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BVI/USVI Sailing Schools
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09/11/2015 11:32 AM
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Looking for recommendations for a couple who want to go to sailing school. Two newcomers to sailing hoping to become charter boat captains one day. BVI and USVI location preferred but not essential. Thanks !
John C.
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Re: BVI/USVI Sailing Schools
[Re: Sooner]
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09/11/2015 01:51 PM
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John, do they have a boat yet? Once upon a time I was a certified instructor and am in Tulsa.
In BVI Rob Swain at Nanny Cay is good for school. But to really learn to sail, they need to learn on small boats and learn seamanship on big boats. Offshore in BVI teaches on smaller boats.
I recommend buying a 15 Coronado or Capri 14.2 as perfect learning boats, when you know how to sail, you sell the boat for probably what you paid. I have found the problem with sailing schools is unless you practice in varied conditions you don't really learn.
Mike
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Re: BVI/USVI Sailing Schools
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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09/11/2015 02:15 PM
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Mike/GeorgeC1 - Thank you for the advice, i'll pass it along. They live in Houston and have a small boat in Galveston. I'm a landlubber who's only boating skill is to catch mooring balls on friends boats! We have a house on VG -beer some time in Tulsa ?
John C.
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Re: BVI/USVI Sailing Schools
[Re: Sooner]
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09/11/2015 10:37 PM
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If in the states, I can recommend Emerald Coast Sailing in Pensacola for a couple that wants to learn. Not sure where your friends are from but if they are close to Pensacola we found it to be a great place to learn together.
Obviously not as nice as the BVI but I was all about the instruction and learning during my courses, not the location. My wife and I felt more confident getting in multiple repetitions being the only two students with one instructor, and they gave us more then the required time for the courses to get more time on the water.
Last edited by cruzdoc; 09/11/2015 10:42 PM.
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Re: BVI/USVI Sailing Schools
[Re: Sooner]
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09/14/2015 09:01 AM
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Sooner said: Looking for recommendations for a couple who want to go to sailing school. Two newcomers to sailing hoping to become charter boat captains one day. BVI and USVI location preferred but not essential. Thanks ! We CYOA Yacht Charters have a sailing school that teaches on our boats in the winter time. They do cabin charters and teach ASA. You can contact them directly about availability for this season. Brenton and Paul are the instructors and do a great job. Black Rock Sailing Jay
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Re: BVI/USVI Sailing Schools
[Re: LivinLarge]
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09/18/2015 05:21 PM
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The Maryland School uses Island Packets out of Red Hook and offer courses throughout the winter in the VI - previously they kept an IP Celestial here in the winter and taught courses for offshore passages on the South and Northbound deliveries. http://www.mdschool.com/Caribbean.htmI have found their instructors to be excellent. If they haven't already researched the charter captain dream ---Your friends should realize they will need USCG Captains Licenses to operate with paying passengers aboard - a minimum of 360 days underway at sea on a USCG Sea Service document and quite a few other certifications, STCW, CPR etc. - things that are well beyond the scope of the Sailing Schools.
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