This course is a comprehensive preparation for a lifetime of sailing. It is designed for students who have no sailing experience, small boating experience or limited boat handling experience. With an emphasis on practical training and experience, you will learn all the essentials of sailing quickly and more thoroughly than you thought possible.

Your two hour classroom session on the first morning of your sailing class will be followed by 22 hours of hands on boat handling with three other students on a 29'-30' cruising sailboat. See Sailing's article, Here's Proof, describing our Sailing Charter Certification Course.

Your sailing instructor will demonstrate and you will immediately practice the techniques you just learned in sailing class. Read the Sample Sailing Lesson by one of our instructors.

Frequently Asked Questions about our Sailing Instruction Course

Successful completion prepares you to:

Captain or crew 30' boats in light to moderate conditions, in familiar waters.
Crew on similar sized yachts in open water and more challenging conditions.
Captain or crew in the Caribbean

Good to know:

Four-to-one student-to-instructor ratio

Our guarantee provides you with the peace of mind that if you are not certified at the end of the three days, as determined by our USCG instructor, you have the option to retake the course for no additional course fee.

When bareboat chartering, for safety reasons, you will be required to have at least one experienced crew member. Learn to Sail with family & friends and save!

$895 for the 1st enrollment, $745 for each additional.

Combine your Learn to Sail course with other sailing opportunities and save 15%!
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SAMPLE SAILING CLASS PLAN: Most cruising students expect the bulk of their on-the-water practice will be spent sailing elegantly up and down the bay. But one secret of the sailing charter community, (we tell them conspiratorially), is that no one much worries how well you sail. The only penalty for mediocre sailing is arriving late to the next island. Being captain when the boat and its occupants are near the shore, especially when docking, is a very different matter. [ Read more about a typical sailing class ]

Evenings are available to entertain yourself, tour the waterfront, and make new friends among your fellow students.

Click here to see the entire list of sailing class dates and locations.

Sailing Instruction Tuition and Signing Up:
Our Sailing Charter Certification Course is priced at only $895 including all class materials.

Special! -- Save $150 when two or more students sign up for a sailing course at the same time! Each additional student $745.

$150.00 per student deposit required with registration. Balance due 30 days before sailing class begins.

We invite you to sign up for this fun-filled, educational sailing course!