Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club

The Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club is a family friendly and focused, not-for-profit, club operated exclusively by a large team of energetic sailors, their families and supporters.

Sailing has been organised from Longueville Point site since at least 1896/97, and we have operated from out location next to the Longueville Wharf since 1918.

Today we have close to 400 members, associates and supporters. The sailors compete in three senior classes and two junior classes. The senior classes sail on 12ft Skiffs – our flagship class - as well as Cherubs, and Lasers in Standard, Radial and some 4.7 rigs, while the junior classes sail on Flying Elevens and One-up or Two- up Sabots. Each Saturday of the season from September through to April, a fleet of up to 80 skiffs and dinghies sail and compete on the Lane Cove River and the Upper Harbour. Many of our sailors regularly represent our club at interclub, state, national and international events.

Each season the club operates week long Learn To Sail (LTS) training programs during school holidays to introduce children and families to the joys and challenges of sailing. In excess of 100 children participated over the four LTS programs held last season.

LEARN TO SAIL PROGRAMS

We offer three introductory Learn to Sail Holiday programs during the sailing season in the school holidays in September/October, December and January.

Each course has two groups:

Beginners in Sabots – Designed for children aged from 8 to 12 who would like to learn the basic skills of sailing. For those that have never sailed before or have limited sailing experience.

Beginners in Lasers – Designed for older students up to the age of 18 with no or little sailing experience.

Each program runs for 4 or 5 days and covers both theory and practice.

Accepts NSW Active Kids Vouchers