You weren't built for the marina.
Thirty feet of keelboat. Open water from hour one. Learn to read the wind, trim by feel, and dock under pressure — then earn your certification before the weekend ends.
Three days. One version of you stays on the dock.
Drag the slider. Pull the curtain yourself. See what the weekend actually looks like.
“The first time you feel the boat heel and don't grab for a handhold — that's the moment.”
— Tack Instructor, 12 years on the water
Three kinds of people
end up at the helm.
Different reasons. Same result: a certification, a changed relationship with risk, and water under the keel.
The Career-ChangerYou made the promise at 32. Now you're 44.
Two days off. A weekend intensive. The certification you've been putting off since before your first promotion. This is the course that finally makes it real.
of our students arrive never having sailed
The CoupleThe cruiser's already on your shortlist.
Before you put a deposit on a 38-footer, you need to know who handles the dock lines and who calls the tacks. Five days. Both of you, certified.
to full ASA 101 + 103 certification
The Corporate TeamHarder than a ropes course. Quieter than the office.
No trust falls. No facilitators with clipboards. Just 30 feet of keelboat, a tidal current, and the realization that someone has to make the call. Leadership happens fast out here.
maximum charter group size
They came with a promise. They left with a certificate.
“I've wanted to do this since I was 35. I'm 47 now. I docked solo on day three. My hands were shaking. The instructor didn't touch the wheel.”
Marcus Okafor
Senior Product Manager, Chicago
“My wife and I did the five-day together. By day four we were arguing about sail trim instead of the mortgage. That's progress.”
David Henriksen
Retired Civil Engineer, Annapolis
“I've done Outward Bound. I've done leadership retreats. Nothing put my team under real pressure like a tidal current and a 30-foot boat that needs a decision right now.”
Priya Nambiar
VP Engineering, San Francisco
“I failed the written test the first time. They sat with me for an hour after dinner. I passed the next morning. That's the kind of school this is.”
Tom Beaumont
High School Teacher, Portland
The water isn't going anywhere. But your weekend is.
Buying someone else's dream?