{"id":45974,"date":"2012-04-09T19:49:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T23:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?p=45974"},"modified":"2023-05-06T18:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T22:03:43","slug":"choosing-a-sailing-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/choosing-sailing-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Sailing School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container hydra-image-align-right\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/368_2-6.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/368_2-6.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/368_2-6-300x204.jpg 300w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>Sailing Schools<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\"><\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy of Offshore Sailing School<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p>If your goal is to learn new sailing skills, consider going back to school! No matter what your goals are\u2014cruising, racing, catamaran sailing, whatever!\u2014there is a sailing school that&#8217;s right for you. If you&#8217;re just looking to get your feet wet, or are looking simply for an easy and affordable way to get out on the water, check out a community sailing program near you. Most offer affordable lessons and boat rentals, and some offer special programs for disabled or elderly sailors. To find a program near you, just Google the name of your town along with &#8220;community sailing&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Most traditional sailing schools offer a curriculum deigned by either <a href=\"http:\/\/home.ussailing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Sailing<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Sailing Association<\/a> in the U.S., or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rya.org.uk\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RYA<\/a> overseas. Overall, the courses are fairly similar, but do your research to see if one approach is more suited for you that another. To find a school near you\u2014or consider making a vacation out of it!\u2014visit  for ASA schools, or  for US Sailing schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a true newbie, take a look at this e-course designed by the ASA called Your First Sail ().<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Sailing Association and US Sailing make it easy to find a school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Jen Brett","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20120409","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":null,"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The American Sailing Association and US Sailing make it easy to find a school.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Choosing a Sailing School %%sep%% %%sitename%%","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"TTTHSSROWB6JLILBK3BQBZNVGY","arc_website_url":"choosing-sailing-school\/","custom_permalink":"choosing-sailing-school\/","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":0,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}