Adult Programs

Class Descriptions

Basic Keelboat

Advanced Keelboat

Heavy Weather Clinic

Rental Checkouts

Adult Dinghy

V15 Racing

Rentals

Private Lessons

Basic Keelboat

Our Basic Keelboat series is a US Sailing certified class. Upon successful completion of the class you get the official US Sailing BK sticker in your log book. During the first weekend students will work on building a solid foundation of sailing techniques.

Timing:
Saturday and Sunday
10AM–4PM
Cost:
Weekend 1 – $299
Weekend 2 – $300

Advanced Keelboat

Building on the US Sailing Basic Keelboat course, participants will review all aspects of their Basic Keelboat skills while furthering their sailing knowledge in the areas of docking under sail, anchoring, knot tying and advance sail trim, boat handling, heavy air sailing, and seamanship. Weekend One is a prerequisite for Advanced Keelboat Weekend Two.

Timing:
Saturday and Sunday
10AM–4PM
Cost:
Weekend 1 – $299
Weekend 2 – $300

Heavy Weather Clinic

Students become proficient in early identification of strong wind conditions and proactive in applying the techniques of de-powering a boat for those conditions. Students will sail, assign crew positions, give safety briefing, sail the boat safely off the dock at the start of the day and back at the end of the day.

Cost:$150

Adult Dinghy

The Beginner Dinghy course is designed to teach small boat handling to new, beginner sailors on the RS Venture. Our three-to-one student-to-instructor ratio provides you with ample time on the helm with our certified instructor in the boat.

Timing:
Saturday and Sunday
10AM–4PM
Cost:
4 Day Course – $599

V15 Racing

Sign up link for the V15 races. Must have your own boat or ask about a charter (this is not a class). Previous sailing skills required, come down and meet the fleet.

Rental Checkouts

For those that have extensive prior sailing experience and/or already have the equivalent sailing qualifications TISC offers a one day 3 – 4 hour checkout. Please carefully review the checkout sheet above and verify that you are confident in all the required maneuvers and concepts. **If you have the equivalent of one or our classes, you have the option to use the checkout as a placement tool to test out of the pre-req for a class.

Adult Private Lessons

Private lessons are a great opportunity for students to rapidly improve their skills in a one on one setting with one of our instructors. Private lessons can be taken in addition to any of our sailing programs classes, as a stand alone class, or as recurring private instruction. Adult private lessons are scheduled on an individual basis, accordingly TISC is able to accommodate most schedules.

Cost:
$95 Per Hour