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 "We give you MORE of what you go to sailing school for!"SM

 
Winter navigation & GPS courses - See our Schedule page
 

Sail with us in the British Virgin Islands
(BVI), January or April, 2009!
 

See photos, video, and a trip log from
our September trip in GREECE!



 

-one of our new friends from the Ionian Sea, Greece, Sep. '08.

 
See VIDEO CLIPS
of our students
in action!
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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS TRIP (BVI)!  January 10-17: two boats full - adding 3rd.  Airfare still low!  See ourBVI page
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COASTAL NAVIGATION: 4 Wednesday evenings starting  Jan. 21.  LI City, 3 stops from Manhattan on R train (easy parking for drivers).
See our Coastal Nav page.  On $ale for $395!

KNOT TYING CLINIC: Monday, Jan 26, 6:30  to 9:45.  LI City (see above).  Includes line, knot tying board, and DVD - $75.  click here

"Red over green, sailing machine."
What does this mean?  See the answer here.


All courses on $ale through January 7 - give someone (even yourself) the gift of sailing! click here

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We're still sailing!  (Sometimes...) Boats will be available through the rest of the fall and winter, so when the weather teases, rent one or continue using your club membership.  Or, start one now!
Contact us for more info.

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SAILING SCHOOL
MOORINGS &
Launch Service
SAILING CLUB
BOATS FOR SALE Pearson 30; Hunter 25.5
RENTALS & CHARTERS
FAQ's (Frequently
Asked Questions)
& NOTEWORTHY:
Announcements
CORPORATE: Team Building, Trips, Client Entertainment, etc
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTACT US
SCHEDULES, SIGNING-UP

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Sailing

Cruising

Navigating

Bareboating
Team Building:
corporate events

Racing
"Flying a Kite"
(Spinnaker Clinic)
Watching Video Clips (our own short clips & us on TV) 

  
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A few snaps from our instructional sailing vacations.... (forget pictures, show me the VIDEO!)

Below: porpoises visiting us in Greece, on our 2006 trip in the Aegean and Argo-Saronic Gulf.


photos - above: H. Peter Schorr.  Right: S. Card.

Below:  Greek fisherman tending his nets, Paxos, during our September 2008 trip in the Ionian and Inland Sea.

Below: tropical colors from BVI, April '08. 
British Virgin Islands. Next trips: January & April, 2009 (Jan. is full)

MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN US...

BROADCAST:

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- NY 1 News
- Fine Living Network
- Metro Channel
- Transit Transit News
- CW 11

MAGAZINES:

- New York
- Worth
- Good Old Boat 
- American Sailing
-AM New York

 
WELCOME! We're on a Mission...
...to provide the finest sailing instruction available at any price - something we started doing in 1968.  Our family is an award-winning industry leader.  We combine decades of owner-operation with fresh enthusiasm, and we have more real, hands-on experience than perhaps any other school.

Our logos might be goofy, but our sailing is serious.  That's why this woman is singlehanding!  Yes, you'll do that in our learn-to-sail/Basic Keelboat course.  Sounds intimidating?  Don't worry - it's actually fun, just like our equally effective Obstacle Coursesm - another NYSC signature.

We're a Certification Facility for both. 

 
Browse around this site; watch a few of our video clips.
You'll quickly learn why you can't get a better sailing school education - OR value - anywhere else!

 

...for boats owners, our yacht club offers excellent mooring facilities with launch service at our City Island anchorage - one of the most attractive and protected in the region, and the Island's finest.  New York Sailing Center has been a practical alternative to expensive marina slips and traditional private yacht clubs for 26 years - with no initiation fees or assessments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Start Sailingsm
Finest learn to sail
course at any price!
Schedules, Sign-Up:
Rates, dates, & enrollment
page for all courses
The answer to our question from the top of the page:
"Red over green" refers to lights that some sailboats are allowed to display at night.  While most boats, sail or power, have to display a red light on the port (left) side, and a green light to starboard, sailboats are generally also allowed to display a red over green light at the top of their mast.  We start teaching our students about the lights required at night in our learn-to-sail course, Start Sailing (Basic Keelboat), and add to that in Start Cruising (Basic Coastal Cruising).
Video clips page
See our students in action!  In-house clips, both local & abroad, as well as us on cable and network TV.
 
Got Charts? Get 'em-
NOAA "POD" charts.
Only printed when you order them, so they're completely up to date.
 
 
We're proud to be the New York affiliate school for the Sunsail Sailing School Network!
 
Only the country's finest schools have been endorsed by Sunsail for this special program.

We're the ONLY school in the Tri-State area that's both an
ASA Certification Facility ("Gold Star")
and a
US Sailing Keelboat Certification Facility

 
City Island: "A little bit of Nantucket in the Bronx," and the BEST place to learn!
Sailing School: run by an award winning family with 33 years of experience
Club/Marina Facilities: City Island's most practical, sheltered anchorage
Rent our boats: half and full days, overnights, weekends.
Directions to City Island (via car, via public transit)
Related Links You Should Know
Pictures of Naked Boats!
New & Noteworthy
Contact Us
View from Mamaroneck over LI Sound - only slightly enhanced!  Steve Card, photo.

 
go directly to NWS
for hourly updates from buoy stations!
Many logos on this site are links, too.  Be sure to visit our page full of links you should know.
This site is in a constant state of evolution.  Please revisit often to see what we've modified and added. We would greatly appreciate your input, too: e-mail us and tell us what you liked, what you didn't like, and what you'd like to see in the future.  Thanks!
Start Sailingsm, Start Cruisingsm, Start Racingsm, Start Bareboatingsm, Start Navigatingsm, Obstacle Coursesm and "We give you more of what you go to sailing school for" are service marks of New York Sailing Center & Yacht Club.  Copyright for the entire web site, except for quotes and photographs attributed to others, held by Steve Card and New York Sailing Center & Yacht Club. No reproduction or use without our express written consent.  All rights reserved.

NEW YORK SAILING CENTER & YACHT CLUB
140 City Island Avenue (at Consolidated Yachts)
City Island, NY 10464 / (718) 885-0335
 


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