The Performance Sailing School
410.280.2040
The Basic Keelboat course is the most comprehensive learn to sail course there is. We start the keelboat course on board the boat, introducing you to the basic parts of the boat and how to rig the sails. Next, we'll help you develop wind awareness and its relationship to the boat. You will get underway […] Read more
The Basic Keelboat course is the most comprehensive learn to sail course there is. We start the keelboat course on board the boat, introducing you to the basic parts of the boat and how to rig the sails. Next, we'll help you develop wind awareness and its relationship to the boat. You will get underway […] Read more
Coastal Navigation Certification This is an ideal course for anyone who wants to develop a solid foundation in navigation principles. The curriculum for this seminar will cover charts and features, compass errors, plotting, triangulation, dead reckoning, route planning, tides, current vectors, aids to navigation and an introduction to electronic navigation. This course includes US Sailing […] Read more
Come visit us at our booth at the 2024 Annapolis Sailboat show October 10-14, 2024
Come visit us at our booth at the 2024 Annapolis Powerboat show October 3-6, 2024
The Performance Sailing with Asymmetric Spinnaker 2-Day course is designed to teach you how to make a sailboat go fast efficiently both upwind using techniques such as VMG and Target Boat Speed using Polar diagrams and downwind flying an Asymmetric Spinnaker. This course is a great steppingstone to prepare you for our Race Boat Training […] Read more
The Performance Sailing 2-Day course is designed to provide more detail on how to shape and trim sails for performance. This class will concentrate on boat handling under sail to include refining how to shape the sails for light, moderate and heavy wind using various sail controls that are standard on a J80 sailboat. Prerequisites? […] Read more
The fun way to learn to sail! Whether your child has done any dinghy sailing or has never set foot on a boat, J World Annapolis’ Kids on Keelboats is a great introduction to the joy of sailing keelboats. We take our normal content-rich Basic Keelboat course and adapt it to engage and challenge both […] Read more
Fun, Easy & Exciting – Start Sailing NOW! We want to introduce you to the great sport of sailing! J World Annapolis’ Three-Hour First Sail group sail makes for a fun excursion and easy, affordable way to find out if sailing is for you. Come for this Three-Hour group sail for a morning or afternoon […] Read more
We will work on boathandling, sail trim and spinnaker handling during the first part of the week and then move on to starting and boat against boat speed and tactical drills. We finish the week with a round-the-buoys regatta against your classmates! Upon completion of this course, you will have the skills and confidence to […] Read more