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| 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, Alaska and British Columbia that will be happy to help you become a competent sailor. We’ve done our best to contact all sailing schools, but if we’ve missed anyone, please contact us and we’ll let everyone know who and where you are...Updated Jan/2007 |
| Alcyone Sail Training Program P.O. Box 1511 Port Townsend WA 98368 Phone: (360) 385-7545 eMail: alcyone@olympus.net Website: www.olympus.net/personal/alcyone The Alcyone, a 65' topmast schooner, offers learning to sail adventures for adults, youth and families. The Alcyone sails with 6-student crew and the captains/owners Leslie McNish and John Flanagan. Departing from Port Townsend, Washington weeklong trips are spent sailing in the San Juan Islands. On longer trips Alcyone heads up to Desolation Sound or out to the West Coast of Vancouver Island to Barkley Sound. Alcyone's curriculum includes: sail theory, navigation, marlinspike seamanship, chart reading, standing watches and small boat handling. Family and full boat adult and youth trips are booked by February and the dates for open-bunk trips, youth (12-18) in the summer and adults in the spring and fall, are set after that. |
| Anacortes Yacht Charters Anacortes Marina P.O. Box 69 Suite 2 Anacortes Fax: (360) 293-6683 TollFree: (800) 233-3004 eMail: info@ayc.com Anacortes Yacht Charters offers two different instructional opportunities: "Introduction to Sailing/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 charter rate plus instructor fees of $250/day and insurance. |
| Bellhaven Sailing School 714 Coho Way Bellingham WA 98225 Phone: (360) 733-6636 Fax: (360) 647-9664 TollFree: (800) 542-8812 eMail: bellhaven@bellhaven.net Website: www.bellhaven.net In the business for over 20 years, Bellhaven offers nationally and internationally accredited hands-on sailing instruction on newer 30'-42' sailboats. Courses range from Basic Keelboat to Advanced Coastal Cruising 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 are eligible for ASA Bareboat Charter Certification. All courses offered are accredited by the ASA. Private lessons, power or sail are offered on your boat or ours, on your time table, tailored to your needs. |
| The Center For Wooden Boats 1010 Valley St. Seattle WA 98109 Phone: (206) 382-2628 Fax: (206) 382-2699 eMail: cwb@cwb.org Website: www.cwb.org The Center for Wooden Boats offers several programs to improve your sailing skills. 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 sail in a variety of classic boats. After successful completion of the course, you are welcome to sail and rent boats year round in the CWB Livery. Each course starts with a Saturday Shore School. HANDS ON lessons are then available Saturday and Sunday year-round, plus weekdays from April-August. Each lesson is two hours on-the-water with an instructor for every two students. For those whose sailing skill need some refreshing: One-on-One sailing is offered for people who know how to sail, but need some practice, particularly with classic boats.The classes are available on weekday afternoons. |
| Discovery Sailing School P.O. Box 70412 Seattle WA 98107 Phone: (206) 784-7679 Fax: (206) 784-7679 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. We have a weekend Heavy Course (Dec. -April), and a teen cruise and learn in July |
| Elliott Bay Yachting Center 2601 W. Marina Place Suite E Seattle WA 98199 Phone: (206) 285-9499 Fax: (206) 281-7636 Website: www.yachtlease.com Home of the Original YachtSchool®. Over the past 23 years Elliott Bay Yachting Center has helped thousands of men and women discover boating in the Pacific Northwest. Our 3-day/2-night YachtSchool provides you with all the basic knowledge needed to skipper your own yacht. The course is a "hands-on" experience designed to prepare the novice to competently drive sailboats 30' and larger. Basic sailing skills, navigation, docking, anchoring, Radar/GPS, tides & currents, line handling, rigging, boat systems, emergency procedures, and much more aboard are covered aboard a 35'-46' yacht. The course is scheduled weekly and the cost including course materials and meals is only $995. We also offer ground school 4 nights per week: Monday through Thursday. These are 3 hours classes priced at $60/person. Call for class date and curriculum. Private instruction on your boat or ours is also available. |
| Footloose Disabled Sailing Associate 4509 Interlake Ave. N., PMB #142 Seattle WA 98229 Phone: (206) 382-2680 eMail: footloose_sailing@yahoo.com Website: www.footloosesailing.org Footloose Sailing Association offers sailing opportunities to individuals with disabilities on adapted boats. Participants can haul on the lines, take the tiller, or just enjoy being on the water. American Sailing Association.and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors offer summer sailing lessons. Motivated individuals with disabilities can become skippers, racers and even boat owners. Sail Sandpoint hosts three Footloose races, the Center for Wooden Boats hosts our annual Sail-Away-Challenge on Lake Union, and Camp Access provides sailing opportunities on our adapted boats to disabled children and young teens. We offer transfer assistance by trained volunteers. Our organization was founded by individuals with disabilities for others with disabilities, and we serve as directors, skippers, instructors, racers and racing coaches. We welcome and train able-bodied volunteers. |
| Gato Verde Adventure Sailing 1321 King St. #235 Bellingham WA 98229 Phone: (360) 220-3215 eMail: gato_verde@earthlink.net Website: www.gatoverde.com The Gato Verde Adventure Sailing is based in Bellingham, Washington and our cruising grounds are the Puget Sound, San Juan Islands and the waters of British Columbia as far north as Courtenay. Gato Verde Adventure Sailing offers expedition style educational adventure charters with a strong environmental component or carefree traditional skippered overnight and day charters. Trips are run aboard the turbo-charged Fountain Pajot Venezia 42 catamaran Gato Verde. Groups up to nine can be accommodated for overnight trips and up to twelve for day trips. We are proud to be a green business modeling sustainability and environmental stewardship plus the vessel itself is an evolving platform demonstrating sustainable & environmentally friendly technologies as they become available. Todd has been involved in sailing education since 1985 working with organizations as an instructor, instructor trainer and in management including USSAILING, The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), and the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Gig Harbor Sailing Club & School, LLC P.O. Box 1218 Gig Harbor WA 98335 Phone: (253) 858-3626 Website: www.gigharborsailing.com GHSC is a Sailing Club, a US SAILING school, and a sailboat rental facility. They offer US SAILING Keelboat Certification Program. Classes are limited to four students for more personalized instruction. Level I, Basic Keelboat will certify students to sail keelboats up to 27'. Basic Cruising will advance your skill level to responsibly skipper and crew auxiliary powered cruising sailboats up to 35'. Coastal Navigation, provides instruction on traditional and electronic navigation techniques. Bareboat Cruising prepares you to charter or cruise with confidence aboard boats to 45+'. Club members have access to GHSC's fleet of boats at a 50% discount and certification courses at 40% to 50% off non-member rates and monthly club sails and cruises provide opportunties to practice your skills. |
| Green Lake Small Craft Center 5900 West Green Lake Way North Seattle WA 98103 Phone: (206) 684-4074 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 begin June 22 and go throughout the summer. $110 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. Summer classes start July 5 and go through August 26. $120 per student. |
| Island Sailing School 135 Lake St. S. Suite 1044 Kirkland WA 98033 & 700 Marine Dr. N.E. TollFree: (800) 303-2470 for all locations Website: www.islandsailingschool.com Island Sailing Schools have been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1979, offering training for all levels of sailors, from novices to blue-water voyagers. Island Sailing Schools teach American Sailing Association (ASA) certification courses in Basic, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering, Coastal Navigation, Celestial Navigation, Advanced Coastal Cruising, and Offshore Passagemaking. Courses are taught by professional ASA certified instructors. Course costs include texts, on-water instruction, testing and ASA certification. Courses run on weekends, evenings, and week-long Cruise and Learns. From June to August we offer Junior Sailing Camps for children ages 9-17. Private instruction is also available. Our Club program also allows members to enjoy course discounts, racing and cruising events, and access to unlimited daysailing at our multiple fleet locations. |
| Mahina Tiare Sailing Expeditions P.O. Box 1596 Friday Harbor WA 98250 Phone: (360) 378-6131 Fax: (360) 378-6331 eMail: sailing@mahina.com Website: www.mahina.com John Neal and Amanda Swan Neal of Mahina Expeditions conduct eight ocean sail training expeditions annually of 2-4 week duration aboard their Hallberg-Rassy 46, Mahina Tiare. Their main focus is to fast track expedition members toward later safe and self-sufficient ocean voyaging on their own boats. |
| The Maryland School of Sailing & Seamanship Spring Cove Marina P.O. Box 609 Rock Hall MD 21661 Phone: (410) 639-7030 Fax: (410) 639-7038 Website: www.mdschool.com The Maryland School of Sailing will conduct two 8 day cruises in the Pacific Northwest July 30-August 6 and August 9-16. The program on Island Packet yachts covers all levels of instruction starting with basic sailing on large cruising boats and progresses through all levels to ocean sailing, coastal and celestial navigation. 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.This summer, we'll conduct courses aboard an Island Packet 40 sailing yacht starting in Anacortes, sailing through the San Juan Islands and Canadian Gulf Islands returning to Anacortes. $1500 fee includes onboard food and ASA Certification. Two basic/intermediate or an Advanced Coastal Cruising certification is available. |
| Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club Sailing P.O. Box 863 Bellevue WA 98009 Phone: (425) 454-8880 Fax: (425) 454-1525 Website: www.mbycwa.org 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 — 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 in June and go throughout the summer. All day sessions for one week. Cost is $250. |
| Mount Baker Rowing & Sailing Center 3800 Lake Washington Blvd Seattle WA 98112 Phone: (206) 386-1913 eMail: mount.baker@seattle.gov Website: www.mtbakercrew.com Operating out of Stan Sayres Park, Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center teaches Beginning, Continuing and Advanced sailing lessons for Youths and Adults. Classes are conducted on Optimist, Laser I's and II's and 420's, classes are held on both weekdays and weekends. Beginning classes consist of 18-20 hours of instruction and cost $120.Also offered are week long sailing camps for youth during the entire summer. Camps are 3-4 hours/day. Cost varies by camps. Also offered are sailboarding classes for beginners weekdays and weekends. 9 sessions for $66. Youth summer camps for sailboarding (BoardBlasters) are also available. |
| Neptune Sailing Club P.O. Box 498 Kirkland WA 98033 eMail: info@neptunesailing.org Website: www.neptunesailing.org Located at the Kirkland Yacht Club Marina in downtown Kirkland. Members may choose from two Catalina 22's and two J-22's rigged for racing. Neptune is a not-for-profit, member-owned club providing unlimited day sailing opportunities for a $675 Initiation fee and annual dues of $440and covers six hours of classroom lessons, plus a minimum of 15 hours of on-the-water sailing instruction by Coast Guard licensed and American Sailing Association certified instructors. Tests certify members for competency with the club rating of "Skipper". With that rating, members may sail club boats any daytime with no hourly or other charges. The Club also offers advanced American Sailing Association training to the Coastal Navigation level. Many members participate in the Anthony's Homeport races. |
| Olympia Yacht Club Junior Sailing c/o Jan Visser P.O. Box 4213 Tumwater WA 98501 Phone: (360) 754-6506 eMail: jan@ussailing.net Olympia Yacht 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. |
| Orca Sailing Phone: (360) 671-4056 TollFree: (800) 664-6049 eMail: info@orcasailing.com Website: www.orcasailing.com "Learn and cruise" in the San Juan & Gulf Islands, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Bahamas or Mexico. Prepare to bareboat charter with ASA certification in the Pacific Northwest or Caribbean. Become a sailing family with a private learning vacation tailored to all ages. Cruise with confidence after Advanced Offshore instruction on a Pacific Ocean passage of 1-3 weeks: B.C., California-Mexico-Hawaii-Northern BC. It's your choice: "Private" for only you, or "Join a Group" from $995/week with 4 guests maximum. Charter a spectacular Yacht with Crew - we have inspected hundreds of yachts and met the crews. Bareboat Charter with our expert assistance. See hundreds of yachts, and detailed maps and photos of the world's best cruising grounds, on our web site. |
| Orcas Sailing P.O. Box 1626 Eastsound WA 98245-1626 Phone: (360) 376-2113, (360) 310-0100 cell Fax: (360) 376-6446 eMail: info@orcassaiilng.com Website: www.orcassailing.com Orcas Sailing is located in East Sound, at Rosario Resort, on Orcas Island. We offer a Rhodes 19 and a pair of 26' Pearson Commanders. These are responsive, comfortable, safe and easy boats to learn sailing or hone your skills. The boats are available for lessons or bareboat rental. Our instructor has over 30 years of sailing experience and is a former middle-school teacher. Our location is perfect for learning how to sail, with easy winds blowing most of the time and the most incredible scenery and wildlife you are likely to see anywhere. The Commanders comfortably accommodate 6 plus the instructor, the Rhodes, 4 plus instructor. We encourage families with kids. If multiple days of instruction are wanted accommodations can be arranged locally. |
| Poulsbo/North Kitsap Community Sailing Program P.O. Box 98 Poulsbo WA 98370 Phone: (360) 779-9898 eMail: parksrec@cityofpoulsbo.com 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 July 6 and run through August 20. Camps are grouped by ages and abilities and are held in Kingston. Adult programs begin July 17. |
| Poulsbo Yacht Club Junior Sailing Suite T 18129 Fjord Drive NE Poulsbo WA 98370 Phone: (360) 779-3321 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 7 through August 25. 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 Fax: (253) 274-8703 TollFree: (800) 487-2454 eMail: pssi@foxinternet.net Website: www.pugetsoundsailing.com 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'. PSSI offers a full curriculum of ASA-certified classes, from Basic Keelboat toAdvanced Coastal Cruising, Coastal and Celestial Navigation and Spinnaker and Racing clinics. Offshore Passagemaking class and ASA Cruising Catamaran certification is also available. PSI offers the Swiftsure Race for those who want ocean racing training under the supervision of a competent ocean racer/instructor. There are also Cruising Offshore courses held off the Washington coast and Caribbean. Coastal and Celestial Navigation live and video courses also available. |
| Renton Sailing Club 13929 154th Ave. S.E. Renton WA 98059 Phone: (425) 430-6700 Fax: (425) 235-0952 eMail: baggy505@msn.com Website: www.ci.renton.wa.us or www.rentonsailing.org 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. An informal "Introduction to Sailing" class will be every Wednesday at 5:00 pm from May 5th on. Red Cross Certified classes will be every Thursdays and Fridays from May 6th and October by appointment only. 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 includes Red Cross certification, but not Red Cross Basic sailing textbook. |
| Sail Express 1724 W. Marine View Dr. Suite 140 Everett WA 98201 Phone: (425) 387-7245 TollFree: (866) 444-7245 eMail: rob-wood@msn.com Website: www.sailexpress.com Sail Express is located at the Port of Everett and provides easy access to many wonderful Puget Sound sailing locations. We offer sailboat rentals from 22-32 feet in length. You can day sail in Port Gardner Bay or bring friends for an overnighter at one of the many small towns a short sail away. Sail Express offers a Sailing Club for $36 per month, giving you the opportunity to sail very economically year round. Sail Express is a certified ASA Sailing School. |
| Sailing Vessel Bryony 105 Hudson St. Point Hudson Port Townsend WA 98368 Phone: (350) 481-0605 eMail: artfuldodger@waypt.com Website: www.sailbryony.com A 45' traditionally rigged gaff cutter, Bryony was built in Port Townsend by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building. Our adult Sail Training programs start at the beginning, "this is a line, this is how you make if off." We quickly move into weather, sail theory, safety and safety drills, coastal navigation, and more. The five day course sails from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. The seven day course follows the same program until Friday when we head to the San Juan Islands for three days and two nights. The 2004 programs run: June 7-11, July 19-25, and September 20-26. We are also available for custom charters and day sails. |
| Sailing in Seattle 2000 Westlake Ave. N. #46 Seattle WA 98109 Phone: (206) 979-9016 mobile Offers; Introduction to Sailing, Sailing Your New Boat, ASA Basic Keelboat, ASA Basic Coastal Cruising, ASA Coastal Navigation, ASA Bareboat Charter and a Sailboat Racing Program. |
| Sail Northwest Charters 1004 Commercial Ave. PMB 154 Anacortes WA 98221 Phone: (707) 245-7490 or (360) 840-9059 eMail: info@sailnw.com or sailnw@juno.com Website: www.sailnw.com Sail Northwest Charters, located in Anacortes, WA, has been in business for five years, teaching women, men and kids to love sailing and to be the ‘captain of their own ship'! Our ‘Cruise and Learn' class is the most popular and includes a week in the San Juan Islands, getting lots of hands on experience and learning everything from the basics to bareboat chartering. Captain Judy Mickel is an American Sailing Assoc. certified instructor and has a 50-ton USCG masters license. Our students learn in small classes with only three students maximum on our 32' Islander. ASA male instructors are also available.You will become proficient in sailing lingo, docking, man overboard techniques and navigation skills including dead reckoning, tides and currents, and plotting. We have 14 boats available to charter, from 32' to 50'.Are you a new boat owner? ASA sailing instruction is also available for your own boat. |
| Sail Sand Point 7777 62 Ave NE Suite 101 Seattle WA 98115 Phone: (206) 525-8782 eMail: lessons@sailsandpoint.org Website: www.sailsandpoint.org Sail Sand Point is a Seattle community small boat program dedicated to youth and access for all. They offer 2 week half day sessions 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 hours of instruction). Fleet includes Hunter 140s, 420s, Lasers and Optis. Teachers are all US Sailing Certified. Race Camps are available for both children and Adults. July 21-25 they will offer a full-day, Multihull Camp, sponsored by US Sailing's Fast and Fun Program. The Opti-Zone is designed for children ages 7—12. Sailors will be actively supervised on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, June 23rd to August 22nd. 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 for adults and Wednesday nights for Juniors, also helps sailors hone their skills. |
| San Juan Sailing School #1 Harbor Esplanade Bellingham WA 98225 Phone: (360) 671-4300 Fax: (360) 671-4301 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 Martha Foundation 1010 Valley St. Suite 100 Seattle WA 98109 Phone: (206) 310-8573 Website: www.schoonermartha.org Martha's sail-training program is unique. Six students learn to sail on an historic 84' stays'l schooner. On board students are involved in all the activities of living and sailing as crew on a vessel. You will lear the skills of navigation, sail trim and theory, marlinspike seamanship, proper care of the ship and have time at the helm. Each student is given the book "Complete Sailor" and a crew shirt. Our summer programs are geared toward youth (ages12-18) with adult trips offered in the spring and fall. |
| Sea Sense P.O. Box 1961 St. Petersburg FL 33731 Phone: (727) 865-1404 TollFree: (800) 332-1404 eMail: info@seasenseboating.com Website: www.seasenseboating.cob Sea Sense, the Women's Sailing and Powerboating School has been teaching boating to women for 15 years. Courses are offered throughout the U.S. including San Francisco, San Diego and the San Juans in Washington State to the Chesapeake Bay, New England and Florida. Internationally courses are offered in the Caribbean Islands, Europe and Tahiti. Courses are liveaboard and for all skill levels. For a personal approach try a course On Your Own Boat or a Custom Made Course. Sea Sense will come to you! |
| Seattle Sailing Club 7001 Seaview Ave. N.W. Suite 125 Seattle WA 98117 Phone: (206) 782-5100 Fax: (206) 782-9751 eMail: seattlesailing@msn.com Website: www.seattlesailing.com Since 1974, Seattle Sailing Club turns novices into confident capable sailors. We are an American Sailing Association ‘Gold Star' rated school located on Puget Sound in Shilshole Bay Marina. The curriculum is Basic Keelboat 101 – "crew", Basic Coastal 103 – "skipper" and Bareboat Charter 104 – "worldwide charterer". Lessons are always available to both non-members and members. Our instructors are ASA certified and licensed. Our club membership offers you FREE day sailing with low monthly dues and a reduced rate on your sailing lessons. The Club has two levels. The 22' to 25' boats with J/24s, C&C, Merit 25s and a Cal in the fleet. The 26' to 36' boats have J/boats, C&C, Hunter and more in the cruising range. |
| Seattle Yacht Club 1807 East Hamlin Seattle WA 98112 Phone: (206) 328-7009 Fax: (206) 324-8784 Seattle Yacht Club offers sailing instruction for children, ages 7-18, and adults, of all abilities. All instruction is done by US Sailing certified instructors who 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, boat safety, person over-board recovery, trapeze sailing, spinnaker sailing, and racing. Adult courses are offered through the spring and summer, and youth sailing camps begin June 14, with a special Racing Camp from July 5-16. Additionally we have Junior Racing. All intermediate and advanced sailors, ages 8-18, are welcome. Seattle Yacht Club's fleet consists of Optimists, Bytes, Lasers, 420's, and 29er skiffs. Membership at SYC is not required. |
| Tacoma Women's Sailing Association Att: Elise Hoit P.O. Box 112123 Tacoma WA 98411 Phone: (253) 862-9430 eMail: ethoit@aol.com Tacoma Women's Sailing Association holds beginning and advanced beginning sailing classes on April 13th. 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. Fee is $100 and includes TWSA annual membership. |
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| Tethys Offshore Sailing For Women 2442 NW Market #498 Seattle WA 98107-4137 Phone: (206) 789-5118 eMail: nerley@hotmail.com Website: www.tethysoffshore.com Nancy Erley led two voyages from Seattle around the world aboard her Orca 38 sailboat Tethys. Founder of Tethys Offshore Sailing for Women, Nancy teaches beginning sailing as well as the captaining skills to take a small boat across an ocean. Learning onboard Tethys is skill intensive and limited to three women each cruise. Crew members learn by doing in a nurturing and challenging environment. Nancy's no failure participatory approach builds skills using a high detail, low risk curriculum. Nancy holds her 100-ton Master's license, ISPA (International Sail and Power Association) Offshore Instructor certification, and scuba and ham radio licenses. Nancy also offers private instruction (1-2 people) and voyaging consultation. |
| Wahoo Adventures 6767 Admiralty Lane Hansville WA 98340 Phone: (206) 200-SAIL or (360) 638-1771 eMail: wahooadv@earthlink.net Individual instruction aboard our bluewater cruiser or your vessel. We specialize in helping you gain confidence to master your own 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 eMail: windwomensail@hotmail.com Dedicated to the training of women in the safe handling and skillful use of sailboats. Qualified and skilled 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. International Sail & Power certification available.Judy Nasmith, the principal instructor, holds a USCG 50-ton license and 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" each year. |
| Wind Works Sailing Center, Inc. 7001 Seaview Ave. N.W. Suite 133 Seattle WA 98117 Phone: (206) 784-9386 Fax: (206) 784-2995 eMail: windworks@sail1com Website: www.windworkssailing.com Nice 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.The courses include: Basic Keelboat (small 25' keelboats with tiller steering and outboard engines), Basic Cruising (large, 30'-36' sailboats with wheel steering and inboard engines), Coastal Navigation, Bareboat Cruising and Coastal Passegemaking. The class program schedule is very flexible, allowing each student to progress through each level and complete some individual sailing at their own pace. The sailing club offers availability and access to the sailboat fleet for its club members to charter using the on-going sailing skills learned in class. |
| Womanship 137 Conduit St. Annapolis MD 21401 Fax: (410) 263-2036 TollFree: (800) 342-9295 eMail: sail@womanship.com. Womanship, the first and leading sailing school for and by women launches its 20th season sailing in the Pacific Northwest's San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands beginning in July. The Womanship comprehensive cruising cirriculum and collaborative learning environment symbolized by its telling motto, "Nobody Yells".Womanship's Liveaboard 5 & 7 day Cruising courses include instruction, accommodations and meals. Onboard, women with novice to advanced sailing experience, ages 18 to 82, 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 offers instruction for groups of 7th to 12th grade. |
| Wooden Boat Foundation 380 Jefferson St. Port Townsend WA 98368 Phone: (360) 385-3628 Fax: (360) 385-4742 eMail: programs@woodenboat.org Website: www.woodenboat.org The Wooden Boat Foundation will teach you to sail up wind in just a week! Taught by US Sailing certified instructors, we offer beginner-advanced courses for 8 to adult in El Toros, Lasers, and Cal 20's. Sail Training is also offered on tall ships aboard Bryony, a classic 45' Cutter (courses from 5-7 days and covers all aspects of boat handling), Martha, a 68' staysail schooner and and Alcyone, a 65' topmast schooner (from 6 to 14 day live aboard courses sailing in the San Juan and Gulf Islands, and Desolation Sound). Charters are available on Bryony and the cutter Let ‘er Buck. Customized education programs are also available with our Adventures at Sea Maritime Expeditions aboard 26' Longboats. |
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