Training and Coaching

Season 2026-27

These courses are not for beginners but for sailors who can already control their boat competently.

These sessions are aimed at building on your boat handling skills to better understand tacking and gybing, its balance and how to make the boat move faster. You will also learn trapezing skills if appropriate for your class of boat, spinnaker work and teamwork if on a 2-person boat. You will need your own boat in good working order or book a club boat for the session.

We learn so much from each other, so don't be shy to ask questions of other sailors in the yard, on the deck or at the bar.

Junior Fleet Training 

This is training for all Division 6 boats (Open Skiff, Hawk, Minnow and Optimists). Juniors must have their own boat or hire a club boat. 

Junior Fleet training is a club-based junior sailing activity program for kids who have completed the Better Sailing/Start Racing Program or an equivalent junior learn-to-sail program. The Junior Fleet sailors will develop their boat handling and racing skills and learn basic racing rules in a fun and supportive learning environment. It uses a relaxed teaching structure to further develop each sailor's independence and sailing knowledge with a fun, game-based and social approach.

Our levels are explained here:

Junior Fleet

Our Junior Fleet training is divided into two groups based on each sailor's skill level and experience.

Green Fleet

Green Fleet is our club-based junior sailing activity program for children who have completed the Better Sailing/Start Racing Program or an equivalent learn-to-sail program. It is designed for kids who want to keep building their sailing skills without the competitive side of racing.

Sessions use a relaxed teaching structure that develops each sailor's independence and sailing knowledge through fun, game-based and social activities. Sailors can use their own boats or hire a club boat for the season.

Silver/Gold Fleet

As their skills develop, Green Fleet sailors can progress to Silver/Gold Fleet. This group is for sailors who are ready to learn the skills of dinghy racing. The focus remains on fun, now with the added challenge of learning to race.

In a supportive learning environment, Silver/Gold sailors build their boat handling and racing skills and learn the basic racing rules. They are encouraged to try a variety of formats, including club racing, team racing, and events organised by the Club, as well as unregattas and regattas run by the Victorian Open Skiff Association.

Cost per junior  $210

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Sessions are running on Saturdays throughout the season.
Sailors are encouraged to join the afternoon racing. Once a month, there is a Junior Fleet training Day (as marked on the calendar) where a powerboat will help coach juniors around the race course. 

Catamaran Coaching Sessions

Are you preparing for National or State Titles soon? 

These sessions aim to build on your catamaran handling skills, to understand the tacking and gybing of the catamaran, its balance and how to make the boat handle and move fast. You will also learn trapezing skills and teamwork if on a 2-person boat. You will need your catamaran in good working order for this course.

Dates: Saturday mornings 10 am

October 24th

November 14th

November 28th

December 12th

There is no cost, as it is fellow cat sailors sharing their skills with others. 

Monohull coaching  - Coming soon

This course is designed for participants who wish to continue developing their racing skills in dinghies and want to learn more about tuning their boat and racing strategy and tactics. If you have trapezing and a spinnaker we can teach this also. You can use your boat or book a club boat.