INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE;

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.

SPASC commenced its Junior Sailing Program in 2021, providing an exciting introduction to the thrill of sailing for junior members.  With a range of courses and coaching SPASC has a pathway to take to junior sailors with very little sailing experience to a competitive racing level.  We understand that racing is not for everyone so we ensure that we include fun learning games and adventure sails into our program

The Start Sailing 1 & 2 Program is designed for Kids aged 8 to 16 and involves a mixture of classroom learning, sailing exercises, adventure games, occasional racing and cruising to a destination. 

NOTE Parents & Guardians - Please ensure you register using your child's revSPORT username and password and not your own, to allocate this Junior Sailing Program correctly.

This course is held on Saturday mornings from 2 November 2024 until 8 March 2025 between 9:00am and Midday.  There is a focus on confidence building and ensuring that game based learning is fully utilised.

Our Start Sailing 1 & 2 program uses a class of boat known as Optimists, which are provided by SPASC.    All the equipment, including the boats, is provided for this course. There is a discount if students bring their own boat.

Find our 2024-25 Start Sailing 1 & 2 Program HERE. 

Current Junior Sailing Programs involve Optimists, O’pen Skiffs and Laser classes, which are provided by SPASC.  Younger kids will always start in an Optimist, as this is the most stable design.

Eligible persons must be either SPASC Family or Junior members

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The Junior Sailing Program Fee is payable via this online registration and  must be completed prior to attending the program.  The course registration fees are:

• $250.00 per sailing season per person where a member owns a suitable boat; 
• $400.00 per sailing season per person where a member requires a club boat.

Active Kids Vouchers

The NSW Government is helping kids get active with the new Active Kids program and Australian Sailing is an approved provider. From 31 January 2018, parents, guardians and carers can apply for a voucher valued up to $50 per calendar year for each school-enrolled child. The voucher may be used with an approved activity provider for registration, participation and membership costs for sport, fitness and active recreation activities. Apply for your voucher online HERE

If you wish to use your voucher as part payment for your instructor course please enter the discount code 'ACTIVEKIDS' on registration and email your voucher code to spascsailing@gmail.com

For more information on 2024/25 SPASC Junior Sailing Programs, refer to SPASC Youth Sailing Handbook HERE.

 

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Course Overview
This course combines Start Sailing 1 and 2 together.

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 And Start Sailing 2 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.