We are located in one of the most challenging sailing areas in the USA. We are serious about safety afloat. Corpus is one of the windiest coastal cities in the USA. In addition the 4th busiest Port in the USA by tonnage. With our consistently moderate winds you'll gain practical experience in handling them. The advanced classes will; plan a trip, Navigate, check weather, make all preparations to get underway, negotiate with commercial ship traffic and, make another port. Then plan the return trip to Corpus Christi the following day, (WX and tides permitting !).
As an ASA affiliate our function is to teach you how to sail. With that objective in mind we have modified our classes. we've added an extra day to the Basic Keelboat and the Fast Track classes. We've learned over the nearly 20 years of teaching that the extra day gives the students an opportunity to actually use the skills they have been taught. They are in charge, we just keep them out of trouble. The difference in the student's confidence level is extraordinary.
Corpus Christi Bay covers 192 square miles and unlike other bays in Texas, is primarily open water with few spoil areas. When taking a class you will have practical experience with Aids To Navigation, (ATON's, e.g. Nuns, Cans, Day Beacons). The advance classes navigate portions of the Intra Coastal Waterway,(ICW), commercial ship channel, and if time allows, we may venture into the Gulf of Mexico.