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Sail Training...
Introduction to Sailing
$440
1 live-aboard weekend
Competent Crew
$880
2 live-aboard weekends
Yachtmaster Practical
$440
Exam Coaching live-aboard weekends
RYA Theory...
RYA Yachtmaster Theory
$990
3 weekends 8-4pm
RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Theory
$990
10 4-hr standalone modules
Ocean Sailing...
Mate of Watch Course will be available on the
Sydney-New Caledonia passage in September 2023
And again on the New Caledonia-Bundaberg passage in October
Yachtmaster Ocean Qualifier will be available on the
Sydney-New Caledonia passage in September 2023
And again on the New Caledonia-Bundaberg passage in October
* See pricing note at foot of page
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Ocean Sailing Club: Introduction to Sailing • Competent Crew • Mate of Watch
RYA: Yachtmaster • Yachtmaster Ocean Theory
RYA: Yachtmaster • Yachtmaster Ocean Theory
Because we want all our members to be great, safe sailors we use our own in-house trainer / skipper so your training is at cost price.
Note about Sail Training Summer 2022-23
With so many borders opening up - and opportunities with them - we are catching up on our sailing by running our fun & sail training alongside our holiday sailing. So this summer, look out for a chance to do you sail training over in NZ.
Sydney based training should resume in the autumn of 2023.
5 reasons to learn with The Ocean Sailing Club
* See pricing note at foot of page
• Only £250/$440 AU for a whole weekend's sailing.
* See pricing note at foot of page
• When you book a training course, you get Free membership that gives you
• Total flexibility
• An Exceptional Trainer with over 30 years experience
• Your weekend will never be wasted.
Introduction to Sailing £250/$440 AU
If you've never sailed before or you have sailed before but it was so long ago you've forgotten most of it! Or you would just like to go back over the basics
Live aboard for one weekend. This includes about 18 hours of sail training and some night time sailing.
Visit our Sailing & Training Calendar for dates
Competent Crew £500/$880 AU
To join the Competent Crew Course, you must either have completed INtroduction to Sailing course or have a similar level of sailing experience. Then if want to consolidate your knowledge so far, come on our Competent Crew course.
Split over a two 2-day weekends (£500/$880 AU) living aboard. This will include over 35 hours of sail training including about 8 hours night sailing and coastal sailing.
Visit our Sailing & Training Calendar for dates
Mate of Watch Course £625/$1100 AU
As a course, new to The Ocean Sailing Club, we are just finalising details.
The Mate of Watch Course is a 5 day course conducted on board an Ocean-going yacht to teach watch keeping, seamanship and navigation up to the standards required for taking charge of a watch on deck, at sea or in harbour, under supervision of a deck officer.
To get the most out of this course, it's best if you have already gained
• 5 days sea time, • 100 miles • 4 night hours • Navigation Theory
The 5 day course will contain areas such as:
• Preparation for sea
• Deck work
• Navigation
• Pilotage
• Meteorology
• Maintenance and repair work
• Victualling
• Emergency Situations
• General Watchkeeping
Visit our Sailing & Training Calendar for dates
New 'Modular' Yachtmaster Theory Course - £560/$990 AU
Because we are all sailors here at The Ocean Sailing Club, we understand that it's hard to get enough days off to cover the required 40 hours of face to face training for this valuable qualification.
So, our Yachtmaster Theory Course runs as 10 stand-alone modules - usually on alternate Saturday and Sunday mornings - from 0800 to 1200 so as not to interfere with your race sailing schedule. It provides the theoretical knowledge you will need to safely skipper a yacht anywhere in the world.
Because the Club has arranged these lessons to be taught on a rolling basis, and each module is self-contained - with its appropriate RYA exercises/assessments, yu don't absolutely have to attend them in the order they are run. So you might miss Module One, being on holiday, so start at Module Two a fortnight later; take all the and then take Module One next time it is run, few months later, before sitting your final RYA Assessment.
With this and the Practical exam, charter companies all over the world will be happy to charter you a yacht, from the Med to Tahiti. It is also recognised as a professional qualification, which opens doors up to First Mate or Skipper on Ocean going yachts and 'Super-yachts' up to 200 tons
Find out more about becoming an RYA Yachtmaster 'Coastal' or 'Offshore'
Visit our Sailing & Training Calendar for dates
Yachtmaster Ocean Theory
New to The Ocean Sailing Club The format of this course is still being finalised.
Celestial Theory - the 'Astro-navigation' required for the voyage
Worldwide Meteorology - Including tropical revolving storms (hurricanes etc), Indian Ocean monsoons, ocean currents and gyres.
Passage Planning - Including charts, publications, weather strategies and communications
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Yachtmaster Coastal/Offshore Practical Coaching - £995/$1760 AU
The course is 4 live-aboard weekends, from 0900 Saturday to 1600 Sunday
It is intended to help you master the skills you will need to sit the practical exam for RYA Yachtmaster coastal. This is a qualification that charter companies all over the world will be happy to recognise, from the Med to Tahiti. It is also the first step in a professional qualification, which opens doors up to First Mate on Ocean going yachts and 'Super-yachts' up to 200 tons
If you want to sit the Yachtmaster Offshore exam, you may need to build up more practical experience - which we are happy to help you with
Find out more about becoming an RYA Yachtmaster 'Coastal' or 'Offshore'
Visit our Sailing & Training Calendar for dates
RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Qualifying Passage- £1250/$2190 AU
The course is a 2-week, 1,000 mile, live-aboard Coral Sea crossing.
To pass the interview-based RYA Yachtmaster exam you will need to be an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore with excellent organisational skills and a wealth of practical experience sailing unsupported across substantial bodies of water.
This voyage will help you master the skills required to sit the interview-style exam for RYA Yachtmaster Ocean. You will take from the voyage a a portfolio of logs, reports and chart plots needed to sit that exam.
The RYA Ocean Yachtmaster qualification will enable you to sail anywhere in the world unsupported and, with the RYA commercial endorsement, to act as Skipper of any Ocean going yacht or 'Super-yachts' up to 200 tons
Find out more about becoming an RYA Ocean Yachtmaster
Visit our Sailing & Training Calendar for dates
And here's a glimpse of the Club yacht beating to windward in a full gale.
We would only do this with more advanced student members but it's good to see how safe and dry she is even under these conditions!
It's nice to have experienced some heavy weather sailing under the watchful eye of your Offshore Yachtmaster before you try it on your own!
Here we are pushing uphill in 35 knots against a lumpy sea. But, after you've seen and felt what it's like, you'll be better equipped to try it on your own.
Thanks to Mylo for risking his phone to capture this. It is definitely a moment of hand-held movie footage so hang on! The noise is the wind.
* Important Note: As an Australian non-profit organisation, all transactions are deemed to take place in Australia and under NSW Law. The Ocean Sailing Club charges membership and product prices in Australian dollars, however The Club may accept payment in the local currency of where their yacht is at the time. The Club may refer to prices in currencies other than Australian dollars, those prices are indicative only of the actual Australian prices and are shown for comparison purposes