| VISIT US at the US SAILBOAT SHOW IN ANNAPOLIS next week |
Are you coming to the Boat Show October 4-8? Stop by our booth on the BoatUS Bridge between H & I Docks to learn about our 55th Anniversary Year celebration plans and Boat Show specials. Steve and Doris Colgate will be with us on Friday and Saturday. Can’t make it to the Boat Show? Take advantage of our limited-time End of Year Sailing Special to save up to 15% on select courses completed this year. Call 888-385-6854 for details today!
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| guess who is sailing in the bvi? |
Our amazing “Insider’s Guide to the BVI” sailing flotilla vacation has kicked it up a notch. The sailing industry’s ultimate insiders, Steve & Doris Colgate, will join our Caribbean Manager “Dutch” Jongkind as hosts aboard our fleet of six Moorings Beneteau 48s sailing from The Moorings base on Tortola on February 23, 2019. Explore all the best spots in the British Virgin Islands with your ultimate insider-hosts. Solo sailors, couples or full boat crews are invited.
We are hosting a record five additional Colgate Sailing Adventures in celebration of our 55th Anniversary in 2019. Cabins are available aboard our Windward Islands and Croatia cruises too! Call 888-385-6854 to join these awesome adventures!
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| learn how to win more regattas through our racing programs |
| Only 16 sailors have the opportunity to learn from the best at our Southwest Florida 4-day Racing Clinic on Fort Myers, Beach, Florida, and only a few spots remain. Led by US Sailing’s National Coach of the Year, Olympic Team Racing Coach Morgan Reeser, this week of seminars, drills, and social events culminates with the “Go for the Gold” Regatta. Guests are welcome! Call 888-385-6854 to join us December 2-6, 2018. But wait, there’s more…consider enrolling in our 19th Annual Performance Race Week with NorthU on Captiva Island in April 2019. This event always sells out so call now! |
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coastal and offshore passage making courses open |
Call now for availability on our Coastal Navigation, Coastal Passage Making, Celestial Navigation, and Offshore Passage Making courses. You’ll find dates and rates on our website pages linked here. These advanced courses do fill quickly and are only offered certain times of the year.
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| news from around the horn |
- Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina is hosting its Grand Re-Opening on October 5th! This beautiful Marriott Autograph Collection luxury resort where Offshore Sailing School has its Caribbean base, has painstakingly been restored and enhanced – as if that were even possible. We’re open, ready and eager to greet you at Scrub Island Resort. Rum punch, anyone?
- Announcing the winner of our 55th Anniversary Essay and Photo Contest…Offshore Sailing grad, Jeff Monuszko. Read Jeff’s essay, “The Gifts of Sailing,” and view the photo he submitted here. Congratulations Jeff! Enjoy your charter aboard a Moorings yacht in the BVI. Thank you everyone for entering. You can view our announcement video on our Facebook page. All of the submissions were awesome!
- Two tips for storing boats over the winter from our friends at BoatUS. Check out their recommendations here. Offshore Sailing School grads receive discounted BoatUS Membership dues. Use our unique code, GA84797B, to access 25 benefits and services at discounted prices.
- Frontier Airlines expands service to/from Fort Myers, Florida. New low-fare routes have been announced between seven more cities to Southwest Florida Regional Airport (RSW) which may be helpful when traveling to our four Florida resort locations.
- Coastal Living names Offshore Sailing School at South Seas Island Resort as one of “5 Incredible Getaways Where You Can Learn Something New.” We didn’t know it was possible to love Coastal Living magazine even more – but we do now. Read what Coastal Living editors think about Offshore Sailing’s excellent course offerings at our partner, South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island, Florida. What are you waiting for? Come on down!
- Ten socio-emotional benefits of sailing. Author Samantha Yom from SingaporeSailing published these 10 benefits of sailing which were shared by our friends at Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
- Video Sailing Tip: Steve Colgate shows you the best way to steer backwards under power. Watch now.
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| sam hahn completes 8 courses with offshore sailing school |
We love receiving comments and photos from our Grads. Here’s what Sam shared recently:
“I recently completed the Catamaran Live Aboard Cruising Course in the BVI. It was awesome! I had taken monohull courses before, but the catamaran course felt like a brand new course. We sailed 100 Nautical Miles and hopped around 7 islands. We sailed hard, studied hard and enjoyed our downtime. Our instructor Mike was very patient, explained things really well and showed us things we had not known nor seen before. It was great! I want to thank you for an awesome sailing journey to complete all eight US Sailing certifications and Performance Sailing through Offshore Sailing School. I have gained a lot of experience throughout the courses. I hope you have other courses which I can take down the road to keep up my skills.”
Sam Hahn
New York, NY
Catamaran Live Aboard Cruising Course, Scrub Island Resort, BVI
Editor’s note: Since sending us the note above, Sam has enrolled in our Southwest Florida Racing Clinic this December. See you soon Sam!
Read More Testimonials Here. |
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