Learn to Sail - Course Description

Learn to Sail in Three Weekends

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Our Three Weekend Learn to Sail course from J World Sailing School and Club covers the same material as our 5 day Learn to Sail Course.  If you really want to learn the ropes and you only have weekends free, this is the one for you. 

The three weekend Learn to Sail Course consists of the sequence of three separate weekend workshops.  We begin with the Sailing Fundamentals Weekend, then follow that up with the Intermediate Sailing & Seamanship Weekend.  We finish up with the Advanced Boathandling Weekend which will have you flying across the Bay with the spinnaker up!  The weekends do not have to be taken consecutively, but should be taken as close together as possible to maintain continuity.

This course is extremely comprehensive.  Using the modern J/80 as our teaching platform, we begin with basic boat-handling and progress at a rate which will keep the sailing fun and the best of students challenged!  We spend more time on the water in one day than many schools do in an entire class.  And with a maximum of four sailors per boat, all attendees are certain to receive plenty of personal attention.  Participants gain extensive hand-on experience, building the sailing skills knowledge to pursue sailing endeavors on their own, with confidence.

Really Learn to Sail: Confidence through Competence

Without question, this is the ultimate course for learning how to sail.  If you are going to invest the time and the money, make sure you get the most of both, so that you can get the most out of sailing.  Our J World curriculum, continually refined over 30 years of teaching sailors, far exceeds any other schools' or organizations' criteria for 'basic' level sailing courses.  We'll readily admit that there are sailing programs which profess to offer effective learn to sail courses and take less time, and cost less money.  But you get what you pay for, and we will put our sailing instructors, boats, and curriculum up against any in the world.

 Topics in the Learn to Sail class include:

Our ultimate goal in this class is that by the final Sunday, each student feels competent skippering a small keelboat without instructor input. If the three-weekend program doesn't fit into your schedule, check out our 5 Day Learn to Sail course.

What makes the J/World Learn to Sail Course different from the average sailing school?

Numerous seemingly small differences in a learn to sail course can result in a dramatically different overall experience.  You can get a degree from many, many universities, but we all know that all colleges are not created equal...  and the same hold true of sailing schools.  So what are the primary differences between J/World's Learn to Sail Course and other sailing schools?

1. Our Boats - we teach on the latest generation of sportboats: more comfortable, safer, faster, and better learning platforms.  Offshore rated, yet nimble and responsive, these boats have huge cockpits, high booms, and are extremely well balanced.

2. Our Staff - most of our team are full-time, year-round professional sailing coaches...   not just seasonal, part-timers.  All J/World instructors teach everything from these beginning sailing courses to private cruising classes and race coaching.  Just because you are a beginning sailor in ea learn to sail class doesn't mean you should have a beginning instructor...  in fact, quite the opposite!

3. Our Curriculum - J/World has been teaching sailors for 30 years, and much longer that ANYONE has been certifying them.  We teach our own curriculum which have been proven successful and launched thousands of sailing adventures.... 

More time sailing.  More course days.  Exceptional boats.  Phenomenal instructors.  But don't just take our word for it.  Click here to read some of our customers testimonials, or click here to read why we have been selected as the "Best in the Business" for over 19 years running!

Learn-to-sail right.  Learn-to-Sail quickly.  Learn-to-sail with the top rated sailing school in the country, J World Sailing School and Club.

Learn How to Sail - Requirements

No previous experience necessary. This course is also appropriate for those who have some experience, but are not comfortable sailing on their own.

Learn How To Sail - Certification Available

The J World Learn to Sail course includes the US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification, as well as a US Sailing Logbook, and a one year membership to US Sailing.

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