The aim of this paper was to systemize the main elements of sailing techniques in terms of their significance for the sailing lessons. Sailing is an activity which is becoming more and more popular and accesible to a wider population of people. The modern way of life imposes an accelerated pace of living and has made vacation time shorter. Due to the specifics of sailing, meaning that it mainly depends on external factors and that a certain time is needed to learn the main elements od the sailing technique, it is important to adapt the sailing offer to a certain time period and plan the elements of the sailing technique according to the abilities of the students. In this paper theoretical and practical elements are mentioned, which every sailor should know before any type of sailing, and every sailing instructor should successfully present to his or her students. In conclusion, sailing belongs to a category of more demanding acitivites which require a lot of effort as well as a lot of time to master the main elements of the technique. It is because of the extenssiveness of the learning matter in the process of teaching sailing, that in order of fascilitating the teaching process the lessons can be done online or through another type of software for effective communication.