White Sail III, Bronze Sail IV and Bronze Sail V

The level III parts of this course are designed to strengthen your sailing skills. You will learn to skipper a 2 person boat and will experience the thrill of heavy weather sailing. Once one has become a competent sailor, the Bronze levels are designed to teach you the advanced techniques of spinnaker sailing and trapeze work in all sailing conditions.

The course reference for Bronze Sail is "Advanced Sailing Skills" by Sven Donaldson which is available at Nautical Reach Sailing Shop .

This course is only offered mid week and can be registered as either a one week or two week course. Typically at least two weeks of instruction are required to cover all of the topics in Bronze Sail IV while White Sail III can be mastered in one week with the right weather conditions. Bronze Sail V is usually only achieved if instruction is mixed with personal sailing time on the student's part and can often require an entire summer.

If they prefer, students are welcome to bring and train in their own boat.

Learn-to-race

Sailing is a wonderful recreation and way to travel. Sailboat racing is the game and sport of sailing. This course explains the basics. White Sail II is a prerequisite.

This course will be offered as two 1-day seminars early in the season.