Women Sailing Getaways: Sailing Lessons for Women

For the past thirty years, Offshore Sailing School has provided sailing vacation experiences for women that are transformative as well as providing a life-long skill. We customize these sailing lessons for women in groups of four or more, providing an inspiring learning experience in vacation settings. Women's Sailing Getaways can be as short as a couple of days or last a week.

Build a lifetime of exotic sailing vacations together

You may want to combine a half-day or two-half days of sailing lessons with a girlfriend getaway just to find out what sailing is all about; or go for sailing certification at theLearn to Sail and Cruising levels and gain the skills to continue sailing together on fabulous getaways on beautiful cruising yachts. To get started on this inspirational journey today, give us a call at 888-454-7014.

Be inspired, empowered, take the helm!

Our three or five-day Learn to Sail course has you sailing on your own on a sleek, fast Colgate 26 in no time. Our week-long Fast Track to Cruising vacation provides a lifetime of ultimate getaways, preparing you to take the helm and cruise on chartered boats together with confidence (no captain needed) in exotic ports all over the world. Contact us today to learn more!

Camaraderie, great learning experience and a whole lot of fun!

women sailing school We provide tailored women's sailing weeks at Florida campuses, in the British Virgin Islands and other Offshore Sailing School locations. These Sailing Lessons for Women are taught by our expert instructors with fun and inspiring attitudes. The camaraderie that results in these learning getaways, where everyone helps one another achieve their goals in a non-competitive atmosphere, is priceless. Our Women Sailing School vacations offers you the best in Women's Sailing and the very best in girlfriend getaways!

"Thanks to our instructors' guidance, patience and encouragement, our outing was pure exhilaration! I came to your school to gain confidence that I could be a knowledgeable and helpful crew member for my husband and sailing friends – and that was achieved! Thank you for a well-excecuted class and professional organization."
Jennifer Hollander – Durham, NC

Our most popular women's sailing program — Fast Track to Cruising®

In just 7 days you'll gain the skills to take the helm of an impressive cruising yacht and be your own skipper! Whether you are a complete novice with no sailing experience or have done some sailing but feel a bit rusty, this course provides a curriculum that gives you confidence, self-esteem and the skills to take command. This is the ideal women's sailing experience!

All Fast Track to Cruising courses start with two days in the Learn to Sail course on a Colgate 26 while staying ashore at one of our destination resort partners below. On the third day you board a 43'-45' cruising boat and learn while continuing to stay ashore (the Bareboat Cruising Preparation course) or living aboard (the Live Aboard Cruising course) while cruising from port to port and island to island. Vacations for women don't get better than this!

Both cruising courses cover the same material, the same drills and provide the same level of confidence. You will have a classroom session each morning before setting sail. And while sailing share all roles on the boat witih your classmates and new friends. During the cruising course, you will learn on a monohull or catamaran as you'll see below. Just choose your date and come sailing with Offshore Women Sailing School! Give us a call at 888-454-7014 or contact us here to get started.

Sailing is life-changing, says founder Doris Colgate

Doris Colgate, Offshore Sailing School's President/CEO and founder of the National Women's Sailing Association back in 1990, started You Can Sail Escapes for Women (Vacations for Women) around the same time. They were a huge success!

Today, women-only getaways are provided as often as you like, for groups of four or more women aspiring to learn together and have a blast doing it. "When women getaway and learn to sail together, they not only have fun but find a multitude of new avenues to pursue sailing as a team," says Doris. "Everyone achieves high scores on their certification tests and goes home with a skill that lasts forever."

"I could not have imagined that I would make as much progress in a week of classroom and practical sailing training as I did. I loved it that the instructors and my shipmates made making mistakes such an honorable way to learn. It was truly a pleasure to learn with a group of all women adults – enriching in many unexpected ways."
Anne Orban – Lancaster, PA

A typical Women's Sailing Getaway packages includes

Your choice of sail training - sailing lessons or a three to seven day course with certification
Accommodations ashore with tax at one of our destination resort campuses
Textbook for the course level you choose and SAILING: A Woman's Guide by Doris Colgate, published by Ragged Mountain Press, McGraw-Hill
Impromptu evening happy hour
Graduation celebration
Diploma and logbook to record your lifelong sailing ventures
Exclusive benefit from The Sailing Company - your choice of a year's subscription to Cruising World or Sailing World magazine

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