Matt Foy is the director of the School of Wind and Water, and a passionate sailor who began his sailing journey at the age of 5 sailing dinghies on Sydney Harbour.

Matt continued to sail and race a wide range of sailing dinghies throughout his childhood and teenage years. He began to work professionally on boat at 15, progressing to sail and work on private sailing yachts as a deckhand and skipper. Learning the ropes of maintaining and sailings private yachts lead to Matt sailing 10,000 nautical miles, around eastern Australia, the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic and around the Mediterranean. He has even taught sailing in Spanish in Spain and had ran a small sailing school on the Sunshine Coast.

Matt has studied as a mechanical engineer, and brings a logical approach to the technical aspects of sailing, he is also a mediation and yoga teacher who loves to share his experience of the sea as a meditative experience.

Matt has instructors qualifications through Sailing Australia all appropriate insurances to ensure that your time on the water is safe, education, inspiring and FUN!

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About the boat.

The boat is a 16 foot Corsair, with a main, jib, spinnaker and swing centreboard. It’s the perfect training vessel for the tidal estuaries and rivers around the Northern Rivers in NSW.

Matt has set up his boat and programs so that he is onboard as skipper and instructor, ideally verbally guiding the crew, that to be sailing the boat and learning whilst doing so. In this way Matt is completely available in every moment for the students onboards, present to pick up on learning opportunities or pass on his experience and love of the wind and water.