Adult Classes

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. They will learn water safety, sailing terminology, sail trim, boat handling, and will get an introduction to the physics of sailing. Classroom time is devoted to understanding how a sailboat is propelled upwind. Other classroom topics include terminology, points of sail, and efficient sailing. Our goal is to get you out on the water as soon as possible.

Our keelboat courses are 4 days over 2 weekends. Each weekend is a Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The weekend courses (ex. BK-Wkend  1 or BK- Wkend 2) are sold independently to provide as much flexibility as possible. Go to the schedule and choose and pay for each weekend part of the course to fit your schedule. We recommend you schedule as closely together as possible.

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

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.

Saturday and Sunday
10AM-4PM
Weekend 1 – $299
Weekend 2 – $300

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

Whether you are looking for practice time between classes or need to brush up on specific skills, these self-guided skills days are a great opportunity to practice with someone of equal experience and get out on the water. Students will choose their focus and receive the appropriate skill checkoff sheets before heading out on the water.

Cost: $60 per session    Three different skill day focus options:

Advanced Sailing
Practice maintaining points of sail, tacking, jibing, managing speed, heaving-to and reefing.
Docking
Practice sailing off and on the dock under a variety of conditions.
Crew Overboard
Practice performing the Figure 8 and Quick Stop maneuvers. Participants will take turns skippering the boat.
Skipper’s Duties: Get the boat ready to 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.

Required: Basic Keelboat certification or the equivalent necessary (Plus some sailing experience within the last year).
Limitations:

• PM time slot: sailors must be able to control the boat under higher afternoon winds.
• The boat must have 2-5 persons aboard.
• Navigation is limited to Clipper Cove.

Sailing in a dinghy is fast, fun, and physical! 

The Dinghy Level I course is designed to teach small boat handling to new, beginner sailors. The course is 4-days total,  two weekends of your choice and is taught on our RS Ventures.  Our three-to-one student-to instructor ratio provides you with ample time on the helm. Our progression course teaches; basic knots, rigging, sail adjustment, docking, steering a course, person in the water drills, and capsize/recovery drills.  

The Dinghy Level II course is taught on Vanguard 15’s or Lasers depending on the class size. In this 2-day course  students will continue to develop beginner Level I skills such as;  rigging, sail trim, docking, steering a course, capsize/recovery drills.  Level II will focus more on course rounding and right of way rules, teamwork and crew dynamics, as well as proper hiking technique, and more advanced boat handling. This is a very physical 2-day course. 

Successful passing of our Level 2 course is all you need to begin renting with us.

Saturday and Sunday
10AM-4PM
$299 per weekend

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.

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.