Sand Dollar's Sailing Courses

Beginning Sailing

Sand Dollar's beginning sailing course teaches basic sailing to children or adults with personal one on one instruction. The course emphasizes that sailing is meant to be fun. Private instruction allows students to advance at their own pace without feeling intimidated, as can happen in larger sailing schools.

Beginning sailing is a three day course taught in the mornings from 9:30 to 11:30. Additional days can be added to improve proficiency or learn more advanced techniques.

 

Coastal Intermediate Cruising Course & Basic Bareboat Charter
Sand Dollar Sailing invites couples and friends to take their skills to the next level. Our goal is to prepare you to take your boat or a bareboat charter on an extended cruise in waters other than offshore.

Sand Dollar Sailing’s Intermediate cruising course is unique. Similar to a private charter, couples or friends take the course together. The course is three days and two nights with students living aboard “Adelaide” a 52-foot, fully equipped, blue water sailboat.

Our experience has shown that cruising as a couple requires partners to have confidence in each other's skills. This one principle will greatly enhance your cruising experience, safety, and the joy of being on the water together.

We will cruise to various anchorages learning and honing skills necessary for safe and fun cruising. Your time will be spent receiving hands-on experience in anchoring, navigation, maneuvering under power, and safety, to name a few. If your goal is to gain confidence in your cruising abilities and to work better with your partner, our course is for you. You will have a wonderful time learning while sailing in one of the most picturesque cruising spots in the world.

Proficiency tests and a written exam will conclude the course and earn each student their certificate.

Basic sailing skills are a prerequisite to taking our Intermediate Course. An A.S.A basic keel boat certificate, something comparable, or showing through your experience you meet basic sailing skills is required.

The price for Sand Dollar Sailing’s private Intermediate Cruising Course is $1,500 per person, minimum of two. The fee includes the use of the boat, food, and instruction.

For more information or to schedule a course, please call 207-266-1686 or email us at .

Advanced Cruising & Passage Making
While still in the development phase, in early fall of 2007, we hope to offer an advanced cruising course that expands on our intermediate course.

As envisioned, the course will offer in-depth training to prepare sailors for long-term cruising and offshore passage making. Areas of study would include maintenance and servicing, weather prediction, advanced navigation, watch keeping, advanced safety, first aid, provisioning, and many others skills essential to long-term cruising.

The course will be taught aboard Adelaide, our 52-foot blue water sailboat. We are hoping to schedule at least two 7-to-10 day passages down the east coast in the fall. Shorter passages may be offered. We are also thinking of doing a cruise from Maine to Nova Scotia in the summer of 2008.

Prerequisites for this course will be our Intermediate Cruising Course, an A.S.A Cruising Course, or having sufficient personal cruising experience.

Cost for this course has not been determined.

If you have an interest in this sort of course please give us a call at 207-266-1686 or email us at .

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