Our Boats
We teach on the latest generation of sportboats: more comfortable, safer, faster, and better learning platforms. Offshore rated, yet nimble and responsive, these boats have huge cockpits, high booms, and are extremely well balanced.
Intermediate Sailing Seamanship Weekend
Learn to Sail II – Course Description
J World Sailing School’s Intermediate Sailing weekend course is also known as our seamanship weekend. This course builds on basic skills and puts them into practice. We cover reefing, heaving-to, crew overboard recovery, and a wide range of other seamanship skills which are crucial to safe sailing. But we also use these drills to achieve a better understanding of sailing dynamics and improve our boathandling. At J/World, we believe that a good feeling and sensibility of how a boat moves through the water, and how the wind affects our sails, will make for a more efficient, less stressful, and safer sailing experience.
The Intermediate Seamanship weekend is also the second weekend in out two-weekend Learn to Sail course.
We spend more time on the water in one day than many schools do in an entire class… we believe strongly that the best way to learn how to sail is by actually sailing! And with a maximum of four sailors per boat (and the courses often run with fewer), all attendees are certain to receive plenty of personal attention. Participants gain extensive hand-on experience, building the sailing skills and knowledge to pursue sailing endeavors on their own, with confidence.
Really Learn to Sail: Confidence through Competence
Topics in the Intermediate Seamanship class include:
| •Sail shape & trim •Seamanship skills, including: – Reefing – Heaving-To – Crew-Overboard Recovery – Docking Under Sail – Anchoring – Mooring |
•Sailing dynamics •Yacht design essentials •Nomenclature •Knots •Safety practices and equipment •Tides and currents •Basic navigation •Rules of the road |
What makes the J/World Learn to Sail Course different from the average sailing school?
Numerous seemingly small differences in a learn to sail course can result in a dramatically different overall experience. You can get a degree from many, many universities, but we all know that all colleges are not created equal… and the same hold true of sailing schools. So what are the primary differences between J/World’s Learn to Sail Course and other sailing schools?
More time sailing. More course days. Exceptional boats. Phenomenal instructors. But don’t just take our word for it. See below to read some of our customers testimonials to read why we have been selected as the “Best in the Business” for over 19 years running. And please ask sailors and do lots of web searches… we feel confident that the more you ask around, the more great things you will hear about us and the more likely you will come to J/World!
Learn-to-sail right. Learn-to-Sail quickly.
Learn-to-sail with the top rated sailing school in the country, J/World
US Sailing Certified
J/World is a US Sailing Certified educational facility. While most of our courses offer certification, we also pride ourselves in delivering a curriculum that far exceeds the base standards. We have been teaching sailing longer than anyone has been offering certifications. Our goal is to make you a confident and competent sailor. Many colleges offer Bachelor’s degrees, but we all know they are not equal. The same holds true for sailing schools. If you really want to learn, come to J World.
Private Instruction
If you prefer a private experience over a group course, we offer the opportunity to receive fully personalized attention from one of the best sailing instructors in the country. You can come alone, or limit the enrollment in a particular course to your group of friends or family. We provide custom sailing instruction for individuals or groups at prices which compare favorably to standard courses, and will custom tailor the curriculum to meet your specific goals on a schedule which accommodates your plans. Visit here for more info.
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