SAILING PROGRAMS

Course program overview: All our sailing courses at a glance
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Course PROGRESSION

BASIC SAILING COURSE

Intermediate Course 

ADvanced SAILING COURSE

You have little or no experience
Day sailing or 5 day liveaboard
Boat: 24' - 36' sailboat
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Expected experience: 15 days, 200 NM
Course: 5 days, liveaboard
Boat: 36' - 40' sailboat
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Expected experience: 40 days, 500 NM
Course: 3 - 7 days, liveaboard​
Boat: 40' sailboat
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Adventures & expeditions

These courses are for sailors who want to work towards intermediate & advanced certifications
→ These sailing courses can be a mileage builder for you to gain more experience towards higher certification
→ Sailors who have the required  prerequisites can get the higher certification (intermediate, advanced & offshore)

adventure SAILINg course

Expected experience: 30 days, 300 NM
Course: 5 - 14 days, live aboard
Boat: 40' sailboat

offshore sailing course

Expected experience: 30 days, 300 NM
Course: ​5 - 20 days, live aboard
Boat: 40' sailboat

Salient Racing TEam

You need: Basic sail training
Race training and races
Boat: Beneteau First 40.7​

shore-based courses / skill development/ international CERTIFICATION

→ Coastal Navigation & VHF
→International Certificate of Competence (ICC)
→Skill Development Clinics: Docking, Crew Overboard recovery, introduction to heavy weather sails

shore-based COURSes

Coastal Navigation & VHF
classroom & home study
Classroom: Granville Island

INternational certificate 

International Certificate  of Competence: ICC
Boat: 31' - 40' sailboat

One DAY SAils

After the basic course
Bowen Island sail, spinnaker &  more Boat: 31' - 40' sailboat

Start your training with a course appropriate to your experience
​Our recommended path through the courses is as follows: