Learn to sail in Berkeley to gain access to great sailing places around the world!
Well founded instruction begins with learning the basic skills well, whether you want to cruise or race, or enjoy a yachting lifestyle at the clubs. Sailing Portal focuses on just that, learning the skills to give you mastery in every role on the boat. And with Karen E. Lile and many of the instructors being 2nd generation boaters with affiliations with 110 yacht clubs throughout No. California and hundreds more around the world, we will help you get connected to the right community for where you live and want to sail after you have finished your instruction here.
Schedules for classes are customized to meet your needs. Basic Keelboat and Basic Crusing are taught on the J/24 sailboat and Bareboat Crusing is taught on a 36’ yacht with 2 cabins and all the systems that you encounter on a bareboat charter boat.
Our sailing courses are designed to bring you from an absolute beginner to an experienced Captain who can charter a boat anywhere in the world, or buy and sail your own. We use the US Sailing Standard, divided into three sets of courses, Basic Keelboat (the beginning), Basic Cruising (Captain of a small boat) and Bareboat Cruising (Captain of a boat you charter anywhere in the world). Courses include 28 hours or more of instruction on the boats and 5 hours of lectures in seamanship and navigation. We partner with local non-profits as well and have promotions through those partnerships.
Sailing Portal is an insured, licensed, US Sailing Accredited School with experienced U.S. Sailing Instructors who have an ease of teaching that comes with years of experience. They give you the skills you need to be safe, competent and have fun on the water. Our instructor’s camaraderie promotes the sharing of collective knowledge, so students get the best instruction adapted to their needs. We are a US Sailing Accredited School, so successful completion of your courses gives you certification status that you can use anywhere in the world to further your learning, charter boats and more
Learn to Sail in one of the great places for sailing in the SF Bay since 1939. Berkeley Harbor was designed to utilize the winds coming from the Golden Gate in the Spring/Summer and from North in the Fall/Winter. Students have been learning how to sail from the Berkeley Marina since 1939. The San Francisco Bay is one of the great sailing places in the world, a home for America’s Cup, SailGP and for those who like to race or cruise inside the protected waters of the Bay or out the Golden Gate, to adventures along that Pacific Coast and beyond. There is a Double Tree by Hilton hotel in the Marina for those traveling here to certify and class schedules are customized 7 days per week to meet your needs.