The 2-Day J/80 Weekend Course
Every Sailor of RMYC
started exactly here.
The 2-day J/80 course is the only way into the club. Complete it, and the water is yours.
1911
Est. Founded
115+
Years of Excellence
South India
First & Oldest
YAI
Accredited Training
Est. 1911
South India's oldest sailing club
The Beginner Course
Who this is for
For anyone who wants to learn a new skill and learn to sail. You don't need experience, background, or gear, just curiosity and a free weekend. Come on your own and meet people who love the water, or bring a friend and share the whole adventure. Either way, in two days you'll go from complete beginner to learning the basics and sailing on open water.
Your Classroom
Your classroom is an 8-metre French keelboat.
The J/80 is a contemporary one-design offshore keelboat. Easy to learn, serious to sail. Main, jib, and a downwind sail. Compass, VHF, outboard, and a compact cabin. Eight metres of boat that teaches you fast.
J/80 Keelboat
Bay of Bengal, Chennai
What You Earn
You leave with more
than a certificate.
Everything included in your ₹19,000.
Royal Madras Yacht Club
Issued by RMYC · Est. 1911
Certificate of Sailing
This certifies that
Your Name Here
has successfully completed the Basic Sailing Course. This certificate is awarded and issued by the Royal Madras Yacht Club, Chennai, India
Instructor
RMYC
Est. 1911
Commodore
Every candidate gets a comprehensive handbook and their official logbook entry — the start of a sailing record that follows them for life.
RMYC Sailing Certificate
Issued by RMYC — South India's oldest sailing institution. Recognised across the sailing community nationwide.
Course Handbook
Yours to keep. Covers sailing theory, rules of the road, weather, tides, knot-work, and offshore procedure.
Logbook Entry
Your official sailing record starts here. Every sail you do from this point forward goes in.
RMYC is a YAI-accredited training centre
One of the few in the country. Complete the 2-day course and earn your RMYC certificate — issued by RMYC, South India's oldest sailing institution.
YAI Accredited
The courses
From your first weekend on the water to racing-ready.
Discover Sailing
Complete beginners of all ages. No prior sailing experience required.
Advanced Courses
₹22,000
+ 18% GST
Advanced Sailing — Level 1
Progressive programme
Build confidence in varied conditions.
₹22,000
+ 18% GST
Advanced Sailing — Level 2
Progressive programme
Refine your skills, handle more.
₹22,000
+ 18% GST
Advanced Sailing — Level 3
Progressive programme
Race-ready. Skipper-level.
Our Team
Learn from the best
Our instructors bring decades of combined experience, from competitive racing to leisure sailing, ensuring you learn the right way.
YAI Instructor
Capt. Vivek Shanbhag
With over 25 years of sailing experience, Capt. Vivek has trained sailors across Omega, Enterprise, Seabird, and J/80 classes. He has led landmark expeditions from Chennai to Rameswaram (2022) and India to Sri Lanka (2025), while also conducting training programmes for the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Police.
Vincent Ebinezar
YAI Instructor
T Venkatesh
Asst. Coach
Ramu Jayaraman
Boat Handler
Rajkumar A
Boat Handler
Accreditation
An accredited club.
A certificate that
means something.
RMYC is a YAI-accredited training centre, one of the few in the country. Complete the 2-day course and you earn your RMYC certificate, issued by South India's oldest sailing institution and recognised across the sailing community.
This is where you start belonging.
This is where you
start belonging.
Every sailor at RMYC started with the same two days. The water is there. The question is when you decide to step onto it.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
The 2-day Discover Sailing course is ₹19,000 + 18% GST.
No. The Discover Sailing course is built for complete beginners of all ages — no prior experience required. The national-level sailor and the person who has never touched a tiller do the same two days on the same boat.
Two days, over a weekend — around twelve hours on the water in total. By the end of Day Two you are sailing offshore.
The J/80 — an 8-metre French one-design offshore keelboat, with a main, jib and a downwind sail, plus compass, VHF, outboard and a compact cabin.
Knots (figure of eight, bowline, clove hitch), rigging, casting off and anchoring, the man overboard drill, the points of sailing (beat, reach, run), tacking and gybing — finishing with a long-distance offshore sail on Day Two.
A YAI Basic Sailing certificate issued by RMYC, a course handbook to keep, and your official logbook entry — the start of your sailing record.
Yes. RMYC is a YAI-accredited training centre — one of the few in the country — and your certificate is issued by South India’s oldest sailing institution and recognised across the sailing community.
YAI-qualified instructors, led by Capt. Vivek Shanbhag (YAI Keelboat Instructor) with over 25 years of sailing experience.
Continue through Advanced Sailing Levels 1–3 (₹22,000 + 18% GST each). Completing Level 3 makes you eligible to join the RMYC racing crew.
Register your interest from the course above and the team will get in touch within 24 hours to help you enrol — or message the club on WhatsApp.