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(718) 885-0335  /  140 City Island Avenue, City Island, NY 10464

 

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New York's only "Gold Star" ASA School.  How did we do in the ASA Student Survey? CLICK HERE
 
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Sunsail, the world's largest charter firm, chose us as their school in New York to refer new students to for the best training, so they can go back to Sunsail and bareboat charter at a discount reflecting their "better risk" status!
NEXT SCHEDULE: 
Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26

How about GREECE in mid-September?  Contact us!

VIDEO CLIP:  The Baths, Virgin Gorda, a fun place to visit on our BVI instructional sailing vacations.  Other videos too, including our whole BVI series and highlights from the Fine Living Network's show Back to Basics featuring one of our students and her experience going to sailing school. Click Here

"Steve:
Frank and I had a great time this weekend with you taking the bareboat cruising course. Thanks for your flexibility in the scheduling. I definitely feel like we learned and practiced a lot this past weekend. I think Frank and I are in good position for our trip to Croatia."
-Andrew (and Frank) Wooten, NY, NY.
 
Start Bareboatingsm is our intermediate cruising/bareboat charter preparation course.  If you're dreaming of a week or two in Long Island Sound, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, even the Mediterranean or South Pacific, this is the course for you!  Get the training and certification needed to handle larger charter fleet monohulls.  We offer the course locally during the Northeast boating season, or you can take it as part of a coastal passage or winter vacation course in a tropical location.  In any case, you'll be aboard a substantial cruising yacht with an inboard diesel engine and all the equipment necessary to train you properly.

As with much of the rest of our operation, we do things a bit differently here.  Rather than just sending you off on a 2 or 3-day trip for local bareboat training, we really send you to school.  Day 1 is strictly local, and you start working early on with the most difficult and intimidating aspect of "big boat stuff:" docking.  Maybe it sounds dull, but if you've ever contemplated leaving or landing on a dock in adverse conditions aboard a bigger yacht, with lots of other yachts watching, you'll appreciate our emphasis on this critical skill.

We don't neglect other skills, however.  You'll learn the essential boat systems and special gear and electronics found on charter fleet vessels, and you'll work on maneuvering confidently both under sail and power.  Troubleshooting, anchoring techniques, piloting & navigation, provisioning & cooking aboard, and fueling & fuel range issues are all covered.

Day 2 and 3 are a combination of skill training and an overnight trip to properly round out your education.  You'll feel confident stepping aboard a large, unfamiliar vessel and quickly making it feel like your own.  You'll not only have your Bareboat Charter certification, but you'll properly impress anyone doing a checkout on the vessel with you.

On our BVI trips, we combine a proper vacation with formal instruction over the course of a week.  Same for Greece!
 

Prerequisites: ASA Basic Coastal Cruising or US Sailing Basic Cruising certification, or comparable experience.  Non-certified sailors are welcome to take the course, but cannot be certified unless they earn basic keelboat & cruising certification by taking the courses or  "challenging" the standard.
 
 

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Certification Achieved: ASA or US Sailing Bareboat Chartering.
Curriculum: enough to require a separate page!

 
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