News - Australian Sailing

Great news for current and aspiring Race Officials – the Officials Hub is now live!

The new Hub provides easy access to information and resources relevant to Race Officials, including course information, the accreditation process, and a collection of useful reference documents and template forms for Race Officials.

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Mon 30 Sep 2024

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Sailing Instructors

Careers Instructor

Mon 17 Jun 2024

Instructor, Coach, Offical Development Strategy - UPDATE

Following the launch of the Instructor, Coach, Official Development Strategy, we are pleased to share an update on recent developments.

Training Instructor Coach

Fri 15 Mar 2024

Essential Skills - Group control for instructors

Good group control starts with a good briefing ashore, without that, group control afloat is near impossible. Prepare, plan, and adapt.

Training Instructor

Thu 14 Mar 2024

Jana Sonter’s Top Tips for Windsurfing Instructors!

Jana Sonter is the current Australian Sailing Deputy Chief Windsurf Instructor. With over 20 years of extensive experience teaching windsurfing, sailing, and powerboating across Europe and a Master’s degree in sport science, specializing in windsurfing.

Training Instructor

Thu 14 Mar 2024

Instructor and Coach of the year 2023

The Australian Sailing Awards have been the premier off-water celebration nation-wide for several decades. In 2014, the categories of, Instructor of the Year and Coach of the Year, were added with nominations being given by State Associations.

Instructor National Coach

Fri 01 Dec 2023

Instructor of the Year Finalists Announced

Three incredible Instructors from around Australia have been announced as finalists for the Instructor of the Year award, with the winner to be announced at the Australian Sailing Awards on November 3 in Sydney.

National Instructor ACT NSW QLD VIC TAS NT WA SA

Thu 19 Oct 2023

Delivering Quality Experiences to Convert participants to members as part of the role of an instructor

As the first point of contact for most of the public, part of the role as an instructor is to get the public excited about the sport of sailing through great quality experiences at your club. They can then become a larger part of your sailing community by joining your club as a member therefore contributing to your club and the love of sailing in general.

Training Instructor

Fri 22 Sep 2023

Bluey’s episode- Adaptability through a changing environment

Whether you have heard of the Kids TV program “Bluey’s” or not the lesson to be taken away from the 7 minute episode released in June called “Cricket” can actually be seen from a coaches perspective in a very practical way and from sailing community in general as a way to look at the sport as a whole.

Training Coach Instructor

Fri 22 Sep 2023

Become an Australian Sailing Wing instructor!

Australian Sailing has recently launched The Learn to Wing Program, a new program for Discover Sailing Centres (DSCs), designed to introduce participants to the exciting discipline of wing-surfing.

Training Instructor

Fri 22 Sep 2023

Key Instructor, Coach and Official Resource Launched

Australian Sailing is proud to announce the launch of its Instructor, Coach and Official Development Strategy.

National ACT NSW QLD VIC NT WA SA TAS Instructor Coach Strategic

Mon 18 Sep 2023

Become an Australian Sailing Instructor

Grab all the skills you need to deliver a quality experience at your sailing club this season.

SA Instructor

Tue 12 Sep 2023

Training In Focus – Live: Went Live In QLD July 2023

This year the Instructor Conference underwent a name change and we went ‘live’ with the Training In Focus – Live event held at the magnificent lakeside venue of Southport Yacht Club’s Watersports Centre, Oxenford on the Gold Coast.

QLD Club News QLD Instructor

Mon 17 Jul 2023