What’s on?
1 - 31 Aug 2025
3 hr Experience - Choose Your Session
This is the 'taster' for anyone who wants to discover sailing for the first time or wants a new experience. If you know a bit and want to have a taste of keelboat sailing on Sydney Harbour. A great way to start your sailing journey!
1 - 31 Aug 2025
Autumn 25 - 12hrs - 4x3hr sessions - Flexible Session choice
If you are new to sailing, then the Start Crewing short course is the first step in your sailing journey! This course is an introduction to the basics of crewing and sailing on a keelboat. Choose a combination of four (4) lessons to complete the entire skill level. The flexibility of when you do the lessons is yours (subject to minimum numbers required).
1 Aug 2025 - 7 Sep 2025
Flexible - [4 x 3hr] - Fri, Sat or Sun sessions
The Level 3 course develops both your theory and practical skills to confidently take control on the helm. Choose a combination of four (4) lessons to complete the entire skill level. The flexibility of when you do the lessons is yours (subject to minimum numbers required). Price Spring/Summer - $640 from 6 Oct.
2 Aug 2025 - 12 Oct 2025
12 hrs - 4 x 3hrs Flexible Sression Choice
Start Skippering (L4) Learn to Skipper and Seamanship - You will now advance your sailing skills and safety knowledge to enable you to skipper unsupervised in sheltered waters.
3 - 24 Aug 2025
4 days - Every Sundays in August
AS Spinnaker Course + CYCA Racing Package over four Sundays in August.
Tue 12 Aug 2025
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM (4 hours 30 minutes)
The objective of the course is to qualify FBC Members to take powerboat into Open Water (restricted area) as part of the Membership Services. Each Member will need to attend both Theory and practical sessions to gain knowledge and practical experience to a minimum standard to complete a short coastal passage by day.
Tue 12 Aug 2025
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM (4 hours 30 minutes)
The objective of the course is to qualify FBC Members to take powerboat into Open Water (restricted area) as part of the Membership Services. Each Member will need to attend both Theory and practical sessions to gain knowledge and practical experience to a minimum standard to complete a short coastal passage by day.
13 - 17 Aug 2025
1 week, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The RYA Coastal Skipper course provides you with the opportunity to develop your seamanship, boat handling and navigation skills offshore by day and night.
13 - 17 Aug 2025
1 week, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
These pracrical hands-on comprehensive skills development course are conducted over 5 days leads to the RYA Copetent Crew or Day Skipper Practical certificate. A Day Skipper certifacte entitles you to apply for an International Certificate of Competence [ICC].
We love to sail. More importantly, we love giving sailing lessons!
“We had the pleasure of doing a sailing course with Justin as our Instructor. His calm, humble attitude makes him approachable even as he garnered respect from young and old alike from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. We were thankful to have learned a great deal from Justin’s experience and his passion for sailing and his natural ability to ignite the same passion in others. We would not hesitate to recommend Atlas Sailing!”
What our customers say
"gift for helping students to really understand"
"Justin is a skilled sailor, but more importantly an instructor with a gift for helping students to really understand and apply sailing concepts. I'd highly recommend Atlas Sailing to anyone who wants to learn to sail or continue their sailing education." - Peter Wright
"Relaxed and friendly"
Justin was my RYA Coastal Skipper Practical examiner. He was very clear, engaging, and thorough, in his instructions, and teachings.
Add to which, a relaxed and friendly manner, to make you feel at ease, put a smile on your face, made Justin a brilliant teacher. I’d highly recommend.
"Calm and thorough"
Justin was my instructor /assessor for my 5-day competent crew quals. Calm & thorough which meant I gained confidence as I gained new skills. If I didn't get it right, Justin's teaching style let me think "OK I'll go again until I do". Highly recommend!
"actionable, memorable exercises for every situation"
Justin is a GREAT sailing instructor. No "old school" yell, just patient, methodical, calm coaching. He takes the theory and translates it into actionable, memorable exercises for every situation. He is also passionate about it, and if you want to learn then he will get you there.