RYA sailing school in Australia - 1 hour north of Brisbane, Queensland

Provider: Sunshine Sailing Australia Pty Ltd
Location: Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 (0)7 5478 2299

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Australian Yachting Federation recognised

Overview:

Sunshine Sailing Australia is Australia's leading sail experience provider. We operate from Mooloolaba on the magnificent Sunshine Coast and Scarborough in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Sunshine Sailing Australia offers learn to sail courses in dinghies and yachts, sailing adventures, corporate sailing events, team building and relaxing skippered yacht charters.

Sunshine Sailings Team

At the helm of Sunshine Sailing Australia is John Bankart, winner of the 2003 and 2007 Melbourne-Osaka double handed yacht races. John is one of only two Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Yachtmaster Ocean Examiners in Australia as well as a RYA Yachtmaster Offshore examiner.

John is an accomplished yachtsman, highly respected by his peers throughout the world. John has sailed over 130'000 sea miles worldwide, competed in 4 Sydney to Hobart yacht races, the infamous Fastnet, and was skipper of the yacht 'Maiden' racing around the world. John amoungst other things is now preparing on the next sailing adventure, we'll keep you posted!!

As skipper/instructor for The Challenge Business [UK], John skippered 'Nuclear Electric' and trained the crews for the BT Global Challenge, the toughest around the world yacht race for amateurs.

John continues to contest major ocean races, campaigning to enter the worlds Solo Ocean Yacht Races in 2010-2012 and also working on his next Melbourne to Osaka in 2011.

John has put together a team of world class skippers and instructors including Warren Boadle and James Morris, our Senior Instructor and our Corpoarte Events manager, both having sailed extensively within Australia and abroad.

This is a sailing school run by offshore racing professionals, a school with a difference!

General pricing info.

RYA Sailing Courses near Brisbane, Australia
RYA Start Yachting: 2 days / 3 days & 2 nights
RYA Competent Crew: 5, 6 or 10 days
RYA Day Skipper: 5, 6 or 10 days
RYA Coastal Skipper: 5, 6 or 10 days
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore: 5, 6 or 10 days
Professional Fastrack Courses
43 days practical, 14 days shorebased and approx 1600 nm
63 days practical and approx 2000 nm
66 days both practical and shorebased and 2400 miles approx

Prices
495$ / 695$ AUS
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12,600$ AUS
16,995$ AUS
16,300$ AUS

About the area:

We are located at The Wharf Mooloolaba, Parkyn Parade on the edge of the Mooloolah River, meters from the sea and 100 paces from the best beach in Queensland.

Mooloolaba offers a unique shopping experience that is unrivalled by other holiday destinations. There is an exciting new shopping precinct with many upmarket retail stores and dinning, Mooloolaba has something to offer everyone. Mooloolaba's great accommodation, fashionable cafes and shops make it a top vacation and leisure spot for locals, Brisbane, out-of state and overseas visitors.

Mooloolaba is also well known as an excellent venue for state, national and international sailing events, as well as other water sports and social activities.

Our location provides sheltered waters for dinghies in the Mooloola River, yachts in the small bay and open ocean sailing in minutes. The Sandy Straits and Fraser Island are just to the north; Moreton Bay, its inland waterways and Gold Coast are just to the south; it's perfect for overnight courses.

We teach sailing to people from 7 to 77 years old, in dinghies and yachts, inshore and offshore, beginner to yachtmaster. All completed courses include certificate and logbook endorsed by the RYA, recognised nationally and internationally.