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If you are contemplating a coastal passage for the first time or you feel you may be a bit rusty in the navigation department, it is a good idea to brush up on your navigational skills.

Around the Australian coast there are a considerable number of Yachting Australia training centres, listed on their website. Some of these are commercial sailing schools charging a fee to enrol on their courses. Others are yacht clubs and associations which run courses for their members. There is at least one school offering a correspondence course in coastal navigation for those who are unable to attend a course in person.

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If you aspire to owning a sailing boat or just want to try sailing should you bother with sailing lessons?

It’s possible to go sailing with friends if you are lucky or head down to the local yacht club and get a crewing position on one of their members boats for free. Certainly this is a good way to get some sailing experience.

However there are some disadvantages to only going down this avenue:-

The skipper and crew are not there to teach you and, even if willing, may not be suited to teaching.

Often until you have proved yourself you are assigned to a minor role in the crew.

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