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 The "Boutique" sailing school, where we give you MORE of what you go to sailing school for!SM
- scene from our recent cruising course out of Greenport Long Island.  We sailed in the vicinity of Shelter Island and out in Gardiners Bay.  The boat is a J-28, and we'll be doing more trips on it, so make sure you're subscribed to our E-news to find out!  Steve Card, photo.
START CRUISINGSM
August 28 & 29

START BAREBOATINGSM
Labor Day Weekend
(special trip, Eastern Long Island)

START SAILINGSM
-August 25-27 
(Wed-Friday; 1 spot left)
-Labor Day Weekend
(September 4-6; 1 spot left)

Our learn-to-sail course is 3 full days of instruction with only 3 students per boat! Supervised practice sails without an instructor on board are scheduled later. This is the best sailing education availabe at any price, and a great value at $795!

See our Start Sailing page, or just enroll

Our Director is inverviewed by The Journal News after tragedy strikes another school; food for thought on important safety issues.
 
For all course & trip offerings see our Scheduling/Enrolling Page

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SAILING SCHOOL
MOORINGS &
Launch Service
SAILING CLUB
BOATS FOR SALE 
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
(learn-to-sail/
Basic Keelboat)

CRUISING
(Basic Coastal Cruising)

NAVIGATING
(Coastal Navigation)

BAREBOATING
(Bareboat Charter/ Intermediate Coastal Cruising)
TEAM BUILDING:
corporate events

RACING
"Flying a Kite"
(Spinnaker Clinic)
Watching Video Clips (our own short clips & us on TV) 
 
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MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN US...
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BROADCAST:
(see some of these clips on our video page)
- CW 11 (WPIX)
- NY 1 News
- Fine Living Network
- Metro Channel
- Transit Transit News
- Discovery Channel
- NBC's First Look 
PRINT:


- 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 an enviable amount of real, hands-on experience.  Teaching aids, location, boat selection, choice of instructors, and experience all come together in perhaps the most finely developed program in the industry.

Our logos might be goofy, but our sailing is serious.  That's why the woman on the left is singlehanding!  Yes, you'll do that in our learn-to-sail/Basic Keelboat course, Start Sailingsm.  Sounds intimidating?  Don't worry - it's actually fun, just like our equally effective Obstacle Coursesm another NYSC signature.  After the course, your two supervised practice sails without an instructor on board leave you ready to truly sail and skipper the boat.

On top of all this, we're easy to get to by public transit and by car.

Two Universities in Manhattan - Columbia and Fordham - have their sailing teams train at City Island.  What does that tell you about learning to sail here instead of Manhattan / NY Harbor / Hudson River?
(See a short video clip of the Fordham team starting a race!).


 
 
We're a Gold Star/Green Dot Certification Facility for the American Sailing Association!

 
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 28 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
 
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.
 

 
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 41 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
190 Schofield Street, City Island NY 10464
(at the Sailmaker Marina)
718 885 0335
see directions for entrance and parking, and come visit us soon!


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