Sydney Sailing Private Charters

Sydney Sailing offers skippered sailing charters on Sydney Harbour on our luxury Beneteau 47.3 "Megan Elyse" sailing boat. No sailing experience is required but if you can sail or would like to learn to sail, your skipper will encourage you to help sailing the boat. Take the wheel, trim the sails or simply relax, before enjoying a swim at one of the many nearby beaches in Sydney Habour.

We sail past all Sydney's famous landmarks on the way sailing 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 sailing boat but don't enjoy the sailing yacht heeling over.

All you need to bring is a hat, sunglasses, suntan lotion and your family/friends. Premium onboard catering is available for the Sydney Sailing harbour cruises or you can simply bring your own food and drink. Sailing is a perfect way to relax and socialise in Sydney Harbour.

Gift Vouchers are available at Sydney Sailing for whale watching and make an ideal birthday or Christmas gift for someone who enjoys outdoors sailing recreation.

Sydney Sailing corporate sailing charters

Do your staff need rewarding, your clients thanking?
Sydney Sailing offer several corporate racing packages for you and your team.
What better way than a day on the Harbour cruising under sail or in teams pitched against each other in a race.

For you, your company and clients we can organize a team bonding day, a multi vessel regatta or a simple sail with lunch at a picturesque harbour beach. If you would like to make your own itinerary or have any special requests, just ask!

Sydney Sailing provide professional friendly and experienced skippers for your safety and enjoyment, so sailing experience is not necessary.

The perfect employee incentive program, ideal for teambuilding.
In today's high pressure corporate world there's no better way to let off steam and boost team morale than a sail on Sydney Harbour. Escape the office for a few hours to build company spirit or entertain your clients with an evening cruise.

We offer special corporate packages, where participants can learn to sail or match race. Sydney Sailing offers premium onboard catering or you can simply bring your own food and drink.

Whale Watching Sydney Sailing (2007)

Follow the migration patterns of the Humpback Whales and Southern Right Whales in Sydney with Sydney Sailing during late May till early August on our luxury Beneteau 47.3ft "Megan Elyse" sailing boat.

Our three hour Whale Watching trips leave daily from the Manly Wharf at 10am and 1:30pm.

Sydney Sailing is one of the only “sailing” companies to offer whale watching from Sydney Harbour. Our base at Manly Wharf, located at The Hut (next to The Manly Wharf Hotel) is only 30 minutes by ferry or 15 minutes by jetcat from Circular Quay. From here it only takes 15 minutes of sailing to reach "the heads" of Sydney Harbour and whale watching territory just beyond. Paid parking is available at Manly Wharf.

Sydney Sailing will take you and your friends out to see the whales on its luxurious Beneteau 47.3ft sailing yacht. “Megan Elyse” is fully equipped with bathrooms, hot and cold water, a state of the art navigation system, large fully equipped galley as well as a tremendous sound system.

Take the wheel, trim the sails or simply relax on the spacious decks. Our half a million dollar, luxury sailing yacht allows you to view these magnificent creatures in style.

The other advantage to sailing onboard our beautiful sailing yacht is that although regulations require us to stay 100 meters away from the whales, it is possible that without an engine on, these incredible animals think that we are another whale. Last year we were sailing and all of a sudden someone said “look behind you”. We all turned to see two Humpbacks right behind the boat, swimming with us as if we were part of the pack.

Sydney Sailings “Megan Elyse” is the only option for silence under sail. Also on Beneteau 47.3ft “Megan Elyse” sailing yacht we will only take up to 12 passengers per whale watching trip, allowing for a more personal and intimate experience with nature’s most wondrous creatures. You really do feel like you’ve stepped back into prehistoric times when you get up close and personal to these beasts and it is very emotional to share such an intimate moment with nature.

As well as Humpbacks Whales, we sometimes see Southern Right Whales, Dolphins and Minke Whales. Australian Fur Seals and Fairy Penguins occasionally make an appearance as well.

By August, about 2000 whales will have passed Sydney on their way from Antarctica to their breeding grounds near the Great Barrier Reef. Make sure you see one! Call us today.

Sydney Sailing had a 98% whale watching success rate in 2005.