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Learn to sail

Our affordable CANSail 1/2 and 3/4 courses as well as our mid-week Social Sailing program — unique to our club — prepares you to be out on the water quickly and safely. At TISC, we're proud of our comprehensive Learn To Sail course. Our courses are taught by certified Sail Canada instructors. See below for a complete description for each course and registration links. Sign up early as these classes fill up quickly.

CANSail 1/2

For formal basic sailing training, CANSail 1/2 introduces novice members to boat handling, the different points of sail, and other basic sailing skills. Mastery of this course will give you what you need to move from Novice to Helms! See below for the 2026 schedule.


CANSail 3/4

For formal intermediate sailing training, we offer CANSail 3/4, in which the finer points of sail trim and specialized skills like rudderless sailing and roll tacking are mastered. With this course under your belt you'll be ready to try the Skippers test. A student in CANSail 3/4 must have already passed CANSail 1/2. See below for the 2026 schedule.


CANSail 5/6

For formal advanced sailing training, we offer CANSail 5/6, which fully integrates boat handling, sail trim, and rig setup with racing. Sailors train to perform all skills within a competitive race setting in order to achieve accurate sailing within a regatta and in all conditions. A student in CANSail 5/6 must have already passed CANSail 4 or have equivalent sailing skills. Note, we will not be offering this course in 2026.

The 2026 CANSail 1/2 and 3/4 sessions will run as follows:

CANSail 1/2 Session A will be held on July 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19


CANSail 1/2 Session B will be held on August 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23


CANSail 3/4 Session will be held on May 23, 24, 30, 31, June 13, 14


Please note that these dates are still tentative, subject to instructor availability.


For further information contact education@torontosailing.com . To register go to the Upcoming Events page and click on session and follow prompts.

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