•  By participating in a sailing course at Gosford Sailing Club you must agree to abide by the current government regulations (if any) regarding COVID19 at the commencement of the course. These may be reviewed on the GSC Website Here
• As you register your child you will be directed to the Australian Sailing website to register your child with them for insurance purposes. As part of this registration you will be allocated an Australian Sailing number. This number is to be used for ALL future sailing registrations for this child. Please write your AS Number down for future reference.

Please do not create a duplicate account if your child already has an AS number. PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO CHECK  FOR AN EXISTING AS NUMBER :  https://www.sailing.org.au/member-finder/

• If you are registering more than one child please use discount code: XTRAKIDS22 for your second and subsequent children from  the same family attending THIS COURSE ONLY to receive the 20% multi-child discount.

Course Overview

This course introduces participants to dinghy sailing and its fundamental skills so they learn terminology and equipment and practice launching and returning to shore and capsize recovery. 

Course Prerequisites

Water confident.

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to begin sailing in a dinghy. All the equipment and gear will be provided by your accredited Discover Sailing Centre.

Course Outcome

You will gain your Start Sailing 1 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.