Sailing Instructions in Pensacola Beach

Learn to Sail on the Emerald Coast

Want to learn to sail dinghies, catamarans, keelboats, windsurfers or yachts, or do you just want to improve your sailing skills. Sailing instructions are available with Emerald Coast Yachts, located in Pensacola Beach and Panama City, Florida. Here students will have the opportunity to enjoy private sailing lessons, usually with 2 students, so the instructor to student ratio is 1:2. Students will spend time in the classroom then will move on to the slip for practical application of what was learned in the classroom. Students will have the opportunity to learn the position of crewmember and helmsman while instructors are available to demonstrate proper techniques needed to handle the yacht. This hands-on method allows the student to learn the roles and responsibilities of both helmsmen and crewmembers while developing skills as a team member.

Emerald Coast Yachts’ pricing for its sailing instructions is for a couple or 2 students and includes course materials as well as lodging aboard the teaching yacht. Students have the opportunity to take single courses or combined courses. Single courses include Basic Keelboat Sailing, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Charter Certification, Coastal Navigation, Cruising Catamaran and Advanced Coastal Cruising. Combined courses include Basic Keelboat Sailing and Basic Coastal Cruising, Basic Coastal Cruising and Bareboat Charter Certification, Basic Keelboat Sailing, Basic Coastal Cruising and Bareboat Charter Certification or Bareboat Charter Certification and Cruising Catamaran.

Basic Keelboat Sailing (ASA course number 101), teaches the student to sail a 20 foot boat in familiar waters with light to moderate wind and sea conditions without supervision. This course is 3 days in length and costs $1,195 for two.