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Experience Sailing
Cost: $220
Duration: 4 hours
Step on board and experience the world of sailing in this four-hour, no-pressure, low cost introduction to your new life on the water. Absolutley no experience necessary.
Night Sail
Cost: $220
Duration: 3.5 hours
An amazing 3.5 hour sail taken as a stand-alone experience or part of the Crew Certificate. Enjoy a surreal and challenging experience.
Go from Zero to Hero
Accredited Courses
Learn to Sail
Cost: $620
Duration: 2 days (9am to 5pm)
Learn to sail in just two days on a 40′ yacht. We offer a fun and inclusive environment without the pressure. The perfect way to discover sailing, and explore a whole new lifestyle!
Competent Crew
Cost: $680
Duration: 2 days (9am to 5pm)
Take the next step after ‘Learn to Sail’. Learn to helm, reinforce prior learning and grow in confidence. Take Learn to Sail, Competent Crew and Night Sail for the International Crew Certificate (package price available).
International Crew/Skipper
Cost: From $1590
Duration: 4 days liveaboard
An immersive program that quickly moves you from zero to hero. Take the first course at the crew level, then take another to become an Bareboat Skipper and qualify for the International Certificate of Competency (ICC).
Adventure Awaits
Australian East Coast Adventures 2025
Join the adventure next winter and build your miles or gain a qualification. Visit remote islands and coral reefs, spot whales and sail the Whitsundays.
Incredible
adventures & REGATTAS
wilsons Promontory
The stunning beauty of the Prom can only really be appreciated from the sea. Enjoy wonderful views as you sail down the coast and around the southern-most tip of the Australian mainland.
tasmania
Sail from Melbourne to Hobart, or Hobart back to Melbourne over 10 days via either the west or east coast. This is a challenging adventure for sailors with some experience.
QLD & whitsundays
Sail Mooloolabah to Yepoon or Yeppon to Hamilton Island (or both). This coastal cruise includes remote islands, coral reefs and stuning coastline. Fish and spot whales while you sail.
twilight racing
Join the Boomer Racing Team for a fun, social evening and discover the joy of social racing. Relaxing on the water is the best way to beat the mid-week blues!
geelong festival of sails
Crew on a competitive Beneteau First 40.7 in the largest regatta in the southern hemisphere over the Australia Day Long Weekend. Great comradarie as we party hard and sail harder.
hamilton island race week
Sail in one of the world’s most famous yachting events. Race around the stunning Whitsunday Islands by day and enjoy onshore entertainment by night.
"Tim and the team at Blue Water Sailing School are fantastic instructors. Not only do they know there stuff but they are also very friendly and instantly put you at ease as soon as you step aboard. I highly recommend them.
Kevin Bird
24 Jul, 2024 (Google REVIEW)
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Internationally Recognised
International Yacht Training is the most internationally recognised boating standards system in the world. It offers the widest range of courses, ISO quality management and is truly international.
Your Principal Instructor
Blue Water Sailing School Principal is Tim Foster. Now based in Melbourne, Tim has been sailing for over 40 years. He is a commercially certified skipper and RYA Yachtmaster Instructor, with a Yachtmaster (Offshore), Sea Safety and Survival, Safety Boat Handling, YA Dinghy Instructor, Cert IV in Training and Assessment and many other qualifications. Former Commodore of the Dobroyd Aquatic Club where he won several club championships, divisional winner of the Geelong Festival of Sails and currently sailing at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria and Sandringham Yacht Club.
Professional Sailing Instructors
RYA and IYT qualified sailing instructors, with 40+ years of sailing experience each, numerous other sailing qualifications and racing success.
Online Learning Specialist
Tim has over ten years' experience is online learning development and instructional design in the Australian tertiary sector.
International Certification
IYT Worldwide is the trusted standard of excellence in yacht training, maritime certification and safety around the world. IYT operates more boating courses with more government approvals through more schools, in more countries than any other boating organisation in the world.
Meet 'Boomer'
‘Boomer’ is a Beneteau First 40.7, an ideal and very popular training vessel. Certified by AMSA for training and cruising, she is a comfortable, safe and exciting platform for sail training. We love the roomy cockpit, wide gunwales and high boom. With all new sails, rig, engine and various upgrades she is well-maintained and feels like new. And she’s fast! She offers three double berths and two additional berths in the saloon. Now featuring a Nespresso coffee machine! If you want to learn to sail in Melbourne in style then hop on board. Note that we do not have a sprayhood or bimini as they obstruct the view of the sails and inhibit communication (and learning).
