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I am a self-taught sailor, competent on a smaller sailboat (21-foot
daysailer), been sailing for a few years.

I would like to enroll in a sailing school with the goal of eventually
being qualified to do a bareboat charter of a larger boat (prob a 35')
from Charleston, SC to Bermuda and back.

Can anyone recommend a good sailing school either in NC or SC that
will best enable me to achieve this goal?

Thanks,

Sam

Hi Sam,

Here's the list of American Sailing Association schools in the area
you're looking:

http://www.american-sailing.com/lear...southeast.html

I haven't sailed on the East coast in over 20 years, so I can't say for
certain, but I would imagine you may have a problem chartering a
bareboat to take to Bermuda. Most bareboat charters (due to insurance
and liability limitations) are restricted to fairly short distances in
fairly protected waters... I don't think your trip would fall under
that category, but you might want to call some charter companies to get
the final word.

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wrote in
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I am a self-taught sailor, competent on a smaller sailboat (21-foot
daysailer), been sailing for a few years.

I would like to enroll in a sailing school with the goal of eventually
being qualified to do a bareboat charter of a larger boat (prob a 35')
from Charleston, SC to Bermuda and back.

Can anyone recommend a good sailing school either in NC or SC that
will best enable me to achieve this goal?

Thanks,

Sam


http://www.oceansail.com/
School's right here in Charleston.

http://www.thehullschool.com/welcome.htm
Also here in Charleston at City Marina downtown.

http://www.american-sailing.com/lear...southeast.html
Here's a list of sailing schools in NC and SC....

Want your captain's license? No problemo! Sea School is also located in N
Charleston where the Mark Clark Expressway crosses over Rivers Avenue in
the Shopping Center next to the Red Cross Building...

The US Coast Guard on the end of Tradd Street in downtown Charleston has a
full Marine Safety Office, which includes one of the only three CG license
testing facilities left on the East Coast. NY and Miami are the others.
You can take any class license test at the MSO that CG offers, right here
in town.

Best sailing school in NC is at Oriental, NC.

http://www.sailingschooloriental.com/

After you gety thru with them, go take a USPS introductory course for
the rest of the story (power boat stuff, etc.).

Rewgards,
John...


On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:55:33 GMT, wrote:

I am a self-taught sailor, competent on a smaller sailboat (21-foot
daysailer), been sailing for a few years.

I would like to enroll in a sailing school with the goal of eventually
being qualified to do a bareboat charter of a larger boat (prob a 35')
from Charleston, SC to Bermuda and back.

Can anyone recommend a good sailing school either in NC or SC that
will best enable me to achieve this goal?

Thanks,

Sam

In article ,
wrote:

I am a self-taught sailor, competent on a smaller sailboat (21-foot
daysailer), been sailing for a few years.

I would like to enroll in a sailing school with the goal of eventually
being qualified to do a bareboat charter of a larger boat (prob a 35')
from Charleston, SC to Bermuda and back.

Can anyone recommend a good sailing school either in NC or SC that
will best enable me to achieve this goal?

Thanks,

Sam

Bareboating certification, as far as I can tell, is your charge card.
They let me take a 50' boat out even though my primary boat was a 21'
MacGregor, about as close as you can get to a dink in a boat that can be
slept in. (I've done about 30 weeks' chartering since.) Doing
specialized course work is pretty much wasted money except for your
personal comfort.

Chartering to Bermuda is, in my opinion, a waste even if you can find an
outfit that'll let you do it. After a few hours, it's mostly boring.
There's a reason that the charter operations are where they are.

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