Learn at your own pace on a responsive, easy-handling boat in the best sailing venue in the U.S. with Cap’n Bill, an experienced, low-pressure instructor. Learn basic keelboat, coastal cruising, weather, tides, and currents.
Learn here, sail anywhere.
Basic keelboat
- Safety and preparation
- Points of sail
- Sail trim
- Reefing
- Person overboard
- Boat handling, motoring, docking, anchoring
- Rules of the road
- Crew coordination and single-handing
Sailing San Francisco Bay
- Wind and weather
- Tides and currents
- Navigation and traffic
Coastal cruising
- Crossing the bar
- Coastal weather, currents, and waves
- Coastal navigation
- Ports of call
- Anchoring
Real cost of owning a boat
- Purchase or rent?
- Annual maintenance costs