FAST TRACK® TO PERFORMANCE RACING — OSS 102/109
BECOME A SAILBOAT RACE-READY SAILOR IN 8 ACTION-PACKED DAYS!
If you want to get into sailboat racing, have good sailing skills and experience skippering and crewing on keelboats of 22′ or more, but have little or no racing experience, this advanced sailing course is for you.
60 YEARS OF PERFORMANCE RACE WEEK® AND FAST TRACK® RACING PROGRAMS!
Fast Track® Performance Racing is held in conjunction with our highly popular and the ORIGINAL Performance Race Week®. In the first three days of this 8-day action-packed learning experience, you are immersed in the Performance Sailing Course – OSS 102, the next step up from Offshore Sailing School’s Learn to Sail Certification Courses – OSS 101.
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LEARN SAILBOAT SPEED TECHNIQUES
You learn sailboat racing tactics and techniques – trimming sails and rig for speed, placing you and your crew where weight does the most good. You learn the art of raising, flying and dousing a spinnaker. You learn how to trim your sails for speed, how to approach and leave marks on a race course. And ultimately, you gain the skills and knowledge to prepare you for entry into Offshore’s acclaimed Performance Race Week® program.
“Fast Track to Performance Race Week is a great experience that can accelerate the learning curve for those of us who want to learn to sail fast, but can’t get enough sailing time in during our normal lives to gain the experience to do so quickly. Bring your crew to sail the Colgate 26 and return home with a new set of racing skills and sailing friends from around the world.”
Jay Hermann – Denver, CO
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A SAILBOAT RACING COURSE UNLIKE NO OTHER!
This sailing competition course – Fast Track® to Performance Race Week® – takes place in Florida or the British Virgin Islands. All coaching and instruction is aboard Colgate 26 sailboats, the award-winning pocket-cruiser, high performance keelboat everyone loves to sail!
SAILBOAT RACE INSTRUCTION ALL DAY EVERY DAY — WHAT A BLAST!
Performance Race Week® starts on Day 4 of your 8-day sailboat race immersion experience. You will be on the water all day, every day, with an instructor-coach aboard, with lunch-seminars, evening recaps and social events. Unless you book a crew of four, we assign you to a crew with others, based on submitted Sailing Resumes.
SPACE IS LIMITED – CALL TODAY!
Check out more details on the Performance Race Week® page, and call one of our friendly sales associates today for upcoming schedules. Everything listed on the Performance Race Week® page is included PLUS your 3-day Performance Sailing Course, textbook, the Performance Sailing Course diploma, logbook and sticker, Colgate Performance Sailing certification, and three more nights in the resort, including resort fees and taxes! Wow!
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SAILING – Good for You. Good for the World!®
Depending on weather conditions and the learning pace of all those aboard, Performance Sailing for the Fast Track® to Performance Racing Course covers the following:
- Sail trim on all points of sail
- Crew placement for speed
- Spinnaker set, jibe, douse and control
- Sail shape and trim for light and heavy air
- Backstay, Cunningham and other adjustments affecting sail shape and control
- Approaching and rounding marks
- Starting tactics and timing
During OSS 109 Performance Race Week
- Starting tactics
- Sail shape
- Stalling and accelerating
- Upwind and downwind tactics
- Racing strategy
- Covering and breaking cover
- Racing rules
- Proper sail trim on all points of sail
- Boat speed and tuning
- Spinnaker techniques
- Finishing tactics
- Weather and wind shifts
- Rounding marks
- Teamwork and crew preparation
Prerequisite: You must have US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification (OSS 101) or sailing skills and knowledge equivalent to the Offshore Sailing School Learn to Sail course to take this high level racing course.
Certification: Performance Sailing
Package Rates
Please call 888-454-7015 or email Sail@OffshoreSailing.com to inquire about package rates for future dates. There is a modest extra charge for non-racer guests sharing a room or unit with a racer, and guests attending the social events. Not included are other meals, travel, and miscellaneous expenses you may incur, nor Trip Insurance.
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Here’s what’s included in your Fast Track® to Performance Racing package:
- Three-day Performance Sailing Course tuition
- Five-day Performance Race Week® tuition
- 9 nights resort accommodations, including resort fees and taxes
- Steve Colgate’s Performance Sailing and Racing, published by McGraw-Hill
- Performance Sailing Certification
- Logbook (or page for logbook if you are a returning Offshore Sailing School grad)
- Diplomas for each course
- Box lunches each day of Performance Race Week®
- Après sail evening seminars with cash bar
- Regatta on last day with trophies awarded
- Commemorative Performance Race Week® cap and shirt
- Meet and Greet party Sunday evening at start of Performance Race Week®
- Sunset buffet dinner midweek
- Awards Dinner with prizes for top three crews
Discounts for Crews of Four!
If you regularly sail and/or race with others, bring your own crew of four (you included of course) and enjoy a discount on the full package cost.
Locations change annually. Call 888-454-7015 for future dates and resort locations.
Complete schedules will be sent upon enrollment.
Offshore Sailing School knows we cannot thrive without great employees and products. All graduates are asked to fill out an evaluation at the end of the course. The following testimonials come from those evaluations and individual correspondence with recent graduates of the Fast Track® to Performance Racing Course.
Here’s what our Fast Track® to Performance Racing Course graduates have to say:
The printed curriculum looked great but it was even more power-packed than I expected. I have walked away with more knowledge and experience than I ever expected. This was a total success.
Diana Augsburger – Kenmore, NY
Fast Track Performance Race Week is a great experience that can accelerate the learning curve for those of us who want to learn to sail fast, but can’t get enough sailing time in during our normal lives to gain the experience to do so quickly. Bring your crew to sail the Colgate 26 and return home with a new set of racing skills and sailing friends from around the world.
Jay Hermann – Denver, CO
This has been a great learning experience and it delivers. With the same skipper (back home) we never finished better than 4th, yesterday we got a second and 2 firsts!
John Breyfogle – Countersville, AL
I’ve attended many courses in 37 years as a Navy pilot and airline pilot. The course and particularly the Offshore instructor were outstanding.
Tom Corboy – Annapolis, MD
If you love to go fast and strive to be better, you can’t beat the combination of owning your own Colgate 26 and taking the Performance and Racing classes. They are top notch instructors.
Phil Weintraub – Hopewell Junction, NY
Performance Race Week® was fantastic. What you learn in one week is more valuable than anything you’ll learn in years of sailing.
Winter Hawley – Manitowoc, WI
A great customer service experience from registration to course completion. The quality and investment in training you provide all of your staff shows. Thank you for making my experience and the experience of my team mates so wonderful.
Noa Rea – Winnipeg, Canada
