Learn to sail on a Magic 25. She's a small yacht with a keel, so she won't ever tip over! On the Magic 25, you'll learn all the basics of yachting including hoisting sails, tacking, gybing, helming and sail trim.

The Balmain Sailing School is conducted from the clubhouse of the Balmain Sailing Club, at the bottom of Water Street, Balmain in Sydney. The Balmain Sailing School is a Discover Sailing Centre accredited by Australian Sailing. Our Instructors are experienced and are all Australian Sailing certified.

The course runs over three by 4 hour sessions on Saturdays.

Once you sign up for a course, you'll automatically receive six Sail PASS temporary membership vouchers to the Balmain Sailing Club and a certificate upon completion. Each Sail PASS voucher will enable you to join a race crew on a club yacht to see if you enjoy racing.

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Course Overview
This course introduces participants to the basics of sailing on keelboats, including boat handling, safety and sailing theory.

Course Prerequisites

Water confident.

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to begin sailing in a keelboat. Learn the basics, whilst staying relatively dry! All the equipment and gear will be provided by your accredited Discover Sailing Centre.

Course Outcome

You will gain your Start Crewing completion certificate.