Women's Spinnaker course

We are pleased to welcome participants to our Women’s 'Learn to Spinnaker' course (Friday mornings) for November 2023.  

This course will provide an extension to your current sailing skills, and we recommend you have past sailing experience or have completed at least two women's 4-week sailing courses.

Participants will work through how to hoist a spinnaker and set using either a spinnaker pole or by “floating”.  You will learn how to correctly trim the spinnaker to get maximum benefit from the extra sail area on various angles of wind including pole position & height.  Spinnaker trim when gybing and how to gybe the pole will be covered and then you will learn how to drop the kite quickly & efficiently so it’s ready to go back up again without any tangles!

Learn or brush up your skills for our SheSAILS@NCYC Development Regatta in March.

The course will include four sessions, conducted on consecutive Friday dates as listed, with our Bubbles & Nibbles celebrations held at the conclusion of the final session.  The course will run alongside our regular Women's Sailing course.

All session times are 9:00am to 11:30am

Training will be conducted on the Club's fleet of Force 24 keelboats sailed inshore on the waters of Newcastle Harbour.  The course may also include some shore based theory components if it is unsafe or unsuitable to go on-water.

The registration fee for this course is $220.

The return participant and member discount is not available for this spinnaker course.

From these courses you can choose to become involved with our She Sails@NCYC regattas and social events - check out our website for more details

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Course Numbers

The NCYC Sailing Academy abides by the Australian Sailing instructor to student ratios, hence places are strictly limited. We regularly sell out our Women's Sailing courses, so to avoid disappointment, we recommend registering early.  There are 8 places available on this course.

If you've sailed with us before, find your AS Number here . . .

Simply add your first and last names in the search and then find your record based on your postcode.  Follow this link - https://www.sailing.org.au/member-finder/

Payment Plans

We do offer weekly payment plans in order to pay for the course in equal instalments over a nominated period. Full payment must be received prior to the course commencement date. Please contact the Sailing Office to arrange set up.

General Course Information

We offer further details and general course information, both within your confirmation email (please check your junk/spam folder) as well as on our website, covering parking, recommended clothing, where to meet, missing a session etc - please follow this link CLICK HERE

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Should you have any further questions or enquiries, please contact our friendly Sailing Office staff.

PH: 4940 8188

EM: sailingacademy@ncyc.net.au

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Experience Overview

This course is for participants keen to experience what keelboat sailing is about.

Course Prerequisites

Nil

Who should do this course?

This is the perfect 'taster' for anyone who wants to discover sailing for the first time. This is the perfect introduction and can be the ideal way for you to begin your sailing journey, without having to commit to a full training course.

Course Outcome

Following the course, you will receive a completion certificate.