Sailing Clinics

Make the most of light winds on downwind points of sail by learning to fly the asymmetrical spinnaker!

This clinic prepares the sailor to fly a Cruising Asymmetric Spinnaker (CAS) when passage-making with short-handed crew. The clinic participants will learn how to hoist, trim, and jibe this beautiful downwind auxiliary sail.  Special handling techniques and emergency procedures are also included.

Treat your friends and family to a premier bay adventure with a sail to Angel Island and an overnight stay moored at Ayala Cove -- but first, prepare yourself for the fore and aft mooring, shallow waters, and tidal currents that can make mooring at Ayala Cove a unique challenge.

Our Angel Island Mooring Clinic prepares you to successfully conduct a bow-and-stern mooring as required by the California State Park Angel Island Harbor Master. Additionally, you will become proficient at utilizing one or two buoys for overnight mooring situations in many worldwide cruising locations.

Upgrade your Silver Fleet certification to charter bigger, luxurious boats! Our two-day Gold Fleet Upgrade Clinic will teach you the skills you’ll need to safely handle boats in the size range of 33 to 37 feet. To expand your experience, this clinic is taught on two different Gold Fleet boats. Topics covered include anchoring, mooring, docking, using a roller-furling mainsail, crew overboard maneuvering, and boat systems.

This clinic is for members only.

The more you sail in winter or make long passages, the more likely it becomes that you’ll eventually encounter foul weather. This one-day clinic will introduce you to heavy weather sailing equipment, preparation, and techniques. Taught aboard our Spencer 44 Coho II, your instructor will cover topics such as personal safety equipment, high wind line handling techniques, setting up storm sails and running rigging, types of drogues and sea anchors, and steering in large following seas.