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Learn to sail on the water
Best value · Beginner
Sailor's Starter Package
Basic Keelboat Cruising, the ROC(M) radio course, the Toronto Harbour Licence and a month of Boat Share Club sailing, for $1,995.
Beginner · 3 hours
Introduction to Sailing
Three hours on Lake Ontario aboard a Hunter 31 with an instructor. An easy way to see if sailing is for you.
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Beginner · Sail Canada
Start Keelboat & Basic Keelboat Cruising
The Sail Canada path from little or no experience to skippering a keelboat of up to 10 metres.
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Returning sailors
Refreshers & Mileage Builders
Instructor-guided sessions to rebuild confidence: docking, anchoring, sail trim, crew overboard and more.
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Next step · Live-aboard
Intermediate Keelboat Cruising
Five or six days living aboard, cruising yachts up to 12 metres at bareboat charter level.
Not open for online booking right now.
Classroom & winter courses
Sail Canada
Coastal Navigation
Basic and Intermediate Coastal Navigation: charts, plotting and fixing your position.
Sail Canada
Sailing Theory
Classroom theory for the Sail Canada keelboat certifications.
Navigation
Celestial Navigation
Courses and seminars on sextants, taking sights and plotting your position.
Hands-on
Boat Maintenance
Practical courses such as sailboat electrical systems and fibreglass repair.
Instructors
Sail Canada Instructor Clinics
Clinics for sailors training to become Sail Canada instructors.
Licences & certificates
Two evenings
VHF Radio Operator (ROC(M))
The certificate you need to use a marine VHF radio, with the exam on the second evening.
Licence
Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC)
Proof of competency for any boat with a motor, available to Basic Cruising graduates.
Licence
Toronto Harbour Licence (PVOP)
A written exam and short powerboat handling test for operating in Toronto Harbour.