NARRAGANSETT SAILING
AND BOATING SCHOOL

Take an ASA 101 course! This course will teaches you how to sail using a 20′ or 30′ boat with wheel steering and inboard engine, you’ll learn how to make the boat go, how to make it stop; and various sailing exercises to cement those skills.

Learn cruising sailboat terminology, basic boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, docking procedures, intermediate sail trim, navigation rules, basic coastal navigation, anchoring, weather, safety and seamanship! Prerequisite ASA 101 or Challenge 101.

Take an ASA 104 course in Rhode Island and get your bareboat certification! This is a three day liveaboard course where we circumnavigate Narragansett Bay entering multiple harbors with lots of anchoring practice and close quarter maneuvering under power.

Take this course and Advance your coastal navigation skills! This is a two-day class done in a classroom. You will learn the navigational theory and practices for safe navigation of a sailing vessel in coastal and inland waters. This course don’t have prerequisites!

Comfortable sailing around the bay doing dead reckoning and ready for the next step? Ready to be challenged with strong currents, fog, and tricky anchorages? Enroll for an ASA 106 course in Rhode Island and let’s sail to Martha’s Vineyard and the surrounding islands for 5 days!

Take an ASA 118 course in Rhode Island and learn the basic and advanced docking techniques! This course teaches what to do when conditions are challenging. Get good with that, and a normal docking is easy! Docking is a very logical and straightforward activity and is VERY teachable.

Get ASA 101, 103, and 104 Certified in Rhode Island! ASA has a set of ‘standards’ for each course that should be met. When someone can show a school they possess the skill and knowledge to meet the standards of a course, they can be awarded the certification without taking the course itself.

Have fun in the waters of Rhode Island while learning about how to sail successfully! Learn safety first, how to depart from a dock, motor out to open waters, put the bow of the boat towards the wind, raise the sail, and maneuver a boat!

Take this course in Rhode Island and learn how to maintain your boat!  This course goes over the basic systems of a boat including the galley systems, mechanical systems, rigging, steering, and the plumbing system.

Preventive maintenance can be the cure to a lot of boat problems. Learn what should be done periodically and seasonally to prevent problems. This week long course will also give you the skills and confidence to troubleshoot problems. And if you can’t fix it, you’ll at least know how to explain the problem to a professional.

This course covers the diesel engine, it is a hands-on course. This course will not turn you into a diesel mechanic, but it will give you the knowledge to diagnose the normal things that cause a diesel to fail, and know if you can fix it or if it is serious enough to call in a mechanic.

Take our marine electrician training course in Rhode Island! This course is two days of intensive instruction about boat electrical systems and all the “gray areas”: Batteries, wiring, charging, alternators, inverters, generators, all the various parts, and more!

Join our sewing class in Rhode Island and learn how to make or repair your sail or create an exterior cushion and fender covers, or learn how to sew a recycled sail bag, winch cover, and hatch cover!

Would you like to know how to winterize your boat yourself? Save a lot of money and know that it’s done right. Join our class in Rhode Island! We’ll winterize one of the charter boats. Winterize the engine and all the plumbing.

Come have fun on the  boat! Join our women only beginner or immediate sail training in Rhode Island and learn the benefits & skills of sailing during the show! Participate as little or as much as you like.