Sailing Lessons

Sheltered from Penobscott Bay, Stockton Harbor is the perfect place for the beginner to learn the art of sailing. And once you have your sea legs, the bay is just beyond the point, an easy ten minutes away.

You will not only learn to hoist sail and steer the boat, but also to navigate, inspect the engine, haul mooring lines and other essential boating skills.

Read more about each of the instructional offerings:

1,2 & 3-Day Curriculum

Day One

• Basic safety
  • Gear
  • Rules of the Road
  • Lights
  • VHF Procedures
  • Horns
  • Man Overboard
• Characteristics of Sailboats
  • Terms
  • Functions
  • Fedele
• Primer on boating
  • Buoys
  • Knots
  • Sails
  • Turning the boat
  • Mooring the boat
  • Docking the boat
• First Cruise around Pen-Bay.

Day Two

• Day Two Drill
• Bay Cruise Practicum
  • Leaving the harbor under engine
  • Setting Sails
  • Navigating a course
  • Sailing a course
  • Navigation
  • Rules of the road
  • Day shapes
  • Docking the boat Bay
  • Cruise Practicum
    • Hoisting sails
    • Setting Sails
    • Trimming sails
    • Automatic pilot
    • Navigating a course with the wind
    • Sailing a course from waypoints
    • Radar
    • Rules of the road
    • Electronics {Advanced)
    • Mooring the boat under sail

3-Day Curriculum

Day One

• Drill: includes safety and tour of the boat
• Bay Cruise Practicum
  • Leaving the harbor under engine
  • Setting Sails
  • Navigating a course
  • Sailing a course
  • Navigation
  • Rules of the road
  • Day shapes
  • Docking the boat Bay
  • Food preparation

Day Two:
Continuation of Day one whilst under sail to Mautinacus Island

Cruise Practicum

• Hoisting sails
• Setting Sails
• Trimming sails
• Automatic pilot
• Navigating a course with the wind
• Sailing a course from waypoints
• Radar
• Rules of the road
• Electronics {Advanced)
• Anchoring the boat and maintaining an anchor watch

Day Three

• Skipper the boat
• Watch-keeping
• Create a route to Stockton Springs
• Chartwork
• Practical hands-on experience utilizing the rules of the road.
• Sailing a course from waypoints
• Radar
• Maintaining a VHF radio log
• Maintain the ships log
• Navigate the upper reaches of the Penobscot River under sail and engine.
• Navigate to a position provided by the instructor.
• Moor the vessel at Stockton Springs.