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Sailing Schools Victoria

Sailing schools in Victoria — Melbourne and Port Phillip. Learn to sail, keelboat and yacht training, RYA courses and Yachtmaster preparation.

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Sailing schools in Victoria

MelbourneGeelongthe Gippsland Lakes
Docklands

Blue Water Sailing School

Courses from Docklands and in the Whitsundays, covering learn-to-sail, Competent Crew, night sailing and a Bareboat Skipper program with ICC.

Beginner · Yacht · Charter · ICC
Full profileChecked September 2026
Middle Brighton

Yachtmaster Sailing School

RYA courses on Port Phillip from Competent Crew to Yachtmaster, taught on sea-going yachts rather than inshore training boats.

RYA
Yacht · Skipper · Yachtmaster
Full profileChecked September 2026

Also operating in Victoria

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.

Smooth Sailing School
Where will you train?

The water you learn on

Almost all Victorian training happens on Port Phillip, an enclosed bay large enough to lose sight of land in. It is demanding water to learn on: a short, steep chop builds quickly in a southerly, the tidal streams through the Heads at Port Phillip Bay’s entrance are among the strongest in the country, and the weather changes fast. Sailors trained there tend to arrive well prepared for coastal passages.

MelbournePort Phillip
What is taught here

Course types around Victoria

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.

Beginner sailingKeelboat coursesYacht trainingRYA coursesIYT coursesCatamaran trainingYachtmaster preparationRacingSafety & Sea SurvivalMarine radioNavigationOwn-boat tuition
Other states

Training elsewhere in Australia

New South Wales

Sydney Harbour · Middle Harbour · Pittwater · Broken Bay · Botany Bay — 8 schools

Queensland

Brisbane · Moreton Bay · Sunshine Coast · Mooloolaba · Whitsundays · Airlie Beach · Hervey Bay — 5 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

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