SisterShip Training and Boat Licencing

Get Your NSW Boat Licence — And Feel Prepared On The Water

Clear, practical training that helps you pass the test and feel more confident once you’re actually out on the water.

Already boating but still unsure?

If you already hold your licence, or don’t legally need one, but still feel nervous making decisions on the water, this course will help you feel calmer and more capable out there.

Practical boating education built for real-world confidence

Designed for recreational boaters, cruisers, and maritime students who want calmer, more practical confidence — not just theory.

20+ years training experience

Over 20 years helping boaters and maritime students build practical, real-world confidence.

1,000+ students taught

Online and face-to-face training designed to make boating easier to understand and apply.

Real boating experience

Training built around the real decisions boaters face on the water — not just textbook scenarios.

Step-by-step teaching

Clear explanations that help you understand what to do, when to do it, and why it matters.

Proud BIA Member

Supporting safer, more practical boating education for Australian boaters and marine students.

When boating finally starts to feel clearer and more confident

Students often come to us feeling unsure, overwhelmed, or nervous. The real win is leaving with clearer understanding and more confidence on the water.

★★★★★

“I feel so much more confident.”

“I came hoping to learn the basics of navigation. This has been exceeded, I feel so much more confident.”

— Jenny M, NSW
★★★★★

“Confidence to keep going.”

“The confidence I have gained through their nav course has given me the strength to continue my dream of sailing.”

— Karen T, QLD

Introduction to Marine Weather

Can you interpret Synoptic Charts and Observations, and then take appropriate action?

This course will prepare you for sea

Created by Recreational and Commercial skippers that have been forecasting on the high seas for over 20 years.

What's included?

* 21 Step-by Step Videos
* Quizzes
* Checklists, hints, tips, advice
* Study Online  –  At your own pace  –  In the comfort of your home
* Real and Relatable  –  Step-by-Easy -Step

PLUS:
Video presentations walk you through:
Introduction to weather
What is weather?
What causes weather?
Trade winds
Clouds
Synoptic charts
Isobars
Highs and lows
Cyclones/Tropical revolving storms: development and warning signs: action
Ridges, troughs, frontal depressions
Warm and cold fronts, occluded fronts: what does this mean to us?
Jet streams
Line squalls
Local weather patterns
Storm surge
Synoptic charts – forecast and a case study
Understanding the Barometer
Pressure and wind strength

PLUS
7 QUIZZES: check your progress
21 VIDEOS: sit back and watch and learn
CHECKLIST: Cyclone Preparation (download)
ARTICLE/PHOTOS: Clouds
ARTICLE: Interpret, adjust, prepare: forecasting
TIPS/TRICKS: What we learned to watch for with over 20 years on the water (what forecasters don’t mention!)
DISCOUNTED BOOK: Understand Weather – A Mariner’s Guide


**You can purchase the Captains’ Online Course with Essential Crew Skills: Weather, Navigation, Passage Planning, and Col Regs, Boat Handling, Emergency Preparedness Workshop, Electronic Charts Passage Planning and additional giveaways/webinars at a discounted price**
OR just book the Weather section for now – $75 

 

Skills and Preparation are your best tools
Knowledgable + Skilled + Confident = SAFE

*Real and Relatable
*Step-by-Step
*Full Support

What others say

“This is exactly what we needed to get going.”

“This is so real and relatable”

“You’ve made a complex subject so simple and easy!”

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“You’ve made a complex subject so simple and easy!”