Harbor Sailboats is San Diego’s leading sailing school offering beginner through advanced sailing lessons, sailing classes and ASA Certifications. Since 1969, Harbor Sailboats has perfected our curriculum to ensure maximum time on the water that will deliver the skills and confidence necessary to enjoy this amazing lifestyle.
Sailing lessons in San Diego start with Harbor Sailboats and our team of professional sailing instructors aboard the newest and most well maintained fleet of sailboats in Southern California. Year round, Harbor Sailboats offers basic sailing lessons to advanced sailing lessons every weekend on the beautiful and protected San Diego Bay.
Harbor Sailboats sailing lessons being with a text book and proprietary study guide that’s picked up or mailed to the student ahead of the lessons. On the day of class, students will be organized with their sailing instructors to being a short classroom review of the study material, layout of the class and expectation, and then head to the boat where we spend 80% of the class time on the water!
Come aboard with Harbor Sailboats and our award winning sailing lessons to make the dream of sailing a reality!
Founded in 1969, San Diego Sailing Club dba Harbor Sailboats, is located on the beautiful San Diego Bay and is Southern California’s finest sailing club and instructional facility. Superior yacht choices and professional instruction make Harbor Sailboats the right club for new or seasoned sailors. Our large fleet of new yachts range from 22′-51′ and offer the latest designs from Beneteau and Catalina. Because of our status as a Beneteau sub-dealer, we are proud to add 2-3 new Beneteau sailboats each year into the charter fleet. This, along with our incredible attention to yacht maintenance, makes Harbor Sailboats the benchmark for sailing clubs across the United States.
Harbor Sailboats is San Diego’s only members only sailing club. This status guarantees you priority access to lessons, events, and rentals throughout the year with personal attention from our highly qualified team.
We are U. S. Coast Guard approved and a proud seven-time winner of the “ASA School of the Year” award. We offer year round lessons from Basic Keelboat to Advanced Coastal Cruising, as well as fine tuning clinics like docking, spinnaker sailing, knots, night navigation, and more.
Members can get involved in the sailing community by choosing from the many club-sponsored activities, including Lady Mariners (women’s only sailing), Capri 22 one-design racing, group sails, crew sharing through the Members Only Forum, annual tropical sailing flotilla, and many other social events throughout the year.
We invite you to take a tour of the Harbor Sailboats docks to see first hand the quality and attention to detail that Harbor Sailboats is known for, our office is open 9am-5pm seven days a week.