private sailing instructor

[NALANI13]

does anybody know a good private instructor in the palm beach area?

[lharmon]

There are two formal groups offering sailing instruction in the US; US Sailing www.ussailing.org and the American Sailing Association (ASA) www.asa.com . Both of these organizations have schools with certified instructors in your region. All of these schools will be happy to arrange private instruction for you. You will pay extra, but they will come to your home waters and teach you on your boat. Or they will arrange to have only your family aboard so you can all learn together.

All the certified schools meet minimum standards. US Sailing and ASA both have similar programs for learning to sail. US Sailing may be a bit more focused on racing development but they offer a cruising cirriculum similar to the ASA.

I do not really want to recommend a school. Look at the ones in your area and hire the one than seems to be the best fit for your needs. That being said I and several of my friends have used Blue Water Sailing School in Fort Lauderdale and have been very happy with their services.

Good luck with your search.

[NALANI13]

thanks for your response. We took the US sailing courses a year ago so we aren't looking for the basic instruction. We recently purchased a boat and would really like an instructor or captain to help us work with the systems and eccentricities on our own boat!
If you have any ideas they would be much appreciated...

[btrayfors]

Nalani13,

If you'll PM me, or email me directly:

bill at wdsg dot com

I may well be able to help you.

Bill

[NALANI13]

hey bill,

can you be more specific on your email address?

[btrayfors]

Nalani13,

Sorry. Just replace the "at" with an ampersand and the "dot" with a "."

This is common usage these days, because "mining" programs otherwise can grab your email address and your spam builds up quickly

If you like, send me a private message (PM) on this Board or a telephone call to seven oh three eight three eight eight seven five three.

Thanks,

Bill

[sailingdog]

Btrayfors-

An ampersand is "&"...not "@".

[NALANI13]

bill just sent you an email (southa1a4me).
sailingdog - you are right! thought i had the name wrong at first

[btrayfors]

Dog,

Right you are! Silly me. Anyway, we finally hooked up.

Thanks,

Bill

[xort]

What would a fee structure be for something like this? (sailing instruction, not ampersand definition services)