Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club (SPASC) is an accredited Australian Sailing "Discover Centre" (DSC) with accredited Dinghy Instructors.  DSC’s adhere to standards that ensure safety and customer satisfaction, in order to attain and retain this status.  With a range of courses and coaching SPASC has a pathway to take to sailors with very little sailing experience to a competitive racing level.

Dinghy Sailing - Dinghies courses are tailored for both teenagers and adults and involve sailing on small exhilarating boats (one or two crew).  Dinghies represent an ideal learning platform because thanks to their small size participants are safe and in full control of all sailing aspects. In more experienced hands though dinghies become action-packed boats suitable for sailors looking for a thrilling sail!

We currently run our Adult Learn to Sail courses twice a year, when we have sufficient numbers to justify running the courses.  The course offered is "Start Sailing 1", at a cost of $450 per person, plus $110 half season club membership. Series 1 will be run over a nine week period with 2 hour sessions from 11.00am until 1.00pm on Saturdays from 19 October 2024 to 21 December 2024 (except 26th October due to a regatta), and involves a mixture of classroom learning, sailing exercises, occasional racing and cruising to a destination - SPASC 2025/25 Sailing Program available HERE.

Sailing classes in our Adult Learn to Sail Program involve O’pen Skiffs, Lasers and Tasers, which are provided by SPASC.  All the equipment, including the boats, is provided for this course.  After completion of this course, you will be able to participate in our Friday Twilight Laser Series or Saturday afternoon race series either as a crew or skipper to gain more practice and improve your skills and Club boats can be chartered for use on Fridays/Saturdays if they are available.

Eligible persons must be either SPASC Family, Senior, Student or Junior members  Join Here

Please refer to SPASC's Youth Sailing Handbook which provides additional detail of our Learn to Sail Programs HERE.

For more information on the SPASC Adult Learn to Sail Program, please email SPASC Secretary on spascsailing@gmail.com, or call SPASC Dinghy Instructor, Mark Rayson on 0432 496 068.

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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.