Boat Forum / Cruising / November 2004

Where are you? In the San Francisco Bay Area, there's a great school in Pt.
Richmond called Tradewinds that gives ASA Bareboat certifications. I presume
that you want it so that you can charter. The Tradewinds sponsers trips as
well -- we just got back from a terrific 12-day, one-way charter from Corfu
to Athens with Tradewinds. http://www.tradewindssailing.com/

Cheers, Mike
Water Wing
Beneteau 40CC

If you are talking Canada, try Bosun's (http://www.bosuns.ca)  for
ISPA and CYA certification.

If you can sail the West Coast of Canada, you can sail anywhere.

Jack  

There are four ASA schools in Marina Del Rey (west side of Los Angeles):
Seamist-Skippers, Bluewater Sailing, California Sailing Academy and Marina
Sailing.

I can vouch for the first two schools.  Both are very good and have a
wonderful fleet of charter boats too.  They are easy to find on the web
(they are also listed on the ASA website).

Marina Sailing requires a membership, and their charter fees are higher than
Seamist-Skippers and Bluewater Sailing.  However, they have charter sites in
San Diego, Newport Beach, Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Marina Del Rey, and
Channel Islands (Oxnard).  In addition, they have reciprocals with Santa
Barbara Sailing Center.  That almost makes it worthwhile, especially since
the northern Channel Islands are a sailing paradise.

Santa Barbara Sailing Center is a nice place if you're in that area.  My
wife and I go up there and rent boats for daysails from them every month or
so.  They have an ASA school too.

There aren't many US Sailing schools around as far as I'm aware.  Club
Nautique used to have an office in Marina Del Rey but they are gone now.  In
San Diego there's J-World.

Have fun,

Brien

One of the best is OCSC San Francisco Bay.  A little pricey but worth it and if
you do it during the summer you will be learning in some challenging
conditions.

BC

http://www.ocscsailing.com