Learn to sail or advance your sailing skills and certifications. Santana Sailing offers sailing instruction and certification for ALL levels of experience from beginner to advanced as well as sailing adventures anywhere you want to roam. Our instructors’ credentials include over 25 years of recreational and professional sailing, fully-licensed captains, and top-rated NauticEd instructors.
Training and adventuring with Santana Sailing is fun, rewarding, and the beginning of a lifetime of sailing adventures.
Students learn to sail through our fully accredited sailing education program, a program that prepares you to be a competent sailor. And as you progress, your learning is accelerated by instructors with decades of knowledge and experience. Rest assured that our training program adheres to the U.S. Coast Guard’s American National Standards for sailing training. Our Certifications and Licenses are recognized by yacht chartering companies around the world.
Santana Sailing’s unique approach is personalized training tailored to your individual sailing goals. The coursework begins online with NauticEd’s ‘best in class’ online knowledge and theory courses, and then we get on-the-water to learn and practice skills with hands-on training – and have fun! This approach allows students to learn knowledge and theory at their own pace while maximizing time and experience with on-the-water training.
Sailing large sailboats, whether a bareboat charter on a sailing vacation or sailing your own large boat, near coastal and for multiple days requires many skills beyond local sailing. Santana Sailing offers comprehensive training to prepare you to sail and charter anywhere in the world on keelboats and luxurious sailing catamarans. Optionally, Marc can assess you for the International Sailing License & Credentials (SLC) – accepted by Port Authorities worldwide.
Our students are interested in exploring the world of sailing, from day sailing to cruising the world, and everything in between. Some want to be a competent mate for their sailing partner. Some want to take family and friends for day sails. Many want to gain the knowledge and skill to charter a boat for a weekend at Catalina, and others need their SLC Mediterranean Sailing License to charter in the Mediterranean. Some are acquiring their first small sailboat or stepping up to a larger monohull, and still others and prepping for that huge catamaran they want to charter in the Caribbean. And many experienced sailors want to tune their skills in specific areas. In the end, it’s all about gaining the confidence and competence to fulfill your sailing dreams.
Many of our students come to us not knowing what they don’t know. When they learn they can voyage to distant shores, anchor in a secluded cove, manage the boat, the crew, and even handle heavy weather, it feels like a little bit of magic is taking place.
Long Beach is the ideal Southern California sail-training venue. It’s windier, closer to Catalina, and at a better wind angle than any other SoCal harbor. Plus, we have the advantage of miles of open water for training without the congestion of the kayaks, paddle boards, Duffys and party boats. It’s simply the best place to learn.