Offshore Sailing School

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Awesome Sailing Education from America’s #1 Sailing School^®

Learning to sail, cruise, or race at Offshore Sailing School comes with many rewards, not the least of which is a lifetime of cruising and boating adventures. The biggest reward of all is that amazing sense of freedom you get when learning to sail, cruise, or race with an Offshore Sailing School instructor. Offshore Sailing School has received many recognitions and awards for creating the best sailing and boating instruction programs and graduating more than 160,000 from its US Sailing and US Powerboating certification courses. It is acknowledged in the sailing industry as “America’s #1 Sailing School” offering a full roster of US Sailing courses, as well as US Powerboating certification courses.

Locations in the British Virgin Islands and SW Florida

Offshore Sailing School has four locations. Two are in the British Virgin Islands at The Moorings base on Wickhams Cay in Roadtown, Tortola and Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina on Scrub Island. The other two locations are in the Municipal Marina in St. Petersburg, FL, and at Pink Shell Beach Resort on Ft. Myers Beach, FL.

Achieve Your Certification on Boats Designed for Training and Comfort

When you learn how to sail, cruise, or race at Offshore Sailing School, you learn on sailboats and powerboats carefully chosen and designed for teaching. New sailors learn on acclaimed Colgate 26 keelboats, designed for training by Steve Colgate and marine architect Jim Taylor. Fast, ergonomically comfortable, and very safe, this is the boat chosen by the US Naval Academy to train its plebes. The Colgate 26 is also the boat used in Offshore Sailing School Performance Sailing and Sailboat Racing courses. For bareboat cruising certification courses under sail, you learn on 40′-47′ monohulls, and 40′ to 45′ catamarans at Offshore Sailing School locations in the British Virgin Islands and SW Florida. For bareboat cruising certification courses on power cats, you learn on Moorings 37’-50’ power cats in the British Virgin Islands.

Learn to Sail from The Best Teachers in Boating Education

Offshore Sailing School instructors are caring sailors and mariners with extensive sailing and teaching experience. Their mission is to give you the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thoroughly enjoy the sailing and boating lifestyle. The list of Offshore Sailing School awards and accolades is long, and they’re all for creating the best sailing instruction, boating programs, and Colgate sailing lessons in Florida and the British Virgin Islands. When you learn how to sail, cruise, or race at Offshore Sailing School, you learn from the best instructors you’ll find, and the boats of the Offshore Sailing School fleet are carefully chosen and designed for teaching and sailing and boating comfort.

Popular Courses

Learn to Sail 101 – Embark on a whole new lifestyle. Take the helm of a sleek Colgate 26 sailboat and gain amazing confidence on a 3-day learning vacation.

Learn to Cruise 103/104 (sail) and 112 (power) – Get ready to see the world on a comfortable cruising yacht. Learn on a beautiful big monohull or catamaran sailboat or a power catamaran. Live aboard or stay at a gorgeous resort each night on an exciting learning vacation.

Fast Track to Cruising 101/103/104 – Start with two days of comprehensive basic sailing instruction, then board a live-aboard catamaran or monohull,  earn Bareboat Cruising Certification with skills to charter and skipper large yachts.

British Virgin Islands – Learn to Sail, earn your Bareboat Charter Cruising certification on a sail or power yacht at the gorgeous Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina or at The Moorings base on Tortola.