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Site Map
Every page on the site, 243 in all. There is also an XML sitemap for search engines and an llms.txt for AI assistants.
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Qualification schemes
Each training body and the courses it awards.
Sailing schools
Directory
By state
By city and region
By city and course
- Learn to sail in Sydney
- Yacht courses in Sydney
- Charter preparation in Sydney
- Learn to sail in Melbourne
- Yacht courses in Melbourne
- Learn to sail in Brisbane
- Yacht courses in Brisbane
- Catamaran courses in Brisbane
- Learn to sail in Perth
- Yacht courses in Perth
- Yacht courses in Whitsundays
- Catamaran courses in Whitsundays
- Charter preparation in Whitsundays
- Learn to sail in Adelaide
- Yacht courses in Adelaide
- Learn to sail in Hobart
- Yacht courses in Hobart
- Catamaran courses in Gold Coast
Course guides
22 guides, grouped by what you want to learn.
All courses
Learn to sail
Boat handling
Cruising & passages
Navigation & weather
Pathways and guides
A pathway is the route to a goal; a guide answers a question that sits either side of choosing a course.
By goal
Before you book
- All guides
- How long does it take to learn to sail?
- What sailing courses cost in Australia
- What happens on your first sailing lesson?
- Should you learn in a dinghy, keelboat or yacht?
- What to wear for a sailing lesson
- Seasickness and sailing lessons
- Learning to sail as an adult
- Choosing sailing lessons for children and families
- Liveaboard versus day sailing courses
- How to keep a sailing logbook and record sea miles
- How to choose a sailing school
- Should you buy a boat before learning to sail?
- Weather basics for beginner sailors
- Sailing course prerequisites explained
- Online versus classroom sailing theory
Working on the water
Comparisons
Head-to-head pages, each one with the answer at the top.
Training schemes
Courses and levels
Courses by training body
The named courses each scheme awards, as distinct from the intent guides above.
RYA
- RYA overview
- RYA Competent Crew
- RYA Sailing Pathway
- RYA Cruising Level 1: Start Sailing
- RYA Cruising Level 2: Basic Skills
- RYA Start Yachting
- RYA Day Skipper Theory
- RYA Day Skipper Practical Sailing
- RYA Coastal Skipper Practical
- RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore Theory
- RYA Yachtmaster Guide
- RYA Yachtmaster Coastal
- RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
- RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
- RYA Dinghy Sailing Scheme
- RYA Start Sailing (Dinghy Level 1)
- RYA Basic Skills (Dinghy Level 2)
- RYA Better Sailing (Dinghy Level 3)
- RYA Seamanship Skills (Advanced Module)
- RYA Day Sailing (Advanced Dinghy Module)
- RYA Sailing with Spinnakers
- RYA Performance Sailing
- RYA Youth Sailing Stage 1
- RYA Youth Sailing Stage 2
- RYA Youth Sailing Stage 3
- RYA Youth Sailing Stage 4
- RYA Youth Racing Modules
- RYA Keelboat Start Sailing
- RYA Keelboat Basic Skills
- RYA Keelboat Day Sailing
- RYA Keelboat Advanced Sailing
- RYA Multihull Start Sailing
- RYA Multihull Basic Skills
- RYA Multihull Advanced Sailing
IYT
American Sailing
Questions and site information
Answered in full
- Can I learn to sail with no experience?
- Do I have to start in a dinghy?
- Is Competent Crew for complete beginners?
- Which is better, RYA or IYT?
- Is RYA Day Skipper a boat licence?
- Is Yachtmaster a five-day course?
- Do I need an ICC?
- What qualification do I need to charter in the Whitsundays?
- Should I take a catamaran course before chartering a catamaran?
- What is Safety & Sea Survival?
- Should both partners learn to skipper?
- Is Yachtmaster automatically an Australian commercial qualification?