COURSE DESCRIPTION A three-day course for experienced Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising Instructors to test and evaluate their teaching, sailing and navigational skills in 23′ to 45′ auxiliary powered sailboats, including wheel steering, inboard, and outboard. The course evaluates candidates' ability to handle challenging conditions and navigational situations during daytime and nighttime, as well as their…Read More
COURSE DESCRIPTION The Basic Keelboat Instructor Course is a 3-day evaluation allowing experienced keelboat instructors to test and evaluate their teaching and sailing skills. Candidates should anticipate single-handing a keelboat while demonstrating competency in sailing off a dock, mooring or slip, tacking, jibing, stopping, backing the boat and returning to the dock, mooring or slip.…Read More
COURSE DESCRIPTION The Coastal Passage Making Instructor course is an intense five-day clinic designed for longer coastal passage making circumstances, night-time navigation, fog situations, watch rotations, radar use, and more. Instructor Candidates should expect to be evaluated on a wide range of criteria including but not limited to the following: PRACTICAL SKILLS Practical Skills, Day…Read More
What is the safest legal way to carry an Inflatable Lifejacket with you on a commercial airline? Check the air carrier’s website, including all connecting air carriers of your round trip to see if the airline(s) allows you to bring the CO2 Cylinder on their airplanes. For those that allow it, become familiar if…Read More
US Sailing Sports Medicine Committee US Sailing has been collecting and reviewing data and information on severe brain injuries in competitive and recreational sailing. Similar to modern American football and other sports at risk for impact to the head, this topic has been a growing concern for sailing that requires an educated approach. The routine…Read More
The practice of good seamanship plays a significant role in all of US Sailing’s instructional curriculum. A good sailor knows more than just the mechanics of sail trim and steering, and good seamanship is more than the ability to perform those tasks. Competent sailors know how to handle the boat and sails in a wide…Read More
US Sailing Instructor Trainers by Discipline Below is an active list of all US Sailing Instructor Trainers by discipline. Contact an Instructor Trainer for your course type (example Small Boat Level 1 Instructor to resolve a Small Boat Level 1 POI). POIs for Powerboat Skills given at a Level 1 course must be satisfied with a Level 1…Read More
If you are interested in hosting a course or seminar, complete the short form below! A designated representative of the organization seeking to host a course is responsible for filling out the form below in its entirety. Please note the following: All instructor courses require the form to be submitted at least six weeks in…Read More
Course Overview The Windsurfing Counselor (WC) course is designed to prepare windsurfers, and sailors, to act as Windsurfing Counselors working under a Level 1 Certified Instructor at a windsurfing or sailing center. At US Sailing, we know that not everyone who is asked to supervise and teach on a windsurfer is a certified Level I…Read More
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