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| Sailing Schools Of The Pacific Northwest and British Columbia ~ 2002 Edition |
 If this is the year you plan to buy a sailboat or if your New Year's Resolution was to learn how to sail - below is a list of sailing schools in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia that would be happy to help you become a competent sailor. We've done our best to contact all available sailing schools, but if we've missed anyone, please contact us and we'll let everyone know who and where you are. photo courtesy Windworks Sailing Center | |
| Washington | Alcyone Sail Training Program P.O. Box 1511 Port Townsend WA 98368 Phone: (360) 385-7545 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.olympus.net/personal/alcyone The schooner Alcyone, a 65' topmast schooner, offers learning adventure voyages, departing from Port Townsend, WA. They are off on a two year cruise and will resume sailings in Spring 2003. |
| Anacortes Yacht Charters Anacortes Marina P.O. Box 69 Suite 2 Anacortes Phone: TollFree: (800) 233-3004 eMail: info@ayc.com Website: Anacortes Yacht Charters offers two different instructional opportunities: 'Introduction to Cruising is a three day, on the water, course. It is designed to provide hands on training and skill building for the novice or rusty sailor. This can be taken on either a twin engine motor yacht or a sailing vessel. The course, complete with a Home Study Package sent in advance of the class, is $525/person for power and $425 for sail. Cruise and Learn is a custom training program designed to build proficient boating skills as part of a charter vacation. An instructor is aboard the yacht providing private instruction for as long as needed. When the captain and crew are confident, they can continue their cruise alone. Costs include the normal charter rate plus instructor fees of $195/day and insurance. |
| Bellhaven Sailing School 714 Coho Way Bellingham WA 98225 Phone: (360) 733-6636 TollFree: (800) 542-8812 eMail: bellhaven@bellhaven.net Website: www.bellhaven.net In the business of helping people sail for 18 years, Bellhaven offers nationally and internationally accredited hands-on sailing instruction on newer sailboats, 30-42 feet. Courses offered range from Basic Keelboat (Level 1) to Advanced Coastal Cruising (Level 5) and are offered in two formats: two-day weekenders and six-day live-aboard Cruise-n-Learns. Weekend courses usually incorporate an overnight cruise into the San Juan's for practical anchoring and navigation practice while the Cruise-n-Learns spend the entire week cruising throughout the islands. Cruise-n-Learn graduates may earn ASA Bareboat Charter Certification (Levels 1-3) during the week. All courses offered are accredited by the American Sailing Association which is recognized by states and foreign countries which require boater licensing. Bellhaven is an ASA instructor certification facility and also has a bareboat charter fleet available to its graduates at special rates. |
| The Center For Wooden Boats 1010 Valley St. Seattle WA 98109 Phone: (206) 382-2628 TollFree: eMail: cwb@cwb.org Website: www.cwb.org The Center for Wooden Boats offers several programs to improve your sailing skills. Our goal is that everyone learn how to sail comfortably, by instinct, by him or herself. For beginners we recommend Sail NOW!, The SailNOW! program offers adults a six-week (eight lessons) basic saling course to learn seamanship and the craft of sai in a variety of classic boats. After successful completion of the course, you are welcome to sai land rent boats year round in the CWB Livery. Each course starts with a Saturday Shore School from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. HANDS ON lessons are then available Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 and 1:30 pm year-round, plus weekdays at 6:00 pm from April-August. Each lesson is two hours on-the-water with an instructor for every two students. The program, which includes a one-year CWB membership, Student LogBook, supplemental textbook (The Complete Sailor, by David Seidman), and practice line for knot-tying, is $300. |
| Corinthian Sailing Club c/o Jan Visser P.O. Box 4213 Tumwater WA 98501 Phone: (360) 754-6506 TollFree: eMail: jan@ussailing.net Website: Corinthian Sailing Club offers lessons from beginning to advanced, and competitive racing. Lessons are open to all youths ages 8-18 and adults on Lidos, El Toros and Optimist boats. Classes run June through September. No club affiliation required. All instructors are USSA certified. |
| Discovery Sailing School P.O. Box 70412 Seattle WA 98107 Phone: (206) 784-7679 TollFree: eMail: captain@discoverysailing.net Website: www.discoverysailing.net Learn to sail in a liveaboard environment. We specialize in 6-day Cruise-n-Learns in the San Juans, Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound and Princess Louisa Inlet. All sailing levels can gain experience from Capt. Denny Thompson's 60,000+ miles of offshore and coastal cruising. You will cruise aboard Discovery's Offshore equipped Pearson Dream Catcher. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of 4 to give the students the maximum amount of hands-on experience. |
| Elliott Bay Yachting Center 2601 W. Marina Place Suite E Seattle WA 98199 Phone: (206) 285-9499 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.ebyc.com Home of the Original YachtSchool¨. Over the past 22 years the Elliott Bay Yachting Center has helped thousands of men and women discover boating in the Pacific Northwest. Our 3-day/2-night YachtSchool will provide you with all the basic knowledge to skipper your own sailing yacht. The course is a 'hands-on' experience designed to prepare a novice to be competent with basic sailing skills, navigation, line handling, rigging, boat systems, emergency procedures, and much more. It takes place aboard a 30' - 40' sailing yacht with a maximum of four students. This concentrated time with your instructor ensures you get the most out of your three days afloat. The course is scheduled weekly and the cost including course materials and food away from homeport is only $975. Elliott Bay Yachting Center also offers a 2-day course and private instruction tailored to your specific needs. |
| Gig Harbor Sailing Club & School, LLC P.O. Box 1218 Gig Harbor WA 98335 Phone: (253) 858-3626 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.gigharborsailing.com GHSC is a Club, US Sailing School and sailboat rental facility for club members and non-members. Their goal is teaching beginners and sailors with experience the safe and rewarding sport of sailing through an award-winning US Sailing Certified Program. Classes are limited to four students to provide more time for personal instruction. Beginners and sailors with experience will start the program through the certification system at level I, Basic Keelboat. Students at that level will qualify to sail daysailers up to 25'. Level II, Basic Cruising, will advance your skill level to responsibly skipper and crew auxiliary powered cruising sailboats to 30'. Level III, Coastal Navigation, provides instruction on the proper use of traditional and electronic navigation techniques to give you the skills and confidence to navigate your way to any destination. Level IV, Bareboat Cruising, is the goal of most sailors to be able to charter or cruise with confidence to 40'. All US Sailing courses are offered year round and guaranteed. |
| Green Lake Small Craft Center 5900 West Green Lake Way North Seattle WA 98103 Phone: (206) 684-4074 TollFree: eMail: Website: Youth Sailing Camps: Come to Green Lake and have a great time learning to sail Toppers in our week long summer camps. Both new and experienced sailors may register. Learn the fundamentals of sailing, rigging, boat safety, and boat handling. Weekly camps begins June 18 and go throughout the summer. $85 per student. Adult Sailing I: Beginning: Learn to sail Toppers on Green Lake this summer. Classes will include rigging, sailing techniques, theory and much more. An optional text book will be available the first day of class for $15. Classes start July 9 and go through August 29. $85 per student. |
| Island Sailing School 15 Lake St. Suite 104 Kirkland WA 98033 & 700 Marine Dr. N.E. Phone: TollFree: (800) 303-2470 for all locations eMail: Website: Island Sailing Schools teach American Sailing Association (ASA) certification courses in Basic, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering, Coastal Navigation, and Advanced Coastal Cruising, Celestial Navigation and Offshore Passagemaking year round. Professionally certified ASA instructors teach all courses. The cost of the courses, ASA certification and materials are included for all students. Island Sailing also teaches Junior Sailing Camps for children ages 9-17 from June through August. Private instruction is also available. Unlimited day sailing at all locations is available to members. |
| Mahina Tiare Sailing Expeditions P.O. Box 1596 Friday Harbor WA 98250 Phone: (360) 378-6131 TollFree: eMail: sailing@mahina.com Website: www.mahina.com Specializing in teaching ocean passage making, heavy weather sailing techniques, celestial, coastal and electronic navigation aboard a 1997 Hallberg-Rassy 46. In 2001, Mahina Tiare's expedition includes Sweden to Norway, Spitsbergen, near the North Pole, back down to Europe, across the Atlantic, through the Panama canal and ending in Hawaii. |
| The Maryland School of Sailing & Seamanship Spring Cove Marina P.O. Box 609 Rock Hall MD 21661 Phone: (410) 639-7030 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.mdschool.com The Maryland School of Sailing & Seamanship will conduct cruises in the Northwest this summer. The school has conducted over 100 ocean training cruises since 1991, including 1,500 mile blue water cruises. The program on Island Packet yachts from 32' to 45' covers all levels of instruction for the serious cruiser starting with basic sailing on large cruising boats and progresses through all levels to ocean sailing, coastal and celestial navigation and offshore passage preparation. Captain Tom Tursi, a USCG Licensed Ocean Master who heads the school said that 'Our training cruises are focused on people who want to do extended cruising in their own boats, but first want the formalized training and guidance from experts who have done a lot of it themselves.' Tursi, who has sailed across all of the world's major oceans, went on to say that 'Preparation is the way to avoid trouble and to increase enjoyment when sailing sophisticated yachts in remote areas away from the distractions and support of modern society. This summer, The Maryland School will conduct two advanced coastal training cruises starting in Anacortes, through the San Juan Islands and make several stops in the Canadian Gulf Islands before returning to Anacortes. These will be aboard Full Moon, an Island Packet 40' sailing yacht, and will be of eight days duration each. Cruise #1 dates are July 28-August 4 and Cruise #2 are August 7-14, 2001 and will be Skippered by Captain Bill McClure, a USCG Licensed Master with over 150,000 miles of blue water ocean sailing under his keel. $1,300 fee includes onboard food. Cruise #1 dates are July 30-August 6 and Cruise #2 are August 9-16, 2002. $1,500 fee includes onboard food. The Maryland School of Sailing & Seamanship is an American Sailing Association Certification facility. |
| Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club P.O. Box 863 Bellevue WA 98009 Phone: (425) 454-8880 TollFree: eMail: Website: These classes are taught at Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club on Lake Washington. Optimist dinghies, sailboats specifically designed for children, are used for ages 8-13. They are simple to learn and operate Ñ just one sail and line. 420's, two person 14' boats with main jib, allow 11-18 year olds to master the basics and develop teamwork. Classes are open to all youths 8-18 years old who have demonstrated swimming ability. Membership in Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club is not required. Beginning classes focus on the fundamentals of sailing, basic dinghy handling and safety. Intermediate and advanced classes expand boat handling techniques and introduce racing. Classes are taught by instructor's trained in water safety and first aid and certified by the U.S. Sailing Assoc. Classes begin June 24 and go throughout the summer. All day sessions run from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm for one week. Cost is $250. |
| Mount Baker Rowing & Sailing Center 3800 Lake Washington Blvd Seattle WA 98112 Phone: (206) 386-1913 TollFree: eMail: Website: Operating out of Stan Sayres Park, Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center teaches Beginning, Continuing, Race sailing lessons for Youths and Adults. Classes are conducted on Optimist, Laser Ones and Twos, and are held on both weekdays and weekends. Beginning classes consist of 22-24 hours of instruction and cost $90. Also offered are week long sailing camps for youth during the entire summer. Camps are 3-4 hours/day. Cost will be $85. Also offered are sailboard-ing classes for beginners and intermediates. 4 sessions for $60. Youth summer camps for sailboarding are also available. |
| Neptune Sailing Club P.O. Box 498 Kirkland WA 98033 Phone: Voice mail (425) 823-0316 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.neptunesailing.org Located at the Kirkland Yacht Club Marina in downtown Kirkland, the Neptune Sailing Club has provided low cost day-sailing on Lake Washington for over 30 years. Members may choose from four boats: two Catalina 22's and two J-22's rigged for racing. Neptune is a not-for-profit, member-owned club offering diverse sailing opportunities for the modest investment of a $675 Initiation fee, plus $440 Annual dues. The initiation fee covers 4 hours of classroom lessons, plus 15 hours of on-the-boat sailing instruction and testing for your family and more. Tests certify members for competency with the club rating of Skipper. With that rating, members may take boats out any daytime with no hourly charge.Ê The Club also offers advanced training to the Coastal Navigation level by instructors that are certified by the American Sailing Association. Neptune members may participate in the Anthony's Homeport races from June -August and other races that are held throughout the year. |
| Orca Sailing 2201 Skyline Way #100 Anacortes WA 93221 Phone: (503) 789-8411 TollFree: (800) 664-6049 eMail: michael@orcasailing.com Website: www.orcasailing.com Combine a spectacular sailing vacation with the ultimate personalized learning experience. Superior accommodations aboard spacious modern yachts, materials, and equipment create an optimal learning vacation. Our flexible format is tailored to guest objectives and learning styles. Most trips include a chef who prepares delicious meals tailored to guest food preferences. Choose private instruction or join a small group of no more than four 'hands-on learners'. Cruise the San Juan and Gulf Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, the Inside Passage, Desolation Sound, Alaska or points beyond. Optional American Sailing Association (ASA) certification through Bareboat Chartering is available. Most trips are seven days and six nights, with rates from $850 per person. Shorter or longer private trips are available. |
| Penmar Marine 2011 Skyline Way Anacortes WA 98221 Phone: (360) 293-4839 TollFree: (800) 828-7337 eMail: Website: www.penmar.com Penmar Marine has been in business since 1984 and offers instructional training and bareboat charter preparation for Sail or Power boats. Their fleet includes sailboats ranging from 26'-52' and Powerboats from 15'-44'. Crewed charters also available. |
| Poulsbo/North Kitsap Community Sailing Program P.O. Box 98 Poulsbo WA 98370 Phone: (360) 779-9898 TollFree: eMail: parksrec@cityofpoulsbo.com Website: North Kitsap Community Sailing is opened to the community and offers week-long sailing camps for youths ages 10-18. $102 a week for 4-hour camps, $165 per week for 32.5 hours camps. Classes begin June 24 and run through August 23. Camps are grouped by ages and abilities. Adult programs begin July 13. |
| Poulsbo Yacht Club Junior Sailing Suite T 18129 Fjord Drive NE Poulsbo WA 98370 Phone: (360) 779-3321 TollFree: eMail: pyc@tscnet.com Website: www.poulsboyc.org Poulsbo Yacht Club provides learn-to-sail classes for students 10 to 15 years old. Week long classes begin each Monday from July 8 through August 26. Instructors are college-age sailors certified to teach by US Sailing. Students learn to sail in DeWitt Dinghies provided by the Club. Several levels of classes are offered. Yacht club affiliation is not required. Our goals are to build self-confidence, to have fun, to stay safe and to go fast. |
| Puget Sound Sailing Institute 5632 Marine View Drive Tacoma WA 98422 Phone: (253) 383-1774 TollFree: (800) 487-2454 eMail: pssi@foxinternet.net Website: www.pugetsoundsailing.com Sailing locations: Tacoma, Edmonds and Roche Harbor. PSSI has been in business since 1985, and offers Sailing Lessons, Sailing Club (boats 24' to 30') and Timeshare Lease Program (boats 28'-40') in Edmonds, as well as out of its headquarters at Tyee Marina in Tacoma. Cruising courses are also offered on PSSI's 43' boat based in Roche Harbor, San Juan Island. Club/Lease members and boat owners receive up to 40% off classes. PSSI offers a full curriculum of ASA-certified classes, including Foundations of Sailing, Basic Sailing, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Charter, Coastal Navigation, Celestial Navigation and Spinnaker and Racing clinics. A unique offer of PSSI is the Offshore Pasaage-making class. This year PSI offers the Swiftsure Race (May 24-27) and the Vic-Maui Race (start June 22) for those who want ocean racing training under the supervision of a competent ocean racer/instructor. Offhsore Cruising/Passagemaking is highlighted in PSSI®s Hawaiian Offshore (August 8-15) and Hawaii to Seattle Ocean Passagemaking Class (depart August 17). All classes are taught by PSSI Director Michael Rice. PSSI also offers exotic sailing vacations. Coastal and Celestial Navigation video courses also available. |
| Renton Sailing Club 13929 154th Ave. S.E. Renton WA 98059 Phone: (425) 235-0952 TollFree: eMail: baggy505@aol.com Website: www.halcyon.com/rscsail Renton Sailing Club offers low-cost sailing to the public on the southern end of Lake Washington. Activities for both beginning and experienced sailors include classes, races and cruises. Classes are held in conjunction with the Renton Sailing Club and Renton Parks Dept. There will be an informal 'Introduction to Sailing' class every Wednesday at 5:00 pm from May 1-22, June 5-26, July 10-31, August 7-28 and September 4-25 ($20). Red Cross Certified classes will be every Thursday and Friday, May 2-24, June 6-28, July 11-August 2 and August 8-30, September 5-27 and October by appointment only (a float test is required). Classes are sailed on El Toros, 14' C-Larks and Capri 14.2 daysailers. Students learn the fundamentals of rigging, sailing and safety through shoreside instruction and on-the-water sailing. Cost is $75 which includes Red Cross certification, but not Red Cross Basic sailing textbook. |
| Sail Northwest 1004 Commercial Ave. #154 Anacortes WA 98221 Phone: (206) 793-4369 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.sailnw.com Sail Northwest was founded by Captain Judy Mickel mainly to encourage women in sailing. It is more fun and less stressful for a group of gals to learn together and with a fun woman instructor. The gals in my classes feel empowered and competent after their instruction time on the water. Don't feel left out guys, there are classes for you too! Classes range from two day basic keelboat to six days which include basic keelboat, coastal navigation and bareboat chartering. Classes can be taught in charter boats from 32' to 40' or in ones own sailing vessel. Captain Judy Mickel is an American Sailing Association certified instructor. Students can receive ASA certification for all class levels, ensuring that they may charter anywhere in the world. Students will spend the class time in the beautiful San Juan Islands, where they will learn docking, anchoring, sail trim, basic navigation, heaving to, boat systems, and perhaps see porpoise and Orcas in their own playground. Spending a week learning to sail is a fun way to have a vacation. Captain Bill Griffin is available for sailing or power boat instruction. Captain Bill has a USCG 100 ton master license and many years experience helping folks learn to be proficient on the water. Captain Bill and Captain Judy are also available to captain your charter boat. |
| Sail Sand Point P.O. Box 82755 Kenmore WA 98028 Phone: (206) 525-8782 TollFree: eMail: lessons@sailsandpoint.org Website: www.sailsandpoint.org Sail Sand Point, the new community sailing center, is located on the North shore area of Sand Point/Magnuson Park. Sail Sand Point is a non-profit corporation, dedicated to serving Seattle area youth by nurturing self-confidence, leadership, and an appreciation for our marine environment through the sport of sailing. Sail Sand Point enters their fourth season of sailing with an expansion of all of their programs. They offer 2 week half day sessions (9:00 am-12: 00 pm or 1:00-4:00 pm) of Learn to Sail classes for youth ages 7-17 and evening and weekend classes for adults. Youth Sail Camp is $250 per session (30 hours of instruction). Scholarships are available. Adult classes are $175 (15 hrs of instruction). Race Camps are now available for both children and Adults. Their fleet includes Hunter 140s, 420s, Lasers and Optis. Teachers are all US Sailing Certified. Students who demonstrate competency on the water can then continue to sail during evening and weekend open sailing times with purchase of a season pass. Informal racing on Monday nights also helps sailors hone their skills. Come to the Sail Sand Point Open House on Saturday, May 22 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Sail Sand Point is located just off Sand Point Way at NE 74th St. entrance. Turn left and head North until you see boats. |
| San Juan Sailing School #1 Harbor Esplanade Bellingham WA 98225 Phone: (360) 671-4300 TollFree: (800) 677-7245 eMail: school@sanjuansailing.com Website: www.sanjuansailing.com San Juan Sailing School, an ASA accredited school, in business since 1982, is located in Bellingham, an hour and a half north of Seattle. From there it's just a Bay sail to their classroom in the San Juan Islands. They offer Basic Sailing, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering, Intermediate and Advanced Coastal Cruising. All courses stress hands-on learning and are accredited by the American Sailing Association. Courses are offered on weekends or in a 6-day liveaboard format called Learn n'Cruise. Classes are taught on keelboats, ranging from 30' to 44'. |
| Schooner Lavengro P.O. Box 9504 Seattle WA 98109 Phone: (206) 633-2784 or (425) 204-1975 TollFree: eMail: sailLAVENGRO@aol.com Website: www.NWSchooner.org The 1926 gaff schooner Lavengro is owned and operated by the Northwest Schooner Society, whose mission is to teach people of all ages to sail and maintain historic vessels thereby preserving our maritime heritage. Lavengro will be available in May to individuals and groups who want to experience the thrill of sailing a classic vessel. Lavengro is uniquely suited for women to sail of all ages and physical abilities. The '63' overall/48' on-deck' vessel provides the perfect platform for the novice sailor to learn line handling, basic sailing techniques, safety and care maintenance. Our 'no pressure' teaching makes for a relaxed and fun experience. Areas of sailing range from Lake Union plus Lake Washington to Elliott Bay and Puget Sound. |
| Schooner Martha Foundation 1010 Valley St. Suite 100 Seattle WA 98109 Phone: (206) 310-8573 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.schoonermartha.org Martha's sail-training program is unique in many ways! First off she only carries six students. On board you are more involved in all the workings of the ship. You will rise in the morning and listen to the VHF radio weather report and decide as a group the destination for the day. You will learn to navigate, sail trim/theory, marlinspike, seamanship skills, proper care of the ship, along with plenty of time at the helm. Each student is given the book Complete Sailor and a crew shirt. Our program will show you what it is like to live and work on board a vessel. This is not summer camp, this is sailing at its finest. Youth trips (ages 12-18) unless otherwise indicated, are $100 per person each day. Adult trips to Princess Louisa/Desolation Sound trip will accomodate only four adults. All other trips will accommodate six adults. |
| Seattle Sailing Club 7001 Seaview Ave. N.W. Suite 125 Seattle WA 98117 Phone: (206) 782-5100 TollFree: eMail: sailing@seattlesailing.com Website: www.seattlesailing.com The Seattle Sailing Club has been in the sailing club/school business for over 34 years. The Club offers inexpensive membership and a full series of lessons from Basic through Bareboat Charter and Advanced. We are the oldest established sailing school in the Northwest. You do not need to be a member to take our lessons. All lessons are on Puget Sound at Shilshole Bay Marina using boats selected for their ease of learning, safety and stability. Our instructors are licensed, certified and come from teaching backgrounds. They are trained to the highest standards to provide you with a fun experience which will reward you through the years. Our instructional program includes: Basic Sailing, Intermediate Sailing, Bareboat Charter, Coastal Navigation, Advanced Sailing and Racing Series. We are proud to offer American Sailing Association certification for all levels of instruction. The Seattle Sailing Club was founded on the principle that sailing should be inexpensive. With the options of either the Sailing Club membership or the reduced cost Northwest Sailing Club. All of the Club's 22-36 foot boats are available to members on an Unlimited Daysailing basis. There is no charge for daysailing. Overnight and vacation use is encouraged at greatly reduced overnight rates. We have a 20 year old comprehensive racing program where our members skipper and crew competing in the Corinthian Yacht Club's large boat racing program using our fleet of specially equipped J-24 sailboats. |
| Seattle Yacht Club 1807 East Hamlin Seattle WA 98112 Phone: (206) 328-7009 TollFree: eMail: Website: Seattle Yacht Club offers sailing instruction for children ages 7-18 and adults, of all abilities. The program utilizes the US Sailing Association's Small Boat Sailor and Small Boat Racer curriculum. All instruction is done by US Sailing certified instructors who additionally hold CPR and First Aid certification. Some of the skills covered in the courses include: parts of the boat, rigging, points of sail, rules of the road, steering, sail trim, knot tying, docking, backwards and rudderless sailing, capsize recovery, safety, person overboard recovery, trapeze sailing, spinnaker sailing, and racing. Adult courses are offered throughout the spring and summer and youth sailing camps begin in June. Additionally there is a Junior Racing Team that practices weekly and participates in regattas around the Northwest and travels and competes in National events. All intermediate and advanced sailors, ages 8-18 are welcome. Sailing is done in Seattle Yacht Club's fleet of Optimists, Bytes, Lasers, and 420's. Emphasis is placed on safety, fun, learning and good sportsmanship promoting a lifetime of involvement in the sport of sailing. Membership at SYC is not required. |
| Tacoma Women's Sailing Association c/o Judy Maitrejean P.O. Box 112123 Tacoma WA 98411 Phone: (253) 531-4082 TollFree: eMail: Website: Tacoma Women's Sailing Association holds beginning and advanced beginning sailing classes in April. The six sessions includes info on nautical terms, parts of a boat, rigging, sails, points of sail, maneuvers, sail handling, man-overboard drills, hypothermia, and rules of safe boating. Boats sail out of Tacoma and Gig Harbor. The class fee is $100 and includes TWSA membership. |
| Tethys Offshore Sailing For Women 2442 NW Market #498 Seattle WA 98107-4137 Phone: (206) 789-5118 TollFree: (877) 379-3873 eMail: nancy@tethysoffshore.com Website: www.tethysoffshore.com Seattle sailor, Captain Nancy Erley, has been teaching women to sail for 35 years. From 1989-1994 and 1995-2001, she was captain of two all-women circumnavigations of the world aboard her Port Townsend built Orca 38, 'Tethys'. 'Tethys' Offshore offers a one-to-one student-teacher ratio, ISPA (International Sail and Power Association) certification and immersion in the realities of passagemaking and the cruising lifestyle for beginning sailor to advanced offshore skipper. The summer 2002 'Tethys' will sail several 10 day trips for learning crew in Desolation Sound and the Canadian Gulf Islands as well as a 4 week passage from Victoria, Canada to Honolulu and another from Hawaii back to the Northwest in mid-summer. During the fall and winter 2002 Nancy will offer day and overnight instructional trips in the Seattle area. Nancy holds her USCG 100 ton Master license and is an ISPA Offshore Instructor. |
| Wahoo Adventures 6767 Admiralty Lane Hansville WA 98340 Phone: (206) 200-SAIL or (360) 638-1771 TollFree: eMail: wahooadv@earthlink.net Website: Individual instruction aboard our blue water cruiser or your vessel. One day to one week classes tailored to your needs and skills. Vessel charter also available. |
| Wind, Women & Sail P.O. Box 70133 Seattle WA 98107 Phone: (206) 781-7640 TollFree: eMail: windwomensail@hotmail.com Website: Dedicated to the training of women in the safe handling and skillful use of sailboats. Qualified and skilled ISPA instructors instruct the 3 or 5-day classes on board 35' to 50' sailboats. It allows women to become completely immersed in the cruising lifestyle, learning basic sailing to advanced seamanship. Classes this year to be held in Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound. Some co-ed or family classes are available by request. Judy Nasmith (Dickinson), the principal instructor, holds a USCG 50-ton license, and started racing her first sailboat in South Africa at age 12. A past Hobie 16 Women's National Champion and runner up for the 1997 Hobie 19 Women's Continental Championships, Judy combines her racing and cruising experience to help students get the most fun out of their sailing adventures. Wind, Women & Sail hosts the 'Women's Sailing Seminar' in February each year and has an email list that women interested in sailing may subscribe to. Members receive weekly updates with regard to sailing related events going on in the Northwest, and are encouraged to communicate with each other. The list is for women members only. |
| Wind Works Sailing Center, Inc. 7001 Seaview Ave. N.W. Suite 133 Seattle WA 98117 Phone: (206) 784-9386 TollFree: eMail: windworks@sail1com Website: www.windworkssailing.com Wind Works Sailing Center is a full service sailing organization featuring sailing instruction, continuing education, an active sailing club and sailboat brokerage. Sailing classes are designed in a progressive manner - from beginning classes on small daysailers to advanced classes on large cruising sailboats. All Wind Works classes carry US Sailing certification, which is the national standard for sailing instruction. The courses include: Basic Keelboat (24-hour course - small 25' keelboats with tiller steering and outboard engines), Basic Cruising (24-hour course - large, 30'-36' aux. powered sailboats with wheel steering and inboard engines), Coastal Navigation (16-hour course), Bareboat Cruising (designed to take your big boat handling skills into multiday charters) and Coastal Passegemaking (expands bareboating skills to the next level of difficulty and skill). The advantage of the sailing club is that you can build on each level of learning with ongoing personal chartering experience at the club. The class program schedule itself is very flexible, allowing each student to progress through each level and complete some individual sailing at their own pace. Scheduled classes run year round, except for the last two weeks in December. The sailing club offers availability and access to a fleet of 25 to 43 foot sailboats for its club members to charter by the day, or longer periods, to practice their ongoing sailing skills learned in class, and/or enjoy cruising after sailing skills and certification are achieved. The club also features extensive ongoing education, group sailing activities, socials and more in a very cost effective way. |
| Womanship 137 Conduit St. Annapolis MD 21401 Phone: TollFree: (800) 342-9295 eMail: sail@womanship.com. Website: Womanship, the first and leading sailing school for and by women launches its 18th season sailing in the Pacific Northwest's San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands beginning in July. The Womanship comprehensive collaborative learning environment is symbolized by its telling motto, 'Nobody Yells'. Womanship's Liveaboard Learning Cruises include instruction, accommodations and meals. Onboard, women with novice to advanced sailing experience, 'ages 18 to 82, so far', says Womanship founder Suzanne Pogell, learn while doing to build skill, confidence and the ability to team and take charge under sail, guided by expert U.S.C.G. licensed female instructors. Young Womanship, Womanship's onboard program for groups of 7th to 12th grade is expanding it's program to instruction on Tall ships for 12 to 50 students. Call for group booking details. |
| Wooden Boat Foundation 380 Jefferson St. Port Townsend WA 98368 Phone: (360) 385-3628 TollFree: eMail: programs@woodenboat.org Website: www.woodenboat.org If you're interested in having fun and learning to sail, the Wooden Boat Foundation will teach you to sail up wind in just a week! Since 1994, our Community Sailing courses have introduced more than a thousand adults and children to the thrill of sailing. The Foundation is now taking registrations for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced sailing classes from June 17 to August 23, taught by US Sailing certified instructors. A three week residential maritime exploration and adventure program, Summer Youth Sea Camp gives students ages 14-18 an introduction to boat building, sail making, boat handling, sailing, rowing, marlinespike seamanship, navigation, tides & currents and lots of fun! Over the years, this signature program of the Foundation has taught maritime skills while offering experiences which lead to a passion for the sea, boats, and the life lessons they provide. The SYSC experience begins by exploring and camping in the San Juan Islands on one of the Foundation's 26' historic replica longboats. Students learn to row, sail and navigate while meeting the challenges of seamanship in an open boat. Next, commuting by boat from their camp at Fort Flagler State Park, participants work alongside the skilled boatwrights of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding and sailmakers of our local marine trades community building a boat and its sail. The camp finishes by joining the crew of the 101' gaff-rigged schooner Adventuress, built in 1913, to sail the waters of Puget Sound. While on board, students receive instruction in marine biology, coastal navigation, marine weather and marlinespike seamanship. Summer Youth Sea Camp runs from August 2-22. The program enrollment is limited to 10, so early registrations are encouraged. Tuition of $1860 includes Learn sailing and seamanship aboard a traditionally built and rigged vessel. Bryony, a 45' Bristol Bay Channel Cutter and Martha, a B.B. Crowninshield 68' staysail schooner yacht. Adults have the option of five and seven day Sail Training courses, youth choose from four, five, six or eighteen day courses. |
| Oregon | China Girl Sailing 11120 NE Prescott Portland OR 97220 Phone: (503) 252-2651 TollFree: eMail: Website: Advanced Sailing clinics. 5-day offshore, Weekend River Piloting and Bar Crossing, High Wind Techniques in the Columbia River Gorge. ASA certification available, USCG Licensed Captain. |
| City of Eugene Outdoor Program's Sailing School 301 North Adams Eugene OR 97402 Phone: (541) 682-5329 TollFree: eMail: Roger.F.Bailey@ci.eugene.or.us Website: www.ci.eugene.or.us/rec The sailing school is moored at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Beginning through intermediate level adult classes are taught June through September. Classes run on weeknights and weekends. A 4 to 1 student-teacher ratio ensures lots of personal attention and practice time. Private lessons are offered to focus on individual sailing goals. New this season: Beginning Race clinics are offered in cooperation with Santana Fleet 19 and Thistle fleet 118. The program includes a chalk talk, on-the-water practice and BBQ after. |
| Island Sailing Club Inc. 515 N.E. Tomahawk Island Dr. Portland OR 9721 Phone: TollFree: (800) 303-2470 eMail: Website: www.islandsailingschool.com The Island Sailing Club has been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1979. Sailing instruction for members is provided by professional certified instructors, and certification for students is included. ASA certification courses in Basic, Basic Coastal, Bareboat, Coastal Navigation, Advanced Coastal Cruising, Celestial Navigation, and Offshore Passagemaking are available year round, along with Junior Sailing for ages 9-17 from June through August. Island Sailing Club members enjoy unlimited day sailing at all ISC locations, sailing development in racing and cruising, and discounts for continuing sailing education with affiliated Island Sailing Schools. |
| Klamath Yacht Club 3039 Front St. Klamath Falls OR 97601 Phone: (541) 884-2072 TollFree: eMail: Bdortch342@aol.com Website: 'Advanced Sailing Concepts' will be taught by an experienced racing skipper on the four Tuesday nights beginning May 7 from 7:00-9:00 pm emphazing sail trim and racing crewmanship. Classes will be directed toward skippers wanting to fine-tune their techniques and toward crew who want a broader understanding of the broader racing picture. Beginning Sailing will be taught by an experienced skipper on the six Tuesdays beginning April 10, from 7:00-9:00 pm, with on-the-water experience the last two weekends. The Venture Youth Sailing Program will be week-long sailing camps in June and July for ages 8 to 18. They will be taught by U.S. Sailing/Coast Guard approved instructors. |
| Portland Sailing Center 3315 N.E. Marine Drive Portland OR 97211 Phone: (503) 281-6529 TollFree: eMail: Website: Basic Sailing through Coastal Navigation. The PSC fleet consists of boats from 21 to 29 feet. Basic sailing lessons run $199 for 15 hours, Basic Coastal Cruising: $199/15 hours, Bareboat Charter: $250, and Coastal Navigation: $150 plus materials. ASA certification facility. |
| Willamette Sailing School, Inc. 12045 S.E. Anna Ct. Boring OR 97009 Phone: (503) 730-SAIL (7245) TollFree: eMail: Website: willamettesaiilngclub.com Willamette Sailing School offers Small Boat Sailing Classes taught by certified U.S. Sailing Instructors. It is a great program to learn how to sail in a safe and well managed environment. Adult Small Boat Sailing Classes are offered on both weekends and weeknights May through September. Youth Small Boat Sailing Classes are taught by certified U.S. Sailing Instructors. It is a great program to learn how to sail in a safe and well managed environment. Adult Small Boat Sailing Classes are offered on both weekends and weeknights May through September. Youth Small Boat Sailing Camps, ages 8-18, meet Monday through Friday, three hours per day. Youth Camps start June 17 and end the week of August 19. Our Sailing Program offers a tremendous amount of helm time in our Beginning, Advanced and Youth Intro. to Racing Classes. Most of the class time is spent on-the-water sailing, combining drills and fun activities. Adult Classes and Youth Camps ages 13-18 are taught on Flying Juniors and Lido's. Youth Camps ages 8-12 are taught on Optimists. Private lessons are available upon request. Adult Class and Youth Camp prices is $150. |
| Idaho | The Sail Loft P.O. Box 383 Bayview ID 83803 Phone: (208) 683-7245 TollFree: eMail: sailloft@gte.net Website: Located on beautiful Lake Pend Oreille, The Sail Loft offers private sailing lessons in boats ranging from 20' to 35' and American Sailing Association Certified courses (including USCG approved Safe Boating Course) from Basic Keelboat through Bareboat Charter and Navigation. Accommodations are available for residential courses in comfortable, fully equipped cabins on the lake and prices range from $45 per hour for private lessons to $250 per day for ASA weekend and week long courses. |
| Alaska | Sailing Inc. P.O. Box 948 Seward AK 99664 Phone: (907) 224-3160 TollFree: eMail: sailak@ptialaska.net Website: www.sailinginc.com Learn to sail during four continous days of intensive sailing instruction in Seward, includes on-the-water & classroom instruction. First three days certifies students to ASA's Basic Sailing standard & includes some meals. Fourth day covers Basic Coastal Cruising. Lodging available. $750. Also available: Beginning Ground School, Bareboat Chartering, Basic to Bareboat in Six Days, Coastal Navigation, Advanced Coastal Cruising and Cruising Adventures. Also Juniors Sailing Academy and Performance Sailing. |
| British Columbia | Blue Pacific Yacht Charters 1519 Foreshore Walk Granville Island Vancouver B.C. Canada V6H 3X3 Phone: (604) 682-2161 TollFree: (800) 237-2392 eMail: bluepacific@sprynet.com Website: www.bluepacificcharters.ca Blue Pacific Yacht Charters offers a I.S.P.A. certified five-day cruise-n-learn course to the Gulf Islands, with a four person maximum for sailing as well as powerboats. |
| Bosun's Charters, Ltd. 2240 Harbour Rd. Sidney B.C. Canada V8L 3Y3 Phone: (250) 656-6644 TollFree: (800) 226-3694 eMail: Website: www.bosunscharters.ca Bosun's Charters offers three and five-day 'Learn to Boat' courses, power and sail. Coastal Navigator Home-study course. I.S.P.A. and C.Y.A. certification. |
| Capt. Mac's School of Seamanship 317A Simpson St. New Westminister B.C. V3L 3K1 Phone: TollFree: (800) 661-5388 eMail: macs@seatosky.com Website: www.captmacs.com Capt. Mac's School of Seamanship is a Canadian Yachting Association Member Cruising School offering sailing lessons and CYA certification from Basic to Offshore Standards. Capt. Mac is a Canadian Coast Guard licensed skipper and has been teaching and certifying safe boaters for 19 years. Learn to sail or improve your sailing skills in the Canadian Gulf Islands or Desolation Sound. Cruise & Learn liveaboard sailing courses include onboard accommodation, food, instructional material, CYA Log Book and Certification on successful completion of the course. The yacht is a beautiful and immaculately maintained 42' custom sloop. There is a four student maximum per course. Courses are conducted year round starting at $749 Canadian for a five day program.Skippered sailing vacations for those who wish to sail, fish and hike without writing exams is also offered. Relax and enjoy the nature, history and scenery of British Columbia's beautiful waterways. |
| Cooper Boating Center 1620 Duranleau St. Vancouver B.C. V6H 3S4 Phone: (604) 687-4110 TollFree: (888) 999-6419 eMail: rew@cooperboating.com Website: www.cooperboating.com Cooper Boating Center offers a complete package of internationally recognized certification courses for sailing and power boating. Classes include Basic, Intermediate & Offshore Cruising, Coastal & Celestial Navigation, and Basic Cruise-n-Learns in the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound and West Coast of Vancouver Island. We also offer practical hands-on courses and lectures for power boat. CYA certification offered for all classes. |
| Desolation Sound Yacht Charters Ltd. 101. 1819 Beaufort Ave. Comox B.C. V9M 1R9 Phone: (250) 339-7222 TollFree: (877) 647-3815 eMail: charter@desolationsoundyachtcharters.com Website: www.desolationsoundyachtcharters.com Desolation Sound Yacht Charters Ltd. offers fully provisioned 6-day Cruise-n-Learn courses designed to teach you to bareboat charter a power or sailing yacht while enjoying a cruise to magnificent Desolation Sound. International certification is offered in Basic and Intermediate levels. |
| Gulf Islands Cruising School P.O. Box 2532Y Sidney B.C. V8L 4B9 Phone: (250) 656-2628 TollFree: (800) 665-2628 eMail: crew@cruising.bc.ca Website: www.cruising.bc.ca Since 1980, Gulf Islands Cruising School Ltd. has been providing quality boating instruction. This makes us the most experienced cruising school in B.C. under continuous ownership. Our instructors are Canadian Yachting Association certified. Programs offered are Basic, Intermediate, Beyond Intermediate and Powerboat courses. Coastal Navigation is available by correspondence. Canadian Coast Guard Pleasure Craft Operators examinations. Gulf Islands Cruising School Ltd. is located at Canoe Cove Marina in Sidney, B.C., about a half a mile from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. |
| Herizenª Sailing For Women Inc 36 Cutlass Lookout Naniamo B.C. V9R 6R1 Phone: (250) 741-1753 TollFree: eMail: herizen@island.net Website: www.island.net/~herizen Herizenª teaches sailing and self-awareness in a supportive, non-judgemental environment, best suited to women's needs. Courses, personally tailored to client's needs, are either one-on-one or two-on-one. Herizenª 'Sailing Retreats' include sailing and self-awareness by day on a well-equipped and very manageable Hunter 22, combined with accommodation at a new ocean view B&B on peaceful and serene Protection Island, Nanaimo, British Columbia. The location and people are perfect for intensive learning and pampered relaxation. Dates for 'Sailing Retreats' are on a first come first serve basis, with dates being flexible with clients needs. Courses can range in length from 1 to 7 days, with 4 or 5 days being highly recommended. Prices for the 'Sailing Retreats' are as follows: $350/day for one-on-one, $225/day/person for two-on-one. Price includes 'Sailing in Balance: A Boat and Sail Handling Manual for Women and Their Shipmates' and a BOOMARRANGE, a teaching aid for determining optimal sai placement, both developed by Tris Birdsell-Smith specially for women. CYA, ASA and Canadian Coast Guard Operator's certifications, instruction on your boat, and courses are also available. |
| Hollyburn Sailing Club P.O. Box 91216 West Vancouver B.C. V7V 3N6 Phone: (604) 926-5744 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.hollyburnsailingclub.ca The Hollyburn Sailing Club was founded in 1963 with the express purpose of providing sailing instruction to children and teenagers. Since those days the training program has grown steadily to include adults. Training is based on standards established by the Canadian Yachting Association for its 'Learn to Sail' program, which combines theory instruction in the classroom with a maximum possible amount of time spent on the water. It provides a progression through various levels of proficiency from the beginner to the advanced racing sailor, successful completion on each level is marked by White, Bronze, Silver and Gold Sail awards. While adult courses are naturally less structured than those for juniors, an effort is made to provide instruction at a level appropriate to the experience of the class and, where demand is sufficient, an intermediate adult course is offered. |
| Island Cruising #2-9835 Seaport Pl. Sidney B.C. Canada V8L 4X3 Phone: (250) 656-7070 (call collect) TollFree: (800) 663-5311 eMail: info@islandcruising.com Website: www.islandcruising.com Island Cruising is located at beautiful Port Sidney Marina and offers a full International Sail & Power Association recommended school. Courses (sail and power) including Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper, Advanced, Offshore & Coastal Navigation. Instructor courses are available, as is a select home-study program. Island Cruising has Cruise-n-Learn's offered from March to November. These are 5 day/6 night courses on 34'-35' boats. Instructors are available for individuals and skippers are available for charter. Charter boats from 28 feet to 50 feet are available as well. |
| Land's End Sailing School 1525 Coal Harbour Quay. Vancouver B.C. V6G 3E7 Phone: (604) 818-8984 TollFree: (877) 818-SAIL (7245) eMail: sail@landsend.bc.ca Website: www.landsend.bc.ca We are a Canadian Yachting Assoc. member cruising school located in Vancouver, British Columbia on the doorstep of the Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound. We offer Basic to Advanced Cruising certification in addition to Coastal Navigation and skippered charters. Our mission is to provide our students with sailing courses of uncompromising quality. We achieve this by using modern fully equipped sailing yachts, keeping our classes small, our standards high and having a lot of fun along the way to international C.Y.A. certification. |
| Macdonald Sailing Academy Jericho Sailing Center 1300 Discovery St. Vancouver B.C. V6R 4L9 Phone: (604) 224-7245 TollFree: eMail: macsailing@telus.net Website: www.macsailing.com Macdonald Sailing Academy Inc. or 'MacSailing,' is the sailing school/sailboat rental facility at Jericho Sailing Centre. MacSailing offers a large range of lessons, special events and rentals in a variety of boats such as the new Boat of the Year Escape Dinghy, Laser's, Pirate's, Optimists and Hobie 16's. Their season runs from April to the end of September. MacSailing is owned and operated by Ross and Marcia Macdonald. Ross is a past World Champion and Olympic medallist in the Star Class. He is also one of few sailors who have been inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Marcia is a three-time Olympian and Pan Am Games Gold medallist for her native country of Brazil. |
| Sailcraft 10231 Ainsworth Crescent Richmond BC Canada V7A 3V3 Phone: (604) 277-2739 TollFree: (877) 277-2739 eMail: info@sailcraft.com Website: www.sailcraft.com Sailcraft in Vancouver, B.C. offers a full range of Canadian Yachting Association and International Sail & Power Association instruction on C&C 44 and Windward 32. 'Hands-on' cruise & learns from three days in Howe Sound to three weeks in the Vic-Maui race. Join us for 7 days in the Caribbean at Christmas 2002. Prices start at $495 Cdn. All meals, snacks, bedding and towels supplied. |
| Seahorse Sailing Inc. 2240 Harbour Rd Sidney B.C. V8L 2P6 Phone: (250) 655-4979 TollFree: (800) 667-9833 eMail: Website: www.seahorsesailing.com Seahorse Sailing School offers sailing instructions on a Cruise and Learn liveaboard format. They have courses for Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced Passagemaker course, 14 day Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island and Offshore Adventures. They also provide Coastal Navigation Home Study courses. All courses are certified to CYA and/or I.S.P.A. standards. From Sidney, our charter fleet is available to explore the San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands or Desolation Sound. Members of B.C. Marine Trades Assoc., B.C. Bareboat Charterers Assoc., C.Y.A., International Sail & Power Assoc. and Chamber of Commerce. |
| SailVentures.ca #194-1917 West 4th Ave. Vancouver B.C V6J 1M7 Phone: (604) 812-7848 TollFree: eMail: Website: www.SailVentures.ca CYA sailing certification. Learn aboard a boat that's sailed around the world, and be taught by the skipper who sailed her. First rate instruction |
| The Sailing School on Salt Spring Island 422 Sky Valley Road Salt Spring Island BC V8K 2C3 Phone: (250) 537-2741 TollFree: eMail: fcomm@saltspring.com Website: www.vacations.bc.ca/sailing peppered with some tall tales of the high seas. |