Duke of Edinburugh Award program. Find more information HERE.
The sailing program will alternate each week with racing one week and adventure sailing the next and also encourage participation in O'pen Skiff and ILCA Regattas. The Silver Fleet will race with the Gold Fleet on Saturday afternoons, however, the Silver Fleet will sail a shorter course (so they don’t feel slow). The Silver Fleet will also be encouraged to participate in local O’pen Skiff and ILCA Regattas on the Lake (there will be no Silver Fleet Program on these days).
Silver Fleet focus is on fun and creativity, to teach racing skills and extend the skills already learnt. Through spending time on the water with friends and having fun in boats, they’ll also become active club members.
Syllabus: Better sailing, wind shifts, sail trim, gusts and lulls, sailing standing-up.
Current sailing classes in our Silver Fleet are O’pen Skiffs and ILCa 4's. Silver Fleet juniors are encouraged to use their own boat. If your family is not ready for boat ownership, the club has some boats available for hire as a registration option for the course.
Eligible persons must be either SPASC Family or Junior members, so you need to join your children to the club as membersFIRST before you attempt to register them for this course. If you have multiple children doing courses it will be cheaper to join as a family group, single individual child can be junior member. As mentioned above the registration needs to be in their name as Australian Sailing tracks training by each individual not their parents.
A Program Fee is payable via this online registration. The costs per person are:
- $300.00 per sailing season where a member owns a suitable boat - an O'pen Skiff or an ILCA;
- $470.00 per sailing season where a member requires a club boat - O'pen Skiff or an ILCA depending on size, skills and ability.
Active Kids Vouchers
The NSW Government is helping kids get active with the new Active Kids program and Australian Sailing is an approved provider. From 31 January 2018, parents, guardians and carers can apply for a voucher valued up to $50 per calendar year for each school-enrolled child. The voucher may be used with an approved activity provider for registration, participation and membership costs for sport, fitness and active recreation activities. Apply for your voucher online HERE
If you wish to use your voucher as part payment for your instructor course please enter the discount code 'ACTIVEKIDS' on registration and email your voucher code to spascsailing@gmail.com
For more information on 2026/27 SPASC Junior Sailing Programs, refer to SPASC Youth Sailing Handbook HERE.
You may wish to contact SPASC Junior Sailing Manager, Ross Thompson, phone 0423 243 279 or email spascsailing@gmail.com for any enquiries. Additional information about Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club Inc is available on the SPASC website https://www.spasc.org.au
All boats sailing at SPASC need to have current insurance for third party personal and property damage.
PLEASE NOTE - SPASC is a volunteer run organisation with our membership providing their time and effort to keep our club thriving. As a parent(s) of a child undertaking one of our sailing courses it is a condition that you will be occasionally able to assist with running aspects of the club. This may include assisting your child (and others) to manage boats into and out of the water, assist your child to set up and/or pack up and clean boats after use, assist in the canteen or on the bbq, volunteer at fundraising events and offer other general assistance in running the club as you may be able to. We need your involvement!