Instruction on Your Sailboat
The Options Are Limitless for Custom Instruction on Your Boat:
- All Your Boat classes are expertly customized to your boat, your background, and your goals.
- Learn to operate and sail your boat - start from the beginning.
- Adapt your prior sailing and/or cruising skills to your new boat.
- Advance your skills and extend your horizons.
- Earn internationally recognized certifications.
- Choose a specific skill set you want to grow.
Earn Internationally Recognized Certifications on Your Boat
- Basic Keelboat
- Basic Cruising
- Bareboat Cruising
- Coastal Passagemaking
Sailing & Cruising Classes
Start here for comprehensive sailing & cruising training
Cruising Sailboat Foundations
You're excited to get your new boat out and sail into the sunset. But hold-on! Can you get out of the marina in one piece? This class provides the foundation for operating your boat safely - preventing the most common causes of damage.
- Three full days on your boat, at your marina
- Cruising Sailboat Systems
- Top-end maneuvering docking skills
Instructors, Scheduling and Tuition:
- Contact us to schedule your custom class
- Scroll down to Registration to book your planned dates
- See Faculty Descriptions below for Instructor options
- Tuition includes instruction, learning materials, Certifications, and up to 4 students on the boat
Sailing Essentials - Your Boat
With Basic Keelboat Cerfification
These are the core sailing skills & knowledge for safe, confident, effective sailing of any kind. Whether your heading for the race course or sailing around the world - it all starts here.
- Four full days on your boat, in your sailing turf
- Earn your Internationally recognized, US Sailing Basic Keelboat Certification
- Customized to your boat, your rig, your background and your goals
Prerequisites: Cruising Sailboat Foundations, Navigation Essentials
Registration: Contact us to schedule your class. See bottom of page for Instructors and Tuitions.
Basic Cruising with Certification
- A five day training expedition cruising the Salish Sea or your cruising grounds
- A deep dive into the critical skills to keep your boat and crew safe, day and night.
- Earn your internationally recognized US Sailing Basic Cruising Certification
Prerequisites: Cruising Sailboat Foundations, Sailing Essentials, and Navigation Essentials.
Registration: Contact us to schedule your class. See bottom of page for Instructors and Tuitions.
Bareboat Cruising with Certification
Advanced Cruising for the Inside Passage
- Prepare for extended cruising, and the challenges of the Inside Passage and Alaska
- Earn the coveted US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification
- Qualify to charter cruise anywhere in the world
- Cross the border for 7 days' immersion training in the Canadian Gulf Islands
- Includes Night Operations training and Endorsement
Prerequisites: Cruising Sailboat Foundations, Sailing Essentials, Basic Cruising, Navigation Essentials, and Coastal Navigation.
Registration: Contact us to schedule your class. Captain Wooly teaches all Bareboat Cruising classes.
Coastal Passage Making with Certification
- Train for more exposed and longer passages
- Overnight passages including radar
- Advanced seamanship for heavy weather
- Advanced navigation & piloting
- Safety & emergency preparedness
- Train in the Strait of Juan de Fuca & Pacific
Prerequisites: Cruising Sailboat Foundations, Sailing Essentials, Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising, Navigation Essentials, and Coastal Navigation.
Registration: Contact us to schedule your class. Captain Wooly teaches all Coastal Passage Making classes.
Custom Instruction on Your Boat
The Options Are Limitless, and designed around your boat, your background and your goals
➤ Adapt your prior sailing/cruising skills to your new boat
➤ Advance your skills and extend your horizons
➤ Earn internationally recognized certifications
➤ Choose a specific skill set you want to grow
➤ Contact us to schedule your customized class
Your Custom Program:
- Begins with a look at your background skills and experience
- We build the curriculum to reach your goals
- We work with beginners through licensed captains
- Challenge certification option for skilled & experienced mariners
- Play & Learn option encourages organic learning experience while enjoying sailing & cruising with a highly skilled & licensed Captain/Instructor on the Salish Sea
Call Us to Schedule Your Custom Class
See Below for Instructors and Tuitions
Instructors
Phyllis Woolwine
Phyllis Woolwine, AKA Captain Wooly, is a US Coast Guard licensed Captain, US Sailing Certified Keelboat Instructor, and National Board Certified Teacher. She has spent her life on the sea, sailing all parts of the Inside Passage. Captain Wooly is also a career professional educator. For over 30 years - both on and off the water - she has taught all types and ages of learners, in the classroom, on the sea, in the wilderness, in universities, high schools and private settings.
Mark Hersh
Mark has been pursuing sailing on all sizes of boats for most of the decades of his life. As part of Shearwater University, he has refined both his skills and instructional abilities to serve every kind of student on every kind of boat. Your knowledge of your boat's systems, your ability to maneuver, dock and sail your boat will grow rapidly in the time you spend with him.
Registration
Simple, guided Registration process:
- Call or Email us to discuss your class goals.
- We will together decide how many days you need, your instructor(s), and your schedule.
- Then use the buttons below to register for your training days.