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Tackers Sailing Courses
Australian Sailing’s junior program, built around fun and water confidence first and sailing technique second.
Tackers is the Australian Sailing junior pathway.
Current Tackers course listings include:
Australian Sailing describes Tackers 1 as a games-based introduction primarily aimed at children aged 7 to 12, while Tackers 2 and 3 progressively develop independence and sailing technique.
Tackers Intro
**Purpose:** Try sailing before committing to the full program.
**Typical student:** Child with little or no sailing experience.
**What comes next:** Tackers 1.
Tackers 1
**Purpose:** Learn basic sailing through games.
Students begin learning:
Tackers 2
Develops:
Tackers 3
Develops:
- Who it suits
- Children from about seven who are comfortable in the water.
- What it is not
- It is not a qualification, and it is not a race squad. Both come later if the child wants them.
Before and after
Other Australian Sailing courses
OutThere Sailing for Teenagers
For teenagers who have outgrown Tackers and are not ready for an adult course.
Australian Sailing Dinghy Courses
The most widely available learn-to-sail route in the country, and the fastest way to real wind awareness.
Australian Sailing Keelboat Courses
Start Crewing, Start Helming, Start Skippering — a stable boat and a natural bridge toward yachts.
Australian Sailing Safety & Sea Survival
Two days on what to do when it goes seriously wrong offshore, including a liferaft session in the pool.
Australian Sailing Powerboat Courses for Sailors
More relevant to sailors than the name suggests: nearly all rescue and support work happens from a powerboat.
Australian Sailing Instructor Pathway
The domestic route into teaching, and where most Australian sailing instructors begin.
Which course should you actually book?
Three questions — your experience, the boat you want to sail, and your goal — give you a starting course and the schools that teach it near you.