1-800-342-9295
Email: sail@womanship.com

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	Mother and Daughter Learning Together	Teamwork	A Couple's or Family's Getaway	Esprit du Vent

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Great shot, by Captain Instructor Pam Morris of Co-Captain Beth Barry and their four ecstatic students following some heavy weather sailing during our Spring Adverse Conditions Skills weekend, April  27-29, 2012. Students are Elissa Malcolm from New Hampshire; Valerie Saunders from Silver Spring, Maryland; Dona Sturn from Annapolis, Maryland; and Peggy Hart from Minnesota.

Spring is here! Sailing's in the air! Become the sailor you want to be! 
Learn to sail, learn to cruise as partner and take-charge skipper
of boat and crew

 

 

We look forward to welcoming each of you aboard for the fun and accomplishment of becoming a skillful confident sailor. Prove to yourself - step by step -  that you know what to do and when, why and how to do it, to sail as partner and take charge skipper. Whichever course you  choose, you will be learning to master a complete sail and cruising curriculum, hands-on, onboard, in the sequence that skills and tasks need to be performed.

Photo: Typically against the sun but great shot of Dona Sturn, having just set the sails wing-on-wing for a downwind run during a perfect Adverse Conditions Sailing weekend course at Womanship, aboard Solstice, April 27-29., 2012.

 

Spring and Summer Sailing

Florida Keys
Call for summertime dates.

Annapolis  
Through October 31, we sail from homeport Annapolis, on Chesapeake Bay offering  Daytime-only courses, from 9-5 each day and LiveAboard and Passagemaking courses for living and learning aboard while cruising the creeks, rivers and stretches of the Bay as far as Norfolk, Va., and the inland waterway south, each day plotting and piloting your nautical course to a new destination. Daytime, LiveAboard, Passagemaking, Sail Yourself Safely Home Sessions on our boats or Yours, Custom Learning Getaways for Couples, Families, Groups, Private Instruction on your own boat, all offered from Annapolis..

Long Island Sound and New England, Narragansett Bay, Maine; - May through September - where sailing and the sea are synonymous  

Courses sail Long Island Sound and New England's Narragansett Bay, from Newport or East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and the eastern end of Long Island Sound. First dates available for Long Island Sound: June 9-11. First dates available from East Greenwich and Narragansett Bay: June 30-July 2. The first available dates for sailing the challenging Coast of Maine are July 2-5.

Vancouver, British Columbia
Weeklong and five-day LiveAboard courses sail from Vancouver, BC, in the Gulf Islands - First dates available July 7-13

Sail & See Adventures in the Greek Isles & Turkey - June/July, September and October
A once-in-a-lifetime experience living and learning aboard while cruising the Aegean, plus time ashore to explore the golden age of Greek history and culture in Athens, Epidaurus, Delphi and the life of the  islands stretching out along the Peloponnesus  peninsula as you sail.

Update and Forecast 2012/2013

British Virgin Islands, October through May 2012/2013
We have embarked on this season's last two weeks of living and learning aboard to master a complete sailing and cruising curriculum, while cruising and enjoying the Islands. By the third week of April, we will be making passage with an advanced student crew to return to Annapolis. For details and early bird flight fares, call us at 800-342-9295. First dates available October 21-25.

New Zealand - 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. First dates available January 21-30, 2013.

Belize - Students just returned from our first Sail and See Adventure in the western Caribbean in March are extolling the joys of sailing and touring Belize at the helm of a catamaran, their own two-hulled classroom and hotel. Among other favorites? The short, convenient flight from the U.S. mainland to Belize to board their boat and embark on their adventure the same day.  Learning and advancing their skills, plotting and piloting their nautical courses to and among more than 175 cays that dot the unspoiled, un-trafficked Belize waterscape. Snorkeling, exploring and actually playing with the exotic marine life in Belize, which boasts the second largest barrier reef in the world. Visiting sites of ancient Mayan civilizations and their current monkey population. And then there is fish that can be drawn fresh from the sea. First dates available March 3-10. Call us now, at 800-342-9295, for details and to tie down early low cost fares to Belize that go very fast.  

 

See Course Calendar for dates of these Adventures.

Custom Courses

• An Individual Couple, Family: mothers/daughters, fathers/sons, school, corporate, social group
• Instruction on Your  Own Boat
• Sail Yourself Safely Home sessions on  safety, overall control every day and in emergencies -- at your yacht club, sailing association, marina, boat yard

Stay Happily Afloat as a Couple (or family group, corporate or social group) 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.

Instruction on Your Own Boat 

Sail Yourself Safely Home 2 or 3-day session + DVD. *See savings above

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Why Choose the Womanship Way?

The answer is the quality of the outcome of the Womanship learning experience. Focusing on the individual learner and the interaction of the student crew.
 
Safety and safe sailing are #1. Our US Coast Guard licensed Instructors provide regular, practically sequenced instruction and practice in the safe use of equipment, safe practices and procedures and safe and savvy decision making - basic elements of our curriculum and instructional approach.  

The Womanship Certificate for Complete Sailing, Cruising, Bareboat Prep, Passagemaking Training.

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

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.
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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

• 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

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Boatique

"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.

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.

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

Burgee with Womanship logo and Nobody Yells - Womanship Burgee (2 sided, raspberry with white "nobody yells") $25.00

For details, call us at 800-342-9295