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 Charleston,
South Carolina
Visiting Charleston?
Check-out Charleston's sailing and boating events.
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accommodations? Click here.
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for directions.
As the
founding location for the Ocean Sailing Academy, Charleston represents the heart
of all for which the school stands.
- The school's convenient
placement on Charleston Harbor provides easy access to open waters for OSA's
courses.
- Learn-to-sail students enjoy the
spacious sailing area of the harbor while benefiting from experience with
every navigational aid used in U.S. waters.
- The challenging tidal flow of
the area helps develop students' sail planning and close-quarter maneuvering
skills.
- Cruising students enjoy inlet
hopping along the coast as they sail the waters of the Atlantic en route to
some of the most secluded anchorages on earth.
- Hands down, Charleston
represents the most challenging of OSA's school locations and provides the
challenge and adventure that the most serious sailors look for in their
sailing education.
Students
not only benefit from OSA's professional sailing instruction but do so in one of
the most historic and scenic environments in the country. Charleston provides a
relaxing and enjoyable venue for students to participate in courses. In addition
to the best sailing instruction, students step back in time learning about our
country's heritage, wandering cobblestone streets, exploring antique shops,
touring the city on a horse-drawn carriage or enjoying the fantastic cuisine of
some of Charleston's renowned restaurants. When visiting this charming city
you'll see for yourself why the readers of Conde Naste Traveler magazine
rated Charleston third among the top domestic destinations and 11th in the
world.
Charleston
is also the start line for the bi-annual (odd years) Charleston to Bermuda Race,
"C2B," where the Ocean Sailing Academy organizes crews of graduates for
participation in the 777 nm race to the oceanic isle of Bermuda.
With the full-range of courses offered, this home
base sets the beat for all that sailing has to offer.
Courses Offered:
Basic
Keelboat Sailing
Live-Aboard Bareboat Cruising
Coastal Navigation Live-Aboard
Coastal
Passage Making
Ocean
Passage Making
Ocean Racing
 Chesapeake
Bay
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for directions.
The
Chesapeake Bay has long been regarded as the sailing
capital of the United States. Through OSA's exclusive partnership with
Let's Go Cruising, the school provides courses
at two Bay locations: Annapolis, MD and Solomon's Island, MD.
Students sail aboard cruising vessels ranging from 35 to 54 feet.
- The Chesapeake is North
America's largest estuary and plays host to thousands of miles of coastline
with a new secluded cove around every headland, creating the perfect
environment for the sailing adventurer.
- The Chesapeake enables the
beginner to get their feet wet as they learn sailing basics, acquire cruising
skills and advance their education to Bareboat Cruising and Coastal
Navigation.
- Sailing time is crucial to the
learning process and our Annapolis location serves this purpose well.
Bi-annually, (even years) the Ocean Sailing Academy organizes crews of graduates
for participation in the Bermuda Ocean Race sailing from Annapolis to the
oceanic isle of Bermuda.
Courses Offered:
Live-Aboard Bareboat Cruising
Luxury Live-Aboard Cruising
Catamaran Live-Aboard Cruising
Coastal Navigation Live-Aboard
Coastal
Passage Making
Ocean
Passage Making
Ocean Racing
 British Virgin Islands
For those students arriving before class starts or remaining in the Islands
after a course has ended, click here for accommodations options.
Where better
to acquire bareboat cruising certifications than in the beautiful Virgin
Islands?
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Sailors are able to make comfortable
sail plans based on steady tradewinds.
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Pleasurable conditions allow students
to focus on enjoying crystal clear waters, spectacular snorkeling and diving
while visiting a new island paradise each day.
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Students hone skills while enjoying
line-of-sight navigation during island hopping transits in the Sir Francis
Drake Channel.
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There are no days where you are stuck
ashore in hotel rooms as the courses are full-time sailing adventures.
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Whether sailors choose to enjoy a
private family cruising course, one coupled with other students of the same
skill level or one of OSA's Caribbean Vacation Flotillas, they won't find a
more inviting island paradise than that of the British and U.S. Virgin
Islands.
OSA's island
courses visit the illustrious island paradises of St. Thomas, St. Johns, Tortola,
Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, the Baths, Cooper Island and Norman Island
producing life-long memories of a sailing adventure in a true island paradise.
Students have access to the many excellent restaurants
featuring local West Indian cuisine, fresh caught seafood and even the
opportunity to enjoy the occasional cheeseburger in paradise. All of this is
complimented with evenings frolicking in the sand under the starlit Caribbean
sky while the constant reminder of paradise chimes in the background through the
enticing sounds of Caribbean steel drums.
Courses Offered: Island
Vacation Cruising Course
Caribbean Coastal Passage Making
Caribbean Vacation
Flotillas
Miami, Florida
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Brand new!
Ocean Sailing Academy now offers US Sailing Certification Catamaran courses in
the school's Miami, Florida location.
- Sailors with Basic Keelboat
knowledge easily are able to transfer their skills learned aboard a monohull
to a catamaran.
- These courses are ideal for
sailors looking to vacation bareboat charter a catamaran in the Tropics.
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Students practice sailing in crystal
clear waters, navigating through reefs and explore areas too shallow for
traditional monohulls.
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There are no days where you are stuck
ashore in hotel rooms as the courses are full-time sailing adventures.
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Sailors may choose to enjoy a private
family cruising course or one coupled with other students of the same skill
level.
OSA's
catamaran cruising courses depart from Miami and explore the Florida Keys.
OSA's catamaran coastal passage courses head from Miami , crossing the Gulf
Stream to the Bahamas.
Courses Offered:
Call OSA at 866-971-0700 for current sailing courses and opportunities.
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