Colgate Offshore Accelerated Sail Training®:
Advanced Sailing Degree & Sailing MBA
Earn your Sailing MBA from America’s #1 Sailing School® — the greatest classroom in the world!®
This is what one of our students called his learning to cruise experience with Offshore Sailing School in our 40th Anniversary contest (he won second place with his slogan and photo). We trademarked that phrase with his permission, and believe you will reiterate it in each course you take if you treat your sailing education like a college degree or Sailing MBA.
COAST® is the brainchild of Doris Colgate – forever thinking about customer desires and life changing opportunities, and that’s what the COAST Sailing Degree is – life changing. The name is an acronym for Colgate Offshore Accelerated Sail Training® – a highly productive two-step program that gives you the confidence and skills to sail large boats on open waters in just one year.
With this Advanced Sailing Degree you earn five certifications in two Fast Track courses at impressive savings and guarantee a personal dream to reach the pinnacle of sailing education in just one year. All you need do is take our seven-day Fast Track to Cruising and ten-day Fast Track to Coastal Passage Making — just two trips away from your busy life in one year. Does it work? You bet! Just read what Bruce MacBain, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri, wrote to the Colgates in 2008. Like Bruce, you can go from novice to passage maker and chart your course to a whole new life too!
"Dear Steve and Doris, It's with great pleasure to announce to you that after being a loyal (and very satisfied) student of Offshore Sailing School, I am now moving on to my final career of a life at sea. After 3-1/2 years of planning, I have successfully sold my 21 year-old business, sold my house, placed my worldly possessions in storage and am heading to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to sign on to the barque ‘Picton Castle’ as a sail trainee for a 13-month around the world voyage to further my education and to receive the necessary training and time at sea to qualify for my Able-Bodied Seaman's license and 100-ton Captain's license. I want to thank you and your highly competent and professional staff for all you have taught me throughout my course of study at Offshore Sailing School.
Keep up the good work!”
Bruce MacBain – Bedford, NH
Big Savings with COAST - Your Sailing MBA
In this program you put two Fast Track programs together and only have to travel roundtrip twice, reducing your carbon footprint under sail each time! First you take Fast Track to Cruising® (Learn to Sail and Live Aboard Cruising); and then Fast Track to Coastal Passage Making™ (Coastal Navigation and Coastal Passage Making). When you sign up for your first course, you’ll lock in 2011 current rates on your second course with a savings of over $1000!
With COAST, you receive US SAILING certification testing at no extra cost. As part of that bonus, you become a member of the only governing board of sailing in the United States. US SAILING was founded in the 1800’s and appointed by Congress to represent the United States in all matters pertaining to sailing – including the Olympics and other international competition.
Two-step Curriculum with Five Certifications
Fast Track to Cruising®
Learn to Sail - (1) Basic Keelboat Certification
Live Aboard Cruising – (2) Basic Cruising Certification and (3) Bareboat Cruising Certifications
Fast Track to Coastal Passage Making™
Coastal Navigation - (4) Coastal Navigation Certification
Coastal Passage Making - (5) Coastal Passage Making Certification
Please click on each of the programs above for more details, what's included and what you learn in these courses. It's a lot! One of our sailing advisors will be happy to work with you on your package costs as they vary by location and time of year. Here's where you can learn in 2011:
and lock in 2011 rates and discounts now.
Call 888-454-7015 to talk to one of our friendly sailing advisors.