Sailing Courses for Kids in Ireland
Find 14 sailing courses and clubs for kids in Ireland, from junior Irish Sailing courses in Optimists to youth sailing clubs. Each one says so in its own name, class list or description. Compare ages, times and prices below, or contact a provider directly to book.
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Foynes Yacht Club - Junior Sailing Academy
Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary runs a Junior Sailing Academy for ages 8 to 18, with Irish Sailing certified courses. Start Sailing (ages 8 to 12) teaches rigging, launching, steering and capsize recovery over three days....
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Blessington Sailing Club - Junior Courses
Blessington Sailing Club on the Blessington Lakes in Co. Wicklow runs junior sailing courses each summer under the Irish Sailing Small Boat Sailing Scheme, covering Levels 1 to 4 for ages 9 to 18. Courses run for a week at a time,...
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Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club - Junior Sailing
Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club runs a four-week junior summer sailing course that finishes with an Irish Sailing recognised certificate. Children sail most days, weather permitting, with group-level theory taught by Irish Sailing qualified...
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Galway Bay Sailing Club - Junior Courses
Galway Bay Sailing Club at Renville, Oranmore is an Irish Sailing training centre running junior courses each summer. Start Sailing is a one-week Level 1 course for ages 8 to 17, run Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 17:00 with a supervised...
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Rush Sailing Club (RSC)
Rush Sailing Club runs a junior sailing programme for children and teens aged 8 to 17 from its base at Linkside, Rogerstown, near Rush. The programme runs from April through to September, covering both spring/early-summer training and...
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Sutton Dinghy Club
Sutton Dinghy Club runs junior sailing courses for children from its base on Strand Road in Sutton, including Optimist and Laser dinghy classes for young sailors building up their skills. These are among the standard boat classes used...
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Howth Yacht Club
Howth Yacht Club runs junior sailing courses for kids and teens from its base on the Middle Pier at Howth Harbour. As one of the larger sailing clubs on the north Dublin coast, it offers structured courses that take young sailors from...
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View full details →Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club - Cara na Mara
Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club's Cara na Mara programme is a child-centred sailing course for children aged 6 to 10, structured across three progressive levels — Otters, Seals and Dolphins — so children move up as their confidence and...
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SailCork - Junior Courses
SailCork runs junior sailing courses for children and teenagers aged 4 to 16, based at East Ferry Marina on East Hill in Cobh, Co. Cork. Sailing courses at this age typically start with water confidence and basic boat handling in small,...
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View full details →Cove Sailing Club - Junior Sailing
Cove Sailing Club has run a junior sailing programme from its dinghy park at Whitepoint, outside Cobh on Cork Harbour, since 2009. The club keeps a fleet of ten dinghies suited to both complete beginners and more experienced young...
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The National Yacht Club
The National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire offers sailing classes to children from as young as 6, alongside a range of other, non-sailing activities within the club. Each summer, the club runs two-week sailing courses open to members'...
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The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School
The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School has been teaching sailing and powerboating courses from Dun Laoghaire Harbour since 1978, making it one of the longer-established sailing schools serving Dublin families. All essential gear,...
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Surfdock
Based at Grand Canal Dock, Surfdock offers paddleboarding, kayaking and windsurfing for beginners, along with intermediate paddleboarding classes and trips around Dublin and intermediate windsurfing at the Malahide Estuary. Group...
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Skerries Sailing Club
Skerries Sailing Club, based at Harbour Road in Skerries on the north Dublin coast, offers a wide variety of sailing classes for juniors as well as adults. Dinghy and keelboat racing runs from the clubhouse up to three times a week...
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Common questions
How many sailing courses for kids are there in Ireland?
Kids Patch lists 14 sailing courses for kids in Ireland. Each listing links straight through to the provider — Kids Patch is free for parents to use and takes no booking fee or commission.
Where in Ireland can I find sailing courses for kids?
Sailing listings are spread across 6 counties, most of them in Dublin (7), Cork (2), Galway (1), Limerick (1), Waterford (1), Wicklow (1).
What age range do sailing courses for kids in Ireland cover?
Across the listings on this page, ages run from 4 years up to 18 years. 10 of the 14 state an age range. The rest leave it open, so it is worth asking the provider directly.
How much do sailing courses for kids in Ireland cost?
None of the 14 listings on this page publish a standard price. Fees for children’s classes in Ireland usually vary by term length, age group and session count, so providers quote on enquiry — you can message any of them from their listing.