Sailing is a great activity for anyone who enjoys water sports or outdoor recreation. As both a recreational

Glenmore Sailing Club membership not required to take lessons with us (members get discounts on lessons and can use the Club's Co-op Boats).

Participants learn through both on-land instruction and on-boat time in a keelboat with a Sail Canada accredited instructor with, in some cases, decades of sailing experience. They distill their knowledge down to the essential elements you need to know to have a memorable learning experience and set you up for success if you want to continue sailing.

The Club offers all courses in the following configurations:

• women's only (with a female instructor)
• family (up to four family members can enjoy learning together on one boat)
• open classes (available for everyone)
  

email for details or to sign up for lessons

Start Keelboat Sailing course

• For people wanting to crew on a keelboat
• 15 hours of instruction
  
• 3 participants per course with 1 instructor
• Women's only course June 1 & 2
  
• Women's only course June 22 & 23
• Course details (pdf)

Keelboat Spinnaker Course

• This course is required for those wanting to fly a spinnaker on the Club's keelboats. It is always possible to sail a keelboat without using a spinnaker and simply sail downwind "wing on wing"
• 3 participants per course with 1 instructor
• This course offered based on demand
• Course details (pdf)

Helm Course

• For people wanting to skipper the Club's Co-op Keelboats
  
• This course builds on the Start Keelboat Sailing Course and uses content from the Basic Cruising Standard Course to distill essential skills you'll need to sail locally (departing and returning to the dock under sail, additional understanding and experience with being the boat's skipper, seamanship, sail reefing sails, additional weather skills)
• Also good as a refresher if you sailed or took lessons a while ago and want to get back into sailing.
  

Basic Cruising Standard Course

• For people wanting to skipper the Club's Co-op Keelboats
• Participants develop the sailing skills required to charter sailboats (Note: most all sailboat charter companies require a PCOC, Coastal Navigation course completion, VHF radio certification and sailing experience).
• 28 hours of instruction
  
• 3 participants per course with 1 instructor
• Basic Cruising Standard courses are full for 2019. If you would like to be on the wait list for this course, please email us
• Course details (pdf)