Sailing schools in New South Wales
Atlas Sailing
Sailing and powerboat courses for adults on Sydney Harbour, from first-timers through to skippers.
Flying Fish Sailing
RYA and Australian Sailing centre at Middle Harbour Yacht Club, with professional Yachtmaster programs running 8 to 16 weeks.
Pacific Sailing School
Teaching from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia since 1977, with keelboat and yacht courses on the Harbour.
Sydney By Sail
Operating from the Festival Pontoon by the Maritime Museum since 1995, with introductory yachting and crew packages.
Also operating in New South Wales
These schools are in our directory but their profiles are still being checked. We publish accreditation, training boats and course details only once we have verified them against the school, so nothing is listed for them yet.
The water you learn on
New South Wales holds the largest concentration of sailing training in the country. Sydney Harbour is confined water with heavy commercial traffic, which teaches collision regulations and pilotage quickly, and the Heads give coastal access when conditions allow. An hour north, Pittwater and Broken Bay offer sheltered water for first lessons and anchoring practice; Botany Bay serves the southern suburbs with more open conditions.
Course types around New South Wales
Availability varies by school, and not every course type is taught in every region. The three-question finder matches a starting course to your experience and goal, then points at the schools that teach it.
Training elsewhere in Australia
Queensland
Brisbane · Moreton Bay · Sunshine Coast · Mooloolaba · Whitsundays · Airlie Beach · Hervey Bay — 5 schools
Victoria
Melbourne · Port Phillip — 3 schools
Western Australia
Perth · Fremantle · Cockburn Sound · Busselton · Geographe Bay — 4 schools
South Australia
Adelaide · Gulf St Vincent — 0 schools
Tasmania
Hobart · Derwent · D’Entrecasteaux Channel — 0 schools
Northern Territory
Darwin · Darwin Harbour — 0 schools
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra · Lake Burley Griffin — 0 schools
Australia-wide and online
Australia-wide · Online · Mobile training — 0 schools
Not sure which school in New South Wales fits?
Start with the outcome, the boat you will train on, class size and whether the qualification is relevant to what you want to do.