Since 1984, the first and leading sailing school designed by women, for women. Customized instruction for couples, families, corporate and social groups; Young Womanship 7th to 12th grade classes.

At Womanship®, we bring together women of all ages - 18 to 82, so far - from diverse backgrounds, from every part of the world, in harmonious collaboration and in a conducive learning environment, to take part in a sailing journey of self discovery, self fulfillment and the acquisition of real skills, real strengths, the ability to team and to lead, in harmony with nature..

Join us! Your path from student to take-charge skipper begins with Womanship®. Start now and picture yourself at the helm.

PassageMaking

Student-Centered Learning

Fairwinds & Happy Holidays!
May you sail through the New Year
with skill and the confidence to take charge!

  
In the ...
  Florida Keys & the Caribbean’s British Virgin Islands & Spanish Virgins

On a Voyage of Discovery of New Zealand’s North Island
from the City of Sails, Bay of Islands, Coromandel Peninsula, Waiheke, Great Barrier Island and more!

Cruise Belize and become the sailor you want to be
on our two-hulled floating classroom & hotel...
Esprit du Vent  

Call 800-342-9295

The Draft Itinerary
Where to plot and pilot each day’s course, What to See, Enjoy, Explore,
Why you'll want to join us!

There are more than 175 unspoiled Cays for dropping anchor and lingering to encounter history, explore finger channels and lagoons, spend time ashore and enjoy dinner out.

San Pedro, your port of arrival is where you also will be welcomed aboard Esprit du Vent. After a cool drink, time to meet your crewmates and walk through the boat, a short stroll along the shore to a welcoming dinner and spectacular views of the sea and cays you will sail and see for seven nights and days cruising the western Caribbean.

Offering the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and the second largest in the world, exploration of the exotic marine life at Hol Chan marine reserve and Shark Ray alley, be guided by a licensed local naturalist will definitely be on your itinerary.

The Altun Ha Mayan ruins, dating back 2000 years, are just across the mangrove cut and a must visit with a professional guide. A native monkey population inhabits the jungle area.

Each day aboard will begin with boat check out, prep and charting, followed by hands-on instruction and practice as you sail Esprit du Vent to a new destination and a new day of exploration of the natural wonders of Belize and the western Caribbean.

Sail and See Belize with us March 3-10, 10-17, 17-24, 24-30.

Please call us for more details and special savings: 800-342-9295.

Nobody yells, everyone learns and has a great time doing it.

The Womanship Way

Hands-on, on board. Use the boat and each day's varying winds as your classroom

Learn, practice and advance at your own pace and in concert with your crewmates

Prove to yourself that you know what to do and when, why, how to do it...

Progress to sail ably, with confidence as crew, partner and take charge skipper

Our complete sail, cruising, bareboat prep curriculum

Kathy Remmey on the right! From Annapolis October 15 &16
course on Solstice led by Captains Beth Berry and
Pam Morris, a former Womanship student.

Learn to read the wind, the sky, the water

Learn to check your boat and ready it to sail

Learn to take the helm and drive your boat

Learn to handle, trim, shorten (reef) your sails

Learn to navigate (coastal piloting), plot and pilot your course to each new destination

Learn to dock and maneuver in close quarters

Learn everyday safety, control and to handle the what-ifs of emergencies and rescue

For details, call us at 800-342-9295

Take the helm to Sail Away
 living and learning aboard a week, five or three days, while cruising incomparable waters,
each day, plotting and piloting your course to a new destination! 

The British Virgin Islands - Paradise in the Caribbean!
Sail/Cruising/Bareboat Prep Courses - October though May

The place to fall in love with sailing... Our most popular destination away from the US mainland since 1985, includes time to snorkel, swim, go ashore to walk  sandy beaches, enjoy music by a steel band, nights under star-filled skies.

The Florida Keys - Balmy and beautiful sails among the mangroves
Coastal Cruising/Bareboat Prep & Passagemaking - October through June

Wind shifts around the keys,varying shoal and deep water conditions add to the fun and learning while cruising 7, 5 or 3 days. Prove to yourself that you know what to do and when, why and how to do it to sail and manage a cruising sailboat as partner and skipper.

PassageMaking Around the Keys - Advanced Coastal/Thru-the Night/Offshore

Next Passagemaking courses April 21-27, May 5-11, 2012

Sail and See Adventures Around the World
New Zealand

February 2-11, 13-22, 26-3/6

Imagine sailing the Pacific Ocean on a coastal cruise that ends the day in a crystal clear bay tucked deep inside New Zealand's craggy coast to which you've carefully plotted your day's course. Or you may go ashore on Waiheke, on Coromandel Peninsula, Great Barrier Island's seaside beaches, hillside overlooks, or tiny Port Viceroy--where the storekeeper knows the name of everybody who stops by. If she had not remembered selling "Meeses Pogeell" her ticket back to Auckland on the Island's 5-seater plane Suzanne Pogell, our founder, says "the pilot would not have allowed me to board and I would have had a poor excuse for missing the meeting I had committed to back in the states."

"Visually breathtaking, superb, sometimes demanding, the most glorious sailing I've ever experienced", she says. "Ashore, touring Rotorura, south of Auckland, an exotic mix of British and Polynesian culture and terrain, delicious, non agri-business fruits and vegetables - the berries and carrots alone(!) I'd need to be there at least four months before I'd have enough of sailing just the bays beneath Great Barrier Island's soaring hills."

Call re Sail and See Adventures in the Greek isles, Turkey, Ireland

Stay Happily Afloat as a Couple on a Learning Getaway
& fall in love with sailing

Annapolis, BVI, Florida Keys, Long Island Sound, Maine
New! New Zealand
for beginning and experienced sailors

Save $250 or more on a 3-day course
Save $400 or more on a 5-day course
Save $500 or more on a 7-day course

Learning Getaway Tuition includes onboard accommodations, food & beverages.

On an Annapolis course, you can choose to  purchase provisions with your instructor as part of your learning experience.

Fall in Love with Sailing
on Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis
April 1 - October 31

Become the sailor you want to be - step by practical step - and live your sailing dreams on the nation's largest estuary and its infinite outcroppings  of rivers, creeks, coves and  harbors famous in our history. Once prepped, you'll return again and again for more.

Annapolis 2-day or 3-day Daytime classes
 9-5 each day

 Sail Yourself Safely Home (SYSH) 2-day course
 Annapolis or the familiar waters of your yacht club, sailing  association, boat yard or marina*

 Learn, practice & advance safety, control and emergency procedures to sail you and yours safely home every day and under emergency conditions, so you too can say... It was empowering! Now I want to be captain!"

Annapolis LiveAboard Courses

Live and learn aboard for a week, 5 or 3 days using the boat and the sailing environment as your living classroom to become the competent, confident, decision making skipper of your own boat or bareboat  charter on Chesapeake Bay.

Special & Advanced Skills Training

Adverse Conditions Sailing and the what-ifs of natural, systems, human failure
Docking, close quarters maneuvering, helming, lines handling
Piloting and Navigation I & II -includes log keeping, reporting of emergencies
Sail handling , sail trim, optimal sailing performance.

See Course Calendar for schedule.

Customized Courses

Instruction on Your Own Boat  · Staying happily afloat as a Couple or Family ·
Sail Yourself Safely Home 2 or 3-day session + DVD. *See savings above

A Transforming Day on the Bay

A hands-on taste of all aspects of sailing or to relax while visiting historic Annapolis under sail

The gift of Sailing by Gift Certificate

Make a present of a fun and useful life long skill with a Gift Certificate. You choose the amount; the recipient(s) chooses his or her sail & cruising adventure. We'll send along the Certificate to you.

Gifts from our Boatique:

Brand new Womanship caps! Sailor's top choice Adams' caps in nautical red, dusk, periwinkle, or cactus with the Womanship logo and "nobody yells" embroidered in white. $18.00

Famous "nobody yells" T-shirt  -- periwinkle: logo & lettering in white (S-XXL) Alum T-shirt for alums-only -- deep purple: logo, lettering in teal $17.00.

Womanship Burgee (2 sided, raspberry with white "nobody yells") $25.00

"Sail Yourself Safely Home (SYSH)"Instructional DVD, 1¼ hrs. Filmed during 2-day SYSH hands-on session. See the Womanship Way in action. Plus pre-Print copy of SYSH Step by Step Guide: Holiday Savings: $15.00 + shipping and handling.

 On the Horizon for spring and summer 2012

Annapolis season begins April 1 - see above.

Long Island Sound& New England – SYSH, Daytime, Liveaboard, On Your Own Boat resume Memorial weekend.

Schedule of Boat Calls on Your Own Boat along Long Island Sound and New England begins May 20, 2012.

First Advanced Skills/Adverse conditions courses along the coast of Maine - June 23-25, 2012.

First Sail & See the Greek Isles Adventure of 2012 is June 30-July 8.

 Questions? Latest Savings?

See Course Calendar and fee schedule.

What are you looking for...?

See Course Log (of Course Descriptions) & Curriculum

Where do you want to go...?

See info on Sailing Center Locations: Annapolis, Md., on Chesapeake Bay; British Virgin Islands; Florida Keys; Long Island Sound from Greenport, N. Y.; & Camden, Maine; the Greek Isles; Ireland; Turkey; New Zealand; Vancouver, BC and the Gulf Islands

"Sailing is Believing"

See a scrapbook of your sailing memories

Testimonials

Womanship books and videos