BVI ASA Sailing School

[Marc P]

Looking for recommendations for a sailing school in the BVIs. My wife and I would like to go through the ASA 101 103 and 104 courses and we think we would be better off doing it alone as opposed to with other students. Most places that we have found include four to six students per boatAnyone have any recommendations?Thanks

 

[RonD]

Private Lessons

MarcI'm sure some of the schools will accomodate private lessons, but at a substantially increased cost. You are basically chartering the boat and skipper for the lessons.If you're going to be at that cost level anyway, consider just doing a "captained charter" (vs. "bare boat") and enjoy the cruise for a week. These Captains all have to be licensed, so try to find one where the Captain is also an ASA certified instructor & work with them to cover all of the course material & sea-time for the certification. Make sure they will issue the properly validated training certificate(s) upon completion. And, if someday you might want to go for a USCG license, ask for a notarized letter or USCG Form CG-866 of your sea time as a "watch standing member of the deck force."--Ron