ANU Sailing Club

 Our boatshed has full shower and toilet facilities as well as a clubroom, all within bike riding distance of the ANU campus.

The club owns a range of Lasers, Tasars, Light Weight Sharpies (Sharpies), Pacers, Windsurfers, a 470, and a Contender. This variety allows members to sail single handed or in crews of 2 or 3. Additionally the club has a number of kayaks and Stand Up Paddle Boards. The boats are divided into general use and racing boats. Most boats are general use boats available to all members after they have shown that they can safely rig and handle them through an on-water evaluation. Racing boats, Sharpies and the 470 are restricted for experienced sailors only to train, compete or sail.

The ANU Sailing Club holds Introduction To Sailing Days at least once a semester for new club members and also runs training for beginners throughout the sailing season. Beginners training is in the form of one-on-one sessions with qualified training instructors at rates significantly below those of other ACT clubs.

Club members can compete in Tuesday twilight racing run through the YMCA Sailing Club. Racing is also run on Saturdays but this requires joining the YMCA Sailing Club through our reduced fees deal. The club’s boatshed may also be open at other times and this will generally be posted on the club’s Facebook group (members only).

Each year we also form a team to represent the university in Unisport (previously called Unigames), as well as other regattas around Australia! The ANU Sailing Club is a great community and we encourage anyone to join us.

Need Further Information?

Club Contact: commodore.anusc@gmail.com

Facebook page: Once you've applied for membership, please request to join our facebook page, our main for of communicating when the shed will be open. If you do not have facebook please let us know!

We also have an unofficial facebook group open to anyone where we post club events and other sailing related things!

Membership Requirements

Membership Classes

The club offers two classes of membership, as per ANU Sport Association requirements, as follows:

• ANU Student: All persons enrolled as an undergraduate or postgraduate student of the University are eligible for Student Membership;
• Associate: Alumni of the University; a graduate of a registered higher education provider listed on the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency’s National Register or any successor body recognised by the University; staff of the University; staff of other organisations whose place of employment is at the University campus within the Australian Capital Territory; Club coaches; and someone whom (or a class of persons whom) is (or are) not eligible for admission under the Student Membership category but, in the opinion and at the discretion of the Board, would be a suitable Member (or members) of the Association.

Membership Levels

Access to club boats requires club members to hold a valid membership. There are three grades of membership as follows, depending on skill:

Red - Represent General Membership.

• Provided to new members directly upon payment of membership fees
• Allow the holder to access all SUPs, kayaks and club facilities. Holders are permitted to sail as a crew on any club boat if skippered by a member who holds a Green (Training) or Red (Competent) membership.

Amber - Represent Training Membership.

• Provided to current club members following an assessment of their sailing or windsurfing skills by qualified committee members.
• Allow the holder to access all SUPs, kayaks and club facilities. Holders are permitted to sail as a skipper or crew on most club boats and on windsurfers provided there is a rescue boat on the water or a Green (Competent) member willing to act in a rescue capacity. Skippering Racing boats and Light Weight Sharpies are excluded.

Green - Represent Competent Membership.

• Provided to current club members following an assessment of their sailing or windsurfing skills by qualified committee members.
• Allow the holder to access all SUPs, kayaks and club facilities. Holders are permitted to sail as a skipper or crew on any club boat or windsurfer, without supervision. Skippering Racing boats and Light Weight Sharpies are excluded.

Approval for members to skipper Racing Boats and/or Light Weight Sharpies will be separately and individually provided by a qualified committee member. Additionally, use of the club Rubber Inflatable Boat (RIB) rescue vessel is restricted to members who have a valid NSW power boat licence and only then for valid committee approved non-recreational purposes.

A current member may invite guests to attend the club as a temporary member. The temporary member may use the club facilities at the same level of membership as the current member, provided the current member is responsible for the temporary member. The period of temporary membership is 3 occasions or 3 weeks. If the temporary member wishes to continue to attend the club beyond this period, the temporary member must join the club as a full member.