BOOK YOUR FIRST LESSON ONLINE - schedule your next lesson with the office after each lesson
Course Summary
- Course provided by Pacific Sailing School
- Located at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
- Student Instructor ratio: 1:4 on International J24 Keelboats
- Courses Duration: 8 x 3-hour practical sessions
Course Dates
Next Steps
COMBINE KEEBOAT START CREWING AND KEELBOAT START HELMING
Competent Crew - Keelboat
This is the best way to start sailing – Onboard from lesson one! A great way to see the Harbour and meet lots of new people, whilst getting a general understanding of the basics of sailing.
On our J24 you will have hands-on instruction on helming (steering the boat), main sheet (controlling the power of the boat), winches (turning the boat through tacks and gybes etc) and the foredeck. After each lesson is your most important part of the day is the debriefing session with your crew and instructor at the Deck bar at the CYCA! (Home of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race).
Our Sailing Lessons are available every day and you can choose your lesson times. Session times are 9:00 am to 12:00 pm or 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm and weekend sessions extend to 4 pm to 7 pm during daylight saving. As we have several training yachts, booking in is really easy and flexible – all you need to do is book your first lesson online (Fri-Sun) or give us a call to book any session on any day. You can even do 2 lessons in one day.
Includes:
- 8 x 3-hour practical lessons, 2 Theory and Social evenings, a 2 hour virtual introduction to navigation session
- Unlimited *Practice Sessions for 6 weeks available on a standby basis after finishing the course
- Course kit with Textbook, Logbook and rope for knot practice.
- A Twilight Race
- Join us for dinner or barbecue snacks at the Theory and Social Evenings, afterwards the wine and beer is courtesy of PSS
- 1 x Free Discover Sailing Gift Voucher (on request - to give to a friend)
Practical Course Content:
- Safety equipment and rigging the yacht
- Points of sailing, going about and the gybe, rotating at the helm
- Reefing, Picking up mooring, man overboard
- Social Activities
- Join your crew for drinks in the famous Sydney Hobart Bar.
PSS Keelboat - Competent Crew Courses
- Single Person: Book your first lesson online or call our office
- Groups of 2 or more: Call our office for 5% discount
- Plus a Bonus Private Lesson ( Value $495 for 3 hours) when the Competent Crew Course is paid in full and advance - on completion of the lessons, available midweek only
- Plus Australian Sailing registration, insurance on school boats during lessons and for 3 months after the last lesson is completed, logbook, textbook (mandatory for all new students).