@ Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club

Our OutThere Sailing school holiday experiences aim to introduce kids to sailing & water based activities in a fun & safe environment.

The kids will spend their days outdoors in the fresh air learning new skills & participating in challenging activities!  They will learn to sail on our small inshore keelboats whilst learning to work as a team as part of a crew.  Other water-based activities, skills & knowledge will be covered including introductory powerboating.  We will investigate inshore navigation, basic passage planning, safe anchoring and general seamanship skills.

Not only that, the kids will get to see Newcastle from a completely different angle and weather permitting may have the opportunity to check out the Stockton foreshore and the Hunter River.

A big part of the OutThere Sailing program is the social element of simply enjoying time spent with peers and doing some thing fun.  OutThere Sailing will keep friends together and keep you learning together.  So a person who has sailed before can sail together with a mate who might be completely new to the activity!

Sailing activities will be on our fleet of six Force 24 small inshore keelboats which are suitable for one instructor and up to 4 students.

A great program for kids aged 11-17 years.

Kids bring their own lunch & snacks and active gear for sailing with enclosed shoes (don’t forget your hat & suncream!).  We provide life jackets and all sailing and safety equipment.

 

* We are also running a new one-day OutThere Sailing Experience on the Monday, so those new to Sailing can try our program before committing to a 4-day program.  Why not encourage your friends to come along and try the program out, have some fun with you . . . 

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Overview
OutThere Sailing Experience sessions are all about having fun and getting a taste for on water activities. This action-packed program will give you the opportunity to try one or all the following, sailing, windsurfing, stand up paddle boarding, powerboating and keelboating. Depending on your club, experience sessions will be held over 2-4 hours.

Prerequisites

Water confident.

Who should do this experience?

This experience is designed for participants who are 12-17 years-old looking to try a new activity, have some fun and engage with other teenagers. 

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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.