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Water Sports

• Getting started with water sports
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Water Sports

Before taking up a water sport it is recommended to gather information on the sport from a recognised water sports club. Sports associations can refer you to a club in your area, or at the location at which you wish to enjoy the water sport activities. The links below lead to information regarding:

• The package of services on offer to (future) members
• Advice concerning administration, certificates and licences
• Providing courses and specific training for obtaining certificates
• Holding examinations where this is required for certification
• Insurance or suitable advice
• Organising of all sorts of recreational or sporting events
• Supervision of beginners through to advanced level
• Available infrastructure (teaching material, club location, etc.)

Motorboats and yachts

• Verbond van Vlaamse Watersportverenigingen (Association of Flemish Water Sports Clubs): recreation- multiple disciplines- cruising, deep-sea-diving, all types of sailing,...
• Flemish Yachting Association : sailing in open boats and cabin sailing yachts, kite and windsurfing, recreation and competition
• # Royal Belgian Yachting Association
• French Language Water Sport Association of Belgium

Pleasure cruising (Motor Boat)

• Federation of Flemish Yachting Clubs

Deep-sea-diving

• Dutch Language Underwater Research and Sport Association
• French Language International Association for Underwater Activities
• PADI: international organisation for deep-sea-diving training, specialised voyages, diving centres and resorts

Land Yachting

• National Land Yachting Federation

Water-skiing

• Water-skiing Flanders

Recreation on water

(general information about registration documents and maritime matters - tourism links)

• recreation section of Promotie Binnenvaart Vlaanderen (Promoting Inland Shipping Flanders)
• L'office de promotion des voyes navigables en Belgique

General Sport Education

• Bloso: diverse sportcursussen in Vlaanderen
• Diverse sportcursussen in Wallonië

Opleidingen en initiaties bij privébedrijven

• Nautibel: de watersportbedrijven beroepsbelangenvereniging van België
• Nautiv: de watersportbedrijven en beroepsbelangenvereniging van Vlaanderen

Private training is more personal than training given by clubs and as such is generally more suitable for older beginners. Private training is however more expensive.