Sydney Private Sailing


Yacht Charter and Sailing School on Sydney Harbour.
Sailing on Sydney Harbour with a Private Skippered Yacht Charter or Sailing Lessons on a Yachting Australia accredited Sailing Course.

Private Charter, Sailing School, Social Sailing and Client Entertaining

Sydney Private Sailing offers skippered yacht charters on Sydney Harbour on a luxury Catalina 32 sailboat. No sailing experience is required but if you can sail or would like to learn to sail, your skipper will encourage you to help sail the boat. Take the wheel, trim the sails or just sit back and relax. If you are an experienced sailor, why waste time on a briefing and studying the charts for a bareboat charter when by booking a Sydney Sailing Charter, as soon as you board the boat, we set off to begin your personalised Sydney Harbour cruise. We sail past all Sydney's famous landmarks on the way to the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. A powerful diesel engine allows us to motor in close to luxury waterfront homes and provides an alternative to sailing for people who like the comfort of a sailboat but don't enjoy the yacht heeling over. See Private Charter for more detail on skippered yacht hire. For how to find Sydney Private Sailing, see Directions.
Sydney Private Sailing is also a Yachting Australia accredited sailing school. Sailing lessons are conducted in small groups (max 4 people) to guarantee personal attention. Sailing school students learn to sail with the Beginners or Introductory Course before progressing to the Competent Crew course. These sailing courses allow students to gain confidence and experience and at the same time explore Sydney Harbour. Anchoring for lunch and putting the kettle on is all part of the sailing lesson. With Sydney Private Sailing you have fun while you learn to sail. See Sailing School for more detail.

Gift Vouchers are available for both sailing lessons and sailing charters and make an ideal birthday or Christmas gift for someone who enjoys outdoors recreation. Your skipper will take digital photos of you sailing on Sydney Harbor and email them to you for FREE.


Sightseeing tour of Sydney Harbour in a small group without the crowds on a big tour boat;
Entertain family, friends or clients by hiring a sailing boat
Romantic day with your partner and a perfect place for a Marriage Proposal. Seven couples have now become engaged on board Sydney Private Sailing's luxury yacht. Imagine, proposing to that special person with the perfect backdrop of the Opera House. Your skipper will provide the champagne and then discreetly disappear while you pop the question.
Vacation in Sydney if you are on holiday in Sydney, the best way to see the harbor is on a sailboat.
Learn to sail with the Sailing School;
Women Sailing - sailing lessons with a woman instructor; and
Social Sailing with a female skipper.
Hen Parties

Yacht Charters Sydney & Sailing Lessons depart from Clontarf Marina
(between the Spit Bridge and Manly)

Annie was encouraged to learn to sail at the age of 12 by her father when he purchased a Heron dinghy which he kept on a reservoir in England. Sailing was only permitted on the reservoir in winter as the summer months were reserved for fishermen. It was not until she and her husband migrated to Australia in 1989 that she discovered that sailing could actually be fun and not an endurance test!

Annie and her husband were quickly hooked on sailing. They have enjoyed yacht charter holidays together in The Whitsundays, The Greek Islands, Tahiti and Cornwall.

Annie set about acquiring the necessary qualifications to become a sailing instructor and coxswain (charter skipper) and over an eight year period has worked as a skipper and sailing instructor for three of the leading sailing schools and yacht charter companies in Sydney. In early 2002, with her latest boat, a new Catalina 32, she decided to "go it alone" and establish "Sydney Private Sailing".

"Sydney Private Sailing" aims to provide clients with a personalised, one on one style of teaching and skippering. If you don't like large organisations and prefer personal service and attention, with the same instructor or skipper guaranteed every time, Sydney Private Sailing is for you.


Yacht Charters Sydney & Sailing Lessons depart from Clontarf Marina
(between the Spit Bridge and Manly)







Sydney Private Sailing


Sandy Bay Road Clontarf New South Wales
✆ 0413 217 114
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