Sailing Wanganui Training
Learn to Sail

Sailing Wanganui run Sail Training for all ages over at least six Saturdays each year. Starting at 10am and running for approximately two hours this training would normally be held at the Clubs training Facility at Pauri Lake.

See the Learn to Sail Page for more Detail
Sailing Wanganui Academy

The Goals:
The goals of Sailing Wanganui's Junior Sailing Program are to introduce sailing to intermediate school children, those of any age who have no experience and wish to learn and to identify talent for further development

  Base for club training at Pauri Lake is used as the principle site for all academy and junior club training
     
  Dedicated support boats are always in close support.
     
  Training boats are provided with access available to a number of different classes. However the main boat for junior coaching is the Optimist

Sailing - Have a Go!

Sailing...Have a Go! is a programme offered to schools throughout the country. It is designed to give students in Year 6, 7 & 8 the opportunity to experience the pleasure of sailing in a safe & well managed environment.

A fully qualified Yachting Instructor and an assistant deliver the programme to 12 students at any one time. Boats and safety equipment are supplied by Yachting New Zealand using the Sailing Wanganui Academy facilities at Pauri Lake.

Yachting New Zealand offer this scheme with the generous support of the Team New Zealand 2000 Trust and the Lion Foundation.

Interested? Get full details and an application form from the Yachting New Zealand Web Site.