Boulder Adult Sailing Courses

Join us for once-weekly, 3-hour sessions over 4 weeks, designed for adults who have completed our Beginner Sailing Class and are ready to sail independently without an instructor onboard. In this course, you’ll sail in pairs on Tiwal sailboats, developing the skills needed to navigate a small boat with a partner. Participants will focus on boat handling, proper sail trim through all points of sail, tacking, jibing, and capsize recovery. These open-hulled sailboats are designed for an exciting and immersive experience—so be prepared to get wet! Sign up solo or bring a group of friends, and take the next step in your sailing journey.

For those looking to join this class based on previous experience elsewhere, you should already know how to do the following: attach and hoist sails properly and safely; know the difference between sailing upwind vs downwind and how your sails should be positioned accordingly; identify all points of sail (close haul, tight reach, beam reach, broad reach, run, head to wind); be able to identify these points of sail while undersail with mostly accurate sail trim; how to stop your boat; how to slow your boat without stopping; how to accelerate; avoid collisions; perform tacking and jibing under control. If you have any questions about prerequisites please email or call us with your experience and we can help you find the class to fit your skill set best.