Sailing
Schools
photo courtesy of Seattle Sailing Club
Of The Pacific Northwest and British Columbia
If this is the year you plan to buy a sailboat or if your New Year’s Resolution was to learn how to sail —
below is a list of sailing schools in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and British Columbia that will be happy to help
you become a competent sailor. We’ve done our best to contact all sailing schools, but if we’ve missed anyone,
please contact us and we’ll let everyone know who and where you are.
WAShingTon Captain Ron Elliott Bay Yachting Center - YachtLease
2920 Sahalee Dr East, Sammamish, WA 98074 2601 W. Marina Place, Suite E,
Anacortes Yacht Charters (425) 785-8796 Seattle, WA 98199
Anacortes Marina, email: searon@aol.com (206) 285-9499
P.O. Box 69, Suite 2, Anacortes, WA 98221 Private instruction on your boat or my Martin 29 email: suzana@ebyc.com
(800) 233-3004 www.yachtlease.com
email: info@ayc.com • www.ayc.com Center For Wooden Boats 2 students on 31’-36’ boats or your boat
Maximum 4 students per boat, from a 22’ tiller to 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109
a 30’-40’ boat (206) 382-2628 Footloose Disabled Sailing Association
Certification: ASA email: cwb@cwb.org 4509 Interlake Ave. N., PMB #142,
www.cwb.org Seattle, WA 98103
Bellhaven Sailing School El Toros, Blanchard Jr. Knockabouts, Beetle Cats (206) 382-2680
714 Coho Way, Bellingham, WA 98225 email: info@footloosesailing.org
(800) 542-8812 • (360) 733-6636, City of Poulsbo Parks and Recreation www.footloosesailing.org
email: bellhaven@bellhaven.net P.O. Box 98, Poulsbo, WA 98370 Boats: 4 two-person Access Dinghies, 2 Martin 16s
www.bellhaven.net (360) 779-9898 and 2 six-person Columbia 21s
Maximum 4 students per 32’-38’ boat email: jschiel@cityofpoulsbo.com
Certification: ASA www.cityofpoulsbo.com gato Verde Adventure Sailing
1 to 2 students per: Lasers, Opti’s, FJ’s and Bytes 1842 Governor Rd, Bellingham, WA 98229
Bremerton Yacht Club Certification: US Sailing (360) 220-3215
2700 Yacht Haven Way N.W., email: gato_verde@earthlink.net
Bremerton, WA 98312 Discovery Sailing School www.gatoverde.com
(360) 479-2662 P.O. Box 70412, Seattle WA 98107 Up to 12 students on a 42’ catamaran
email: bremertonyc@comcast.net or (206) 972-7517 Certification: US Sailing
Director Sailing: ewsknight@wavecable.com email: captain@discoverysailing.net
www.bremertonyachtclub.org/youth/ www.discoverysailing.net gig harbor Sailing Club & School, LLC
One student per DeWitt Dinghy and Laser Boat used: Pearson 40 P.O. Box 1813, Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Certification: US Sailing (253) 858-3626
email: info@gigharborsailing.com
48° No r t h , Ma r c h 2009 Pa g e 40
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