After learning sailing fundamentals in Basic Keelboat, you're now ready to refine and expand your skills in preparation to charter 32' sailboats on your own. Our Basic Coastal Cruising class is taught onboard a 32-foot sailboat with an inboard diesel engine and wheel steering. With 25 knots of wind on a daily basis, strong currents, and heavy shipping traffic, San Francisco Bay offers one of the most challenging venues anywhere. At the end of this class, you'll have the experience and skills needed to enjoy sailing in such conditions with confidence.

The Basic Coastal Cruising curriculum includes docking and maneuvering under power, heaving-to, crew overboard recovery, reefing (both underway and hove-to), correcting for weather helm, current and tide analysis, basic navigation, and chart work. Upon successful completion of the class, students are eligible to charter boats up to 32’ in length from our fleet.

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