Private Sailing & Family Sailing Courses
Wouldn’t it be great to take the family sailing?
A Private Family sailing vacation experience — whether it is a Learn to Sail course or a Cruising Course — is one of the most productive and fun experiences there is. Sailing is a lifetime adventure, with many family options:
- Buy a sailboat and enjoy private sailing fun with your family sailing around home
- Get into racing and the camaraderie of a well-honed crew
- Take your family cruising on your own big sail boat or chartering in exotic isles
- Just try a rewarding family vacation activity you can all do together
Here are a couple options to consider
- You can "Buy the Boat" for a private family sailing learning experience (see course options below) anytime of the year.
- Our Kids and Teens Learn Free program is a big hit, with savings of up to 60% off.
Give the family a lasting and memorable adventure - Take Your Family Sailing!
How would you like to have a caring, professional instructor bring you together as a team? Then imagine the thrill of sharing the best Family Sailing Vacations you'll find: everyone crewing together, getting the boat to move efficiently through the water, steering with big smiles, enjoying companionship, confidence and trust. Our private sailing learning opportunities give families skills and memories to last a lifetime.
Private family sailing courses are designed to bring children, teens and their parents together in a unique and very rewarding bonding experience. We welcome parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts with up to four offspring; or one parent, grandparent, uncle or aunt with at least one offspring 7 - 17. Depending on the course you choose – Fast Track to Cruising®, Learn to Sail, Performance Sailing, Bareboat Cruising Preparation or Live Aboard Cruising – a maximum of five five or six family members (two adults and up to four kids and teens taking a Private Family Sailing Course on the same boat is allowed. Whichever course you choose, you’ll sail, learn and live together in a clean green environment, driving the boat with sail-power. The bonding and sense of accomplishment you’ll feel is truly priceless. The lifestyle you’ll share today, tomorrow and as the years go on – incredible!
"I was very impressed with the knowledge of our instructor. He did a great job teaching our family. He had a great deal of patience for the first-time sailor and did a good job educating us. We were very relaxed and I wasn't as intimidated as I thought I would be from the moment he started working with us. Every family should try this. It's a great activity to do together that can last a lifetime. The knowledge learned can be passed down through generations." Stacey Mrozinski - Marion, IA
Family Learn to Sail Course
For the ultimate family vacation, we recommend our five-day program at a fabulous destination resort in Florida or the British Virgin Islands while learning to sail the award-winning Colgate 26 – training boat of choice for the U.S. Naval and Coast Guard Academies. The kids will find it exciting, all of you will feel safe and energized as you work together as a team. With half-day sailing sessions, you can experience all the other activities available at the resort: dolphin adventures, kayaking, shelling, fishing, bicycling, sightseeing, or just lounging by the pool or on the beach. You may also take this course in three days at our resort locations and our New Jersey and New York locations on weekdays and weekends.
Each day is a new adventure, as you learn to sail the Colgate 26 (known as the “family fun boat”), with a caring Offshore Sailing School instructor. At course end you’ll practice without the instructor aboard – the ultimate graduation gift and proof of how much you learned and how much fun sailing is together.
“The Learn to Sail course was a wonderful bonding experience for an ‘elderly aunt’ and three teenaged girls.”
Alexa Allen – Shoreline, WA
If you just want to give your family a taste of sailing, our two-day Learn to Sail getaways allow you to choose any two days you want and sample what it’s like to learn in two four-hour introductory sessions while enjoying other activities at the resort.
Family Fast Track to Cruising Course
Combine the Learn to Sail adventure with a cruising course and go from no experience to ready-to-cruise in just one week. This is Fast Track to Cruising® - the fastest and easiest way to get ready for big boat cruising sailing. You’ll start with two days on a Colgate 26, then learn on a 43’ to 51’ cruising boat, either staying ashore the entire time or living aboard for the duration of the cruising course.
Depending on the location you choose, you’ll sail on the perfect catamaran or monohull for charter from The Moorings, or the latest live-aboard cruising design from Hunter Marine or other manufacturers chosen by Offshore Sailing School for performance, living space and comfort aboard. At course end you’ll marvel at all you have learned and enjoy deep respect for each other’s skills and command aboard. Best of all, you can look forward to many years ahead with endless sailing opportunities to share.
Family Bareboat Cruising or Live Aboard Cruising Course
If all of you have basic sailing experience on mid-sized daysailers, you can go direct to one of our four or five-day cruising courses and gain the skills to startcruising together on your own boat or a charter yacht from The Moorings in the best cruising areas of the world. You’ll need Colgate Day Sailing Certification or US SAILING Basic Keelboat Certification but you may “challenge” these tests for a nominal fee during the cruising course you choose.
Family Performance Sailing Course
When you master the basics, you can also learn more about go-fast sailing and round-the-buoy racing wit ha private sailing course. Performance Sailing is also taught on the sprightly Colgate 26, which is used for International Match Racing competitions. You may take this course on a three-day or five-day schedule at two Florida resort locations and in New Jersey.
View our family sailing vacations described at the links below.
THE FAMILY FAST TRACK TO CRUISING COURSE
THE FAMILY LEARN TO SAIL COURSE
THE FAMILY PERFORMANCE SAILING COURSE
THE FAMILY BAREBOAT CRUISING PREPARATION COURSE
THE FAMILY LIVE ABOARD CRUISING COURSE
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or call 888-454-7015 to talk to a friendly sailing advisor.