Course Cost

$295 ($245 early bird ends 30 November)

*payment gateway fee (2% + $1.60) applies

Course Inclusions

• 20 hrs tuition with Australian Sailing qualified Instructor
• Snack and lunch provided each day. 
• Certificate on the last day
• Entry to the annual FYC Beach Party including BBQ food, games, treasure hunt, egg toss, ice cream eating competition all included, sure to lots of fun for all.  Siblings and friends of Participants welcome! – entry $10 each. 

More Information

Discover Sailing in stronger winds as you develop the skills required to get maximum speed from your dinghy. The successful sailor will be able to apply knowledge of the fundamental boat controls to manoeuvre the boat efficiently in light to moderate conditions on all points of sail. You will learn towing, capsize recovery of inverted boat,  understand and identify weather and environmental conditions.

 

What to Bring to Sailing

What you need to bring to sailing:

• Bathers – shorts & rashie ideal (avoid cotton)
• Towel
• Closed-toe footwear (eg. old sneakers, beach shoes)
• Hat
• Water bottle to refill with rainwater
• Change of clothes

And if available:

• Windproof and waterproof jacket
• Wetsuit
• Sailing gloves (bike golf gloves etc are good too)
• Wetsuit boots

*PFD (lifejacket) Type 1 or Type 2 provided.

• …and loads of energy!

 

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Course Overview

This course focuses on sailing in stronger winds and introducing extra equipment like spinnaker and trapeze to leverage the full boat potential on the water.

Course Prerequisites

Water confident, and you should have the skills, knowledge and experience gained from the Start Sailing 2 course.

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to continue developing their sailing skills in dinghies. 

Course Outcome

You will gain your Better Sailing completion certificate. 

 

We recognise that some of our course participants are completing the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award and may be using sailing and/or club membership to complete one or more sections of The Award. To learn more, click here.