To organise or provide or assist in the organisation or provision of facilities which will enable and encourage pupils of schools and places of further education and youth training in those London boroughs and their adjacent areas which are north of the River Thames, to learn and undertake sailing and allied activities and thereby to assist in assuring that due attention is given to the physical education and development of such pupils as well as the development and occupation of their minds.
As part of its wide range of work, the North London Youth Sailing Trust, jointly with the North London Sailing Association, operates an RYA Training Centre at Brightlingsea in Essex, offering a range of dinghy and powerboat courses in coastal conditions for young people and adults.