 | Photo courtesy of Seattle Sailing Club. |
| 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 March 2008 |
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Anacortes Yacht Charters Anacortes Marina P.O. Box 69 Suite 2 Anacortes, WA 98221 TollFree: (800) 233-3004 eMail: info@ayc.com Website: www.ayc.com Maximum 4 students per boat from a 22' tiller to a 30'-40' boat. Instructor certification: ASA |
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Bellhaven Sailing School 714 Coho Way Bellingham, WA 98225 (800) 542-8812 - (360) 733-6636 email: bellhaven@bellhaven.net www.bellhaven.net Maximum 4 students per 32'-38' boat. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Bremerton Yacht Club 2700 Yacht Haven Way N.W. Bremerton, WA 98312 (360) 479-2662 email: bremertonyc@comcast.net or Director Youth Sailing email: ewsknight@wavecable.com www.bremertonyachtclub.org/youth/ Class size is 6 to 10 students, one student per DeWitt Dinghy and Laser. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Captain Ron 2920 Sahalee Drive East Sammamish, WA 98074 (425) 785-8796 email: searon@aol.com Private instruction on your boat or my Martin 29. |
| Center For Wooden Boats 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 382-2628 email: cwb@cwb.org www.cwb.org El Toros , Blanchards, Beetle Cats to Gaff Rigged Cutters |
| City of Poulsbo Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 98, Poulsbo, WA 98370 (360) 779-9898 email: jschiel@cityofpoulsbo.com www.cityofpoulsbo.com 1 to 2 students per boat - Lasers, Opti's FJ's and Bytes Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Discovery Sailing School P.O. Box 70412 Seattle WA 98107 (206) 972-7517 email: captain@discoverysailing.net www.discoverysailing.net Boat used: Pearson 40. |
| Elliott Bay Yachting Center 2601 W. Marina Place, Suite E Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 285-9499 email: candis@yachtlease.com www.yachtlease.com 2 students maximum on 34'-36' boats or your boat. |
| Footloose Disabled Sailing Association 4509 Interlake Ave. N., PMB #142 Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 382-2680 email: info@footloosesailing.org www.footloosesailing.org Boats: 2 person Access Dinghy and Martin 16 and a 6 person Columbia 21. |
| Gato Verde Adventure Sailing 1842 Governor Rd Bellingham, WA 98229 (360) 220-3215 email: gato_verde@earthlink.net www.gatoverde.com Max. students: 12 on a Fountain Pajot Venezia 42 catamaran. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Gig Harbor Sailing Club & School, LLC P.O. Box 1218 Gig Harbor, WA 98335 (253) 858-3626 email: info@gigharborsailing.com www.gigharborsailing.com Maximum of 4 students per boat. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Green Lake Small Craft Center 5900 West Green Lake Way North Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 684-4074 email: patricia.mccarrier@seattle.gov www.seattle.gov/parks/boats/grnlake.htm One student per boat - small boats. |
| Handle Your Boat Like A Pro John Tebbetts (206) 954-7679 email: jptebbetts@hotmail.com Instruction on your boat. |
| Island Sailing School Downtown Kirkland isckirkland@islandsailingclub.com At Swantown Marina, Olympia iscolympia@islandsailingclub.com (800) 303-2470 for all locations www.islandsailingschool.com 3 students per boat. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Latitude Sailing P.O. Box 70133 Seattle, WA 98127 (206) 963-3560 email: info@latitudesailingassoc.org www.latitudesailingassoc.org Maximum of 3 students on either client's boat or Nordic 44. Instructor certification: ISPA |
| Latitude Sailing P.O. Box 70133 Seattle, WA 98127 (206) 963-3560 email: info@latitudesailingassoc.org www.latitudesailingassoc.org Maximum of 3 students on either client's boat or Nordic 44. Instructor certification: ISPA |
| Lopez Island Family Resource Center 160 Village 160 Village Rd. Lopez, WA 98261 (360) 468-4117 email: lifrc@rockisland.com www.lifrc.og/Sailing.html El Toros, Lido 14s and Splashes. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Mahina Tiare Sailing Expeditions P.O. Box 1596, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (360) 378-6131 www.mahina.com Class size of 6 on a Hallberg-Rassy 46. |
| Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club Sailing P.O., Box 863 Bellevue, WA 98009 (425) 454-8880 email: mbycsailing@seanet.com www.mbycwa.org - then click on ”Youth Sailing” Classes on Prams, Lasers and Laser IIs. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Mount Baker Rowing & Sailing Center 3800 Lake Washington Blvd Seattle, WA 98118 (206) 386-1913 email: mount.baker@seattle.gov www.seattle.gov/parks/boats/mtbaker.htm Maximum two per Laser and Laser II's, and five on a Flying Scot. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Neptune Sailing Club P.O. Box 498 Kirkland, WA 98083 email: info@neptunesailing.org www.neptunesailing.org 3 students per J-22 or Catalina 22 Instructor certification: ASA. |
| Northwest Maritime Center and Wooden Boat Foundation 380 Jefferson St Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 385-3628 email: rob@maritime.org www.woodenboat.org www.nwmaritime.org 1-2 students per Optimists, Vanguard 15's, PT-15's, Thunderbirds. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Oak Harbor Youth Sailing, Inc. 646 W Wanamaker Road Coupeville, WA 98239 (360) 678-1799 email: grins@whidbey.net 1-3 Students depending on boat - El Toros, Lido 14 and Lasers. Some adult classes offered. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Olympia Yacht Club Junior Sailing P.O. Box 4213 Tumwater, WA 98501 Jan Visser (360) 754-6506 email: jan@ussailing.net 1 or 2 studentsper Lidos or Lasers. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Orca Sailing & Yacht Charters (206) 774-9879 - (800) 664-6049 email: info@orcasailing.com www.OrcaSailing.com 1-4 students on a 39' Pearson. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Orcas Island Sailing P.O. Box 1626 Eastsound, WA 98245 (360) 376-2113 - cell (360) 310-0100 email: info@orcassailing.com www.orcassailing.com 4 Students per boat depending on boat - Cape Dory Typhoon, Rhodes 19, a Luders 21 and 26' Pearson Commanders. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Poulsbo Yacht Club Junior Sailing Suite T, 18129 Fjord Drive NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 (360) 779-3321 email: Poulsboyc@bbxmail.net or jasherriott@earthlink.net www.poulsboyc.org One student per boat - DeWitt dinghies, Optimist and Lasers. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Puget Sound Sailing Institute (253) 383-1774 - (800) 487-2454 email: pssi@wamail.net www.pugetsoundsailing.com Maximum 4-6 students per class on 22'-42' boats. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Queen City Yacht Club Sailing Camp 2608 Boyer Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98117 (206) 709-2000 www.queencity.org One student per Opti's, Sunfish or Laser. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Renton Sailing Club 13929 154th Ave. S.E. Renton, WA 98059 (425) 430-6700 Sailing Classes/Clubs Renton Pks Dept:www.ci.renton.wa.us Sailing club: www.rentonsailing.org Gary Bagnell (425) 235-0952 email: baggy505@msn.com El Toros, 14' C-Larks and Capri 14.2. Instructor cert.: American Red Cross |
| Sail Express 1724 W. Marine View Dr., Suite 140 Everett, WA 98201 (425) 339-3670 - (866) 444-7245 email: rob-wood@msn.com www.sailexpress.com Maximum 4 students per 24'-28' boat. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Sailing in Seattle 6522 4th Ave. N.E, #31 Seattle, WA 98115 mobile (206) 979-9016 (feel free to call) email: skipper@sailing-in-seattle.com www.sailing-in-seattle.com 4 students maximum on a Tartan 33. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Sail Northwest Charters 2620 N. Harbor Loop Dr., #1 Bellingham, WA 98227 (360) 305-6169 - (707) 245-7490 email: info@sailnw.com www.sailnw.com Maximum 3 students on a 32' Islander or 4 students on a 38' Ericson. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Sail Orcas P.O. Box 1226 Eastsound, WA 98245 (360) 376-5339 info@sailorcas.org www.oiyc.org/sailorcas Youths sail on Optimists, Flying Juniors and Lasers. Adults on Cal 20s. Instructors certification: US Sailing |
| Sail Sand Point 7777 62 Ave NE Suite 101 Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 525-8782 eMail: morgan@sailsandpoint.org Website: www.sailsandpoint.org 7777 62nd Ave NE, Suite 101 Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 525-8782 email: morgan@sailsandpoint.org www.sailsandpoint.org 1 or 2 students per boat - Optimist, Flying Juniors and Hobie Cats. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| San Juan Sailing School 2615 South Harbor Loop, Suite #1 Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 671-4300 - (800) 677-7245 email: school@sanjuansailing.com www.sanjuansailing.com Maximum class size: 4 students Monohull and catamaran sailboats ranging 31'-49'. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Schooner Martha Foundation 1010 Valley St., Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 310-8573 email: schoonermartha@yahoo.com www.schoonermartha.org 6 Students per 65' Stays'l Schooner. |
| Sea Sense P.O. Box 1961, St. Petersburg, FL 33731 (800) 332-1404 - (727) 865-1404 email: seasense@aol.com www.seasenseboating.com Sloops 40'-44' Maximum of 6 students. Sailing in the PNW San Juan Islands- Canadian Gulf Islands |
| Seattle Sailing Club 7001 Seaview Ave. NW Suite #125, Seattle, WA 98117 (206) 782-5100 email: info@seattlesailing.com www.seattlesailing.com Boats: 22'-36' plus J-80s and J-105s. Instructor certification: ASA |
| Seattle Yacht Club 1807 East Hamlin Seattle, WA 98112 (206) 328-7009 Brian Ledbetter, Director of Sailing email: brianl@seattleyachtclub.org www.seattleyachtclub.org Boats used: Optimists, Bytes, Lasers, 420s and 29ers. Instructor certification: US Sailing |
| Tacoma Women's Sailing Association PO Box 112123 Tacoma, WA 98411 (253) 858-9608 - (253) 473-4706 TWSA@harbornet.com www.twsa.org Classes are 3 to 5 students with 2 to 3 instructors per class boat |
| Telltales sailing School Sail Vancouver 109-1477 Fountain Way Vancouver B.C. V6H 3W9 (778) 839-4705 email: info@sailvancouver.ca www. sailvancouver.ca Maximum 4 students on a Catalina 30 Instructor certification: ASA and CYA |
| Tethys Offshore Sailing for Women 2442 NW Market, #498 Seattle, WA 98107 (206) 789-5118 email: nerley@hotmail.com www.tethysoffshore.com 3 Students on an Orca 38. Instructor certification: ISPA |
| Vessel Zodiac Corporation 3 Strawberry Point Bellingham, WA 98226 (425) 605-0721 - (877) 831-7427 email: info@starsailcruises.com www.starsailcruises.com 26 students aboard the 127' Zodiac |
| Wahoo Adventures 6767 Admiralty Lane Hansville, WA 98340 (360) 204-0504 - (360) 638-1771 email: wahooadv@earthlink.net Individual instruction on our bluewater cruiser or your vessel. Instructor certification: ASA, ISPA, CYA |
| Waltzing Bears 20313 5th N.W. Shoreline, WA 98177 (206) 533-9082 - (206) 999-5034 cell email: gbuchholz1@verizon.net Private lessons on your boat. Instuctiors cert.: ASA & US Sailing |
| Wind Works Sailing Center, Inc. 7001 Seaview Ave. N.W., Suite 110 Seattle, WA 98117 (206) 784-9386 email: admin@sail1.com www.windworkssailing.com Maximum 4 students per boat, sizes range from 25'49' or 35' catamaran. Instructor certification: US Sailing |