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3 schools list this course and 3 publish a price we can compare. Sorted by price, low to high. Listing is free and no school can pay to move up this table.

School Location Next date Price Other costs · commission links Approvals Book
UKSAUnited Kingdom Sailing Academy Cowes, United Kingdom 18 Jan 20272 upcoming dates £870 Rooms about £45 to £150 a nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026Rooms in Cowes ↗
  • MCA Approved · RYA Training Centre · MNTB (cadetship) · British Canoeing
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Flying Fish Australia Sydney, Australia 14 Dec 20261 upcoming date £1,217approxSchool’s price: A$2,295 Rooms about A$90 to A$220 a nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026Rooms in Sydney ↗
  • RYA · AMSA
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Endeavour Sailing Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Spain 30 Nov 20261 upcoming date £2,151approxSchool’s price: 2500€ Variable
  • RYA
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Prices and dates as held in the directory on 26 Sep 2026.

How we checked the room guides

Rough guide built by YachtSync from published average prices for mid-range hotels and guesthouses in each town (travel-cost guides, tourism sites and travel price indices), with at least two sources per town. Never from Booking.com. Refreshed quarterly.

  • Cowes, £45 to £150, checked 23 Sep 2026. Published averages for budget hotels/B&Bs to mid-range hotels in Cowes and the wider Isle of Wight, per room per night. Sources: aggregated regional data (Isle of Wight) (budget hotel examples £43-£52/night; mid-range hotels generally £100-£150/night); Hotelmix.co.uk (4-star hotel room average £82/night).
  • Sydney, A$90 to A$220, checked 23 Sep 2026. Published averages for budget/mid-range to 3-star hotels in Sydney, per room per night. Sources: BudgetYourTrip (mid-range hotel average $99/night (high season ~$185); 3-star rooms from around $250/night); Champion Traveler (hotels range $52-$167/night, average $88; 3-star hotels average $130/night).
How to read this table.
  • Dates and prices come from each school’s own public pages. Re-confirm with the school before you pay.
  • A price is shown only against a date the school is still selling. A price with conditions we cannot compare like for like (several options, an extra charge with no figure, a price before VAT) is shown in the school’s own words and listed after the complete prices.
  • Prices in another currency are converted at the European Central Bank reference rate published on 25 Sep 2026 and marked approx, with the school’s own figure under them. An estimate for comparison, not what your bank will charge.
  • Most schools here do not publish what their price includes, so ask the school before you book.
  • “Other costs” is about the town, not the school: a rough guide to a room there where we have sampled one, never a live price. “Variable” means we have not sampled that town.

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