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How to Choose a Sailing School

By Tom Lochhaas
Sailing Expert

Do You Need a Sailing School to Learn to Sail?

When it comes to learning to sail or improving your sailing skills, what exactly are you seeking? Have you thought through your short- and long-term goals? Do you seek certification – and if so, do you really need it?
These are just a few of the questions to ask yourself before deciding what kind of sailing instruction is best for you and then seeking the best instructor or school to meet your needs.

What Are Your Sailing Goals?

There are three main reasons why people seek sailing instruction. Where you should look for a sailing school (or instructor), what kind of class you should take, and how much you’ll end up paying for it are all determined mostly by your primary goal.
I just want to learn to sail and get started, maybe some day own my own sailboat.

• You may need only an instructor, mentor, or sailing friend – you may not need a sailing school.
• You certainly don’t need certification to sail legally, to own or operate a boat, or even to charter a sailboat. (See below for more on certification.)
• You don’t need to pay a lot for sailing instruction. You have many options, once you start looking around.
• Look locally for possibilities (see below). You can learn to sail on a vacation to an exotic place, but when you return home you may lack contacts to continue sailing.

I have a sailboat but want to learn how to sail it (or sail better).

• You probably don’t need a sailing school.
• Look locally for a captain or willing sailor (see below).
• A sailing school may be appropriate if you seek specific skills, such as preparing for coastal passage making or offshore cruising.

I want to be able to charter a sailboat

• Certification is not legally required to charter, and most bareboat charter companies do not actually require certification (regardless of the hype you may hear from certificate-issuing sailing schools).
• Charter companies are more interested in your sailing experience in a similar size sailboat than in a certificate, and sailing your own boat or crewing experience can count just as much on your sailing resume. (The charter company may simply check out your skills when you arrive.)
• If you do not have much sailing experience and can’t get it otherwise, a certifying sailing school is an excellent way both to learn and gain significant experience to qualify for bareboat chartering.

Where to Look for Sailing Instruction

Start locally.

• Many communities offer low-cost learn-to-sail programs. Boston and Key West are two examples where you can learn to sail and then continue sailing the center’s boats. You’ll find community sailing centers in many areas – do an online search in your area. (These are usually smaller sailboats and won’t help you gain experience for bareboat chartering.)
• In many areas, the public school system (or an adult education program) has learn-to-sail courses, as do many private, state, and community colleges. Such courses are less expensive than private sailing schools, and you’ll make contacts with others in your area to continue sailing after the course.
• Many yacht clubs operate learn-to-sail programs for both kids and adults, usually at a reasonable cost. Virtually all clubs have websites easily found with a local online search. Again, you’ll also meet sailors in the community, may discover a club you’ll choose to join some day, and find sailors seeking crew on their boats.
• If your goal is to learn on your own boat or gain better sailing skills, you probably don’t need formal instruction at all. Call up your local yacht club and ask if you can post a bulletin board notice asking for help on your boat or offering to crew with others. Bartering is common – you might offer to help with an owner’s spring maintenance in return for some crewing.
• Legally, a sailor needs a USCG captain’s license to be paid for operating a boat – including yours, if you’re hiring someone to teach you on your boat. Be sure anyone you plan to pay is qualified. But lots of friendly bartering deals are made among sailors helping each other out, so explore all the options.
• Finally, consider the cost savings of learning locally. A two-week trip to a national sailing school will likely cost more than buying your own daysailer and learning to sail it near home – plus you’ll own a boat when you’re done!

National Sailing Schools
There are some good reasons to attend a national sailing school:

• If you live nowhere a coast or major lake, you may have no other option. Since you’ll be paying significantly for the experience, consider the sailing school like a vacation and make sure you’ll have some fun too. Most big sailing schools offer liveaboard learning – often in tropic paradises.
• If you really want sailing experience on a cruising size sailboat and can’t get it locally, the national schools offer courses on bigger boats. You have a wide range of choices.
• If you don’t anticipate buying your own boat and chartering is your only option, taking a course leading to bareboat certification is likely the fastest way to reach your goal.
• If you have your own cruising sailboat but feel you lack the skills needed to head offshore or on a long cruise, consider local options first. (Sailing schools are a relatively new phenomenon, sailors having learned on their own or with friends for hundreds of years.) If you have no other option, or just want the vacation, take an advanced course that meets your exact needs.

Do you need certification? What kind of course? Big or small school?

• Again, certification is not legally required, though it may help convince some bareboat charter companies that you have sufficient experience. Don’t pay more for a program offering certification unless you really have a reason. The two certifying bodies are US Sailing and the American Sailing Association.
• US SAILING is sailing “governing body” – which refers to racing, since recreational sailing is regulated only by state and federal law. Sailing schools associated with US Sailing often offer performance sailing instruction but also standard cruising courses.
• The American Sailing Association developed standardized criteria to ensure the quality of recreational sailing instruction, a system they say is used by over 300 schools.
• Both US SAILING and American Sailing Association have 7 levels of courses and certification. Both are associated in varying extents with charter companies. When choosing a sailing school, it is best to choose it on the basis of its specific services, reputation, and cost – not based on which type of certification it has.

Making Your Selection of a Sailing School
Start at the US SAILING and American Sailing Association websites, both of which link to associated sailing schools by area of search.
Before contacting or evaluating individual schools, decide first exactly what kind of course you want to meet your personal goals. Both websites have information about their basic 7 levels of instruction, from beginner to advanced and specialized courses. Many schools have additional areas of specialization.
Consider your options. Want to live aboard while learning? Want luxurious land facilities for after hours? Want to anchor off Caribbean islands? Virtually anything is possible with many sailing schools that offer customized instruction.
Consider the school’s reputation. Being associated with US SAILING or American Sailing Association means the instruction will be good, but the total experience matters as well. Two of the big sailing schools with outstanding reputations are the Blue Water Sailing School and Colgate’s Offshore Sailing School.
Smaller and regional sailing schools may offer just as good an experience, however, and sometimes less expensively. Just check them out before signing up. Pick up the phone and talk to them, and do some online searches to see if anyone has reviewed them badly. You’ll be spending a lot of time with them, and for what you’re paying, you really want to ensure you have a great time as well as learn to sail.
When learning to sail, it’s important also to learn and use the correct terms for different parts of the boat and for sailing maneuvers. Before starting your sailing course, it’s a good idea to review basic sailboat terminology and the terms involved in sailing itself.
From about sports: http://sailing.about.com/od/learntosail/a/How-To-Choose-A-Sailing-School.htm

Finding a Sailing School

American Sailing Association affiliated sailing schools now graduate and certify thousands of new sailors annually – sailors who learn faster, learn more and have more fun sailing in more new places. They choose ASA schools because they want to follow a proven curriculum in a professional, supportive learning environment under the direction of certified sailing instructors.
There are more than 300 ASA sailing schools across the United States as well as schools across the far east, Canada, the Caribbean and many other popular sailing locales.
Find an American Sailing Association affiliated sailing school at ASA Website.
US SAILING is sailing “governing body” – which refers to racing, since recreational sailing is regulated only by state and federal law. Sailing schools associated with US Sailing often offer performance sailing instruction but also standard cruising courses.
As the National Governing Body for Sailing in the US, US Sailing does not extend accreditation lightly. All schools in our Keelboat Certification Network undergo a full evaluation to ensure that they meet the high standards of US Sailing. Taking lessons from a US Sailing school will prepare you to meet your goals, regardless if you’re just starting out or have dreams of cruising offshore.
While the level of education, and skills learned, are consistent across the Network, schools offer a variety of scheduling opportunities to meet your needs so please be sure to connect with schools in your area directly.
Find a  affiliated sailing school at US Sailing Website.

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Southwest Florida Yachts, located at Tarpon Point Marina in Cape Coral, Florida, has been offering charters and boat handling/cruising instruction for 37 years. The three-day Basic Powerboat Handling course is $1,295 to $1,695 per person plus fuel, tip, and food. Other courses include Inland Powerboat Cruising (three days), a combo class of Basic Handling & Inland Cruising (six days), and Offshore Powerboat Cruising (eight days).

Sailing courses run $595 to $1,295 per person, and include Basic Sailing, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Charter, Coastal Navigation, Advanced Coastal Cruising, and Cruising Catamaran. Individual courses run two to three days; combination courses are three to 10. For all courses, you live aboard, provision yourself, and provide daily lunch for the captain. The closest airport is Fort Myers. Visit swfyachts.com for information.

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Some of the companies and nonprofits that run women’s-only boat-handling courses:

• Annapolis School of Seamanship Women At the Wheel (Annapolis, Maryland)

• Black Rock Sailing School (multiple locations)

• BoatUS Foundation’s Women Making Waves (multiple locations)

• MarineMax Women On Water (multiple locations)

• National Women’s Sail Conference (Chicago, Illinois)

• NW Explorations Women Only Training (Bellingham, Washington)

• Sailing Convention for Women (Newport Beach, California)

• Sea Sense (multiple locations)

• Women’s Sailing Association — Orange County (California)

• Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay (California)

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Center for Wooden Boats (Seattle) – www.cwb.org
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Footloose Sailing Association Inc (Mercer Island) – Disabled SS – SC
Gato Verde Adventure Sailing (Bellingham) –
Gig Harbor Sailing Club & School, LLC – (253) 858-3626
Gig Harbor Sailing School – www.gigharborsailing.com
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Kitsap Sailing School (Bremerton)
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Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center (Seattle) – www.seattle.gov
Neptune Sailing Club (Kirkland) – www.neptunesailing.org
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Puget Sound Sailing Institute (Tacoma) – www.pugetsoundsailing.com
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Alcyone Sail Training Program (Port Townsend)
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Footloose Sailing Association Inc (Mercer Island) – Disabled SS, SC
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Mahina Tiare Sailing Expeditions (Friday Harbor)
Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center (Seattle)
Neptune Sailing Club (Kirkland)
Neptune Sailing School (Kirkland) –
Olympia Yacht Club Junior Sailing –
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Puget Sound Sailing (Seattle) –
Puget Sound Sailing Institute (Tacoma) – www.pugetsoundsailing.com
Renton Sailing Club –
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Sail Northwest Sailing School (Bellingham) – sailnw.com
Sail Northwest Charters (Anacortes) – (707) 245-7490
Sail Sand Point (Seattle) – www.sailsandpoint.org
Sail Sport Inc (Seattle) –
Sailing in Seattle (Point Hudson) –
Sailing Through School (Seattle)
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San Juan Yachting (Bellingham) –
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Seattle Sailing Club (Seattle) – www.seattlesailing.com
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Wahoo Adventures (Hansville) –
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• Published over 50,000 website pages about boats and boating, bringing us closer to reaching our goal of becoming "The ultimate reference resource about boats and ships for everyone from the beginning recreational boater to the seasoned professional mariner!"
• Published over 300 website main topic webpages, many with full articles on the topic. See our Website Contents or the Right Sidebar for the listing of the main topic pages.
• Published over 9,000 marine vendor webpages, all with their contact information, most with a description of their products and services, many with product documentation, specifications and independent reviews. (incl.: Boat designers, boat building tools, material and equipment manufacturers and suppliers, boat builders and dealers, yacht brokers, marine surveyors, boat insurers, boat transporters, skippers and crews, boatyards and marinas, yacht clubs, boat rentals and yacht charters, boating, seamanship and maritime schools, marine law attorneys and expert witnesses, boat refitters and repairers, book authors, magazine publishers, video producers, and website creators)
• Acquired over 120,000 pages of product documentation including Catalogs, Brochures, SpecSheets, Pictures, Serial Number Guides, Installation Manuals, OpManuals, Parts Catalogs, Parts Bulletins, Shop Manuals, Wiring Diagrams, Service Bulletins, and Recalls. And have made all viewable to Academy Members through our EAB website eLibrary.
• Acquired over 1,200 books and magazine back issues in our academy library and so far have made over 700 viewable to Academy Members through our EAB website eLibrary.
• Published over 500 DIY How-To articles about boat design, construction, inspection, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair. We are working hard to do more.

We are currently formatting and polishing the Anchors Aweigh Academy online and hands-on courses. Our Marine Surveying course has proven to be excellent for both the beginner and the seasoned surveyor, and especially helpful to the Do-It-Yourselfer.

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General Comments About the Website

FROM Donald: "This is an awesome website. I found the information that I needed right away from one of the over 20,000 free articles that you provide as a public service. I'm surprised that so much if this site is free. But I still signed up so I could access the thousands of expanded pages, interesting articles, and dozens of valuable programs! The member's library of books, magazines and videos that I can view online is really terrific! I understand that you and your staff are all unpaid volunteers. Please keep up the good work. And I commend you for your plans to add another 10,000 free informative articles over the next year. I'm thrilled to support you in this endeavor with my small membership donation. Thanks again for all your hard work."

FROM Huey: "I agree with my Uncle, I too have found the articles to be very enlightening. They say that it will take about 100,000 articles to cover the full scope that they have envisioned for the website. They have over 20,000 articles so far and that's doing pretty well, but it could take several years to get the rest. I also noticed that many of the Main Topic Pages and some of the article pages are still in the rough draft stage. I guess that they will fill in as they can get volunteers to work on them. But what I can't figure out is why anyone would spend the time writing informative in depth articles just to give away free to this website for publication? What's in it for them?"

FROM Dewey: "Well Huey, to me It looks like most of the articles on this website are written by very informed people, like boating instructors, boat designers, boat builders, riggers, electricians, fitters, marine repair technicians and marine surveyors. Writing such articles helps establish them as knowledgeable professionals. After all, this website was originally created by a school for marine technicians and marine surveyors. The website is growing in content every day. They even had to move to a bigger, more powerful server because the website's traffic has been growing exponentially."

FROM Louie: "I agree with everyone above. This site is quickly becoming the ultimate reference resource about every aspect of boats and ships for everyone from the beginning recreational boater to the seasoned professional mariner. I use the topic pages on the right sidebar to browse around the website. It's like a Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook for Boaters. Their Members' Library of over 300 popular and obscure books and over 200 magazine back issues that can be viewed online is fabulous. The Academy's magazine is especially informative. On top of that, there is the "Ask-An-Expert program for members where you can get an expert's answer to any of your boat questions. And a whole years membership is only $25. What a deal! I really love being part of this "Everything About Boats" community and help provide thousands of helpful articles free to the public. I think that I'll sit down right now and write an article about my experiences boating with my uncle."

FROM Scrooge: "You rave about this website like it was the best thing since sliced bread. Well, I think it stinks. Sure, it has a lot of good information for boaters, and they're adding more every day, but it will probably never be finished. Furthermore, I don't even own a boat. And I wouldn't have a boat even if someone gave me one. Boats are a waste of money and time and energy and money! They're just a hole in the water you pour money into. If you gave me a boat, I'd sell it quicker then you could say Baggywrinkle. Then I'd lock up the cash with all my other money so I could keep my eye on it and count it every day. Bah humbug."

FROM Daisy: "I'm just so glad that Donald got the boat so we and the boys could enjoy boating — together. And of course all of the girls, April, May, and June, love to be on the water too, especially when that is where the boys are. Oh poor Scrooge, boating is more fun then you could possibly imagine."

FROM Scrooge: "After seeing how much fun you all have on the water together, I regret that I didn't have that much fun when I was young. I've had a change of heart, and I'm giving each of you a Lifetime Academy Membership."

FROM Editor: "For those of you that have stayed with us this far, many thanks, and we hope that you found this little narrative informative. Your faithful support inspires us to keep working on this phenomenal website. We know that we have a lot more to do. Ultimately, we hope that we can help you enjoy the wonder filled world of boating as much as we do. We are all waiting to see what you have to say about this webpage article. Submit any comments via email To: Comments♥EverythingAboutBoats.org (Replace "♥" with "@"). Be sure to include this page's title in the subject line. Also, your corrections, updates, additions and suggestions are welcomed. Please submit them via email To: Editor♥EverythingAboutBoats.org (Replace "♥" with "@"). It has been truly amazing to see what we have been able to accomplished when we've worked together. Thanks to all those that have donated their valuable time and energy, and a special THANK YOU to all that have supported this cause with their membership donations."

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