Celebrate Summer Sailstice & Father’s Day!
Come aboard to learn all you need to know to Bareboat Charter
Enjoy a Free Intro to Bareboat Chartering
  Have you been sailing for a while and wonder what you have to do to qualify to charter a boat for a day or a weekend cruise? Womanship and Annapolis Bay Charters will share their experience and know-how to give you the scoop on June 21, at Annapolis Bay Charters' Port Annapolis Headquarters.
Father's Day Sailstice - Womanship’s Suzanne Pogell will begin onshore with an Intro to Bareboat Chartering Prep and Q&A from 10 to 11 a.m., led by Scott Farquaharson of Annapolis Bay Charters.
Sailstice will continue with free Bare Boat Prep sails guided hands-on by US Coast Guard licensed Instructors, trained in the Womanship Way. Sails are scheduled at 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m.
Read more to sign up!
Hot Off the Press!
Blue Water Sailing article on Womanship:
"Sailing Smarts–A Weekend with Womanship"
"We left pumped
and excited to go back to our own
boats to try out our new skills. Erica
and Suzan especially were feeling
much more confident now that some
knowledge gaps had been filled. I left
feeling exactly like I hoped—when
it comes to handling my boat, I can
do this."
Read the entire article, which appears in the July 2009 issue.
Sail through our 25th Year
with Special Savings & Sails!
Learn to Sail as a Couple
Imagine being happily afloat on a Couple’s Learning Getaway…
on once-in 25-years savings just for you!
Become the sailors you want to be, enjoying the sailing life, while cruising the incomparable Florida Keys or our home port of Annapolis on Chesapeake Bay. The boat and the natural environment will be your classroom as you plot your course and sail off each day on a learning adventure to a new destination. Guided by a relaxed professional, trained by Womanship and licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard, you will learn and put into practice just what to do to put yourselves at the helm.
Enjoy savings of more than $250 on a 3-day course, $400 on a 5-day course and $550 sailing and learning together for 7 days. Fees include on-board accommodations, food and beverages. From Annapolis, you can also purchase provisions with your instructor as part of your learning experience.
Thinking about bringing along friends of family? We'll customize the learning adventure to your own student crew of up to 6 members.
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Groups of four or more booking and learning together…..
Sail with Friends or Family from Annapolis
and save in a big way
Add value to the fun of getting everybody out sailing. Sail together 9-4 each day for 2 to 7 days. Savings for four booking and learning together reduce the course fee to just $395 per person for two days, $595 for three days, $795 for four days, $995 for five days.
What fun! What value! What a deal!
Sensational Savings on ALMS
Announcement of Last Minute Spaces
Be on the lookout throughout our 25th year for once-in-25-years values on spaces that suddenly become available.
ALM #1 – Save $125! Sail Annapolis, the sailing capital of the world on 3-day daytime-only course, June 23, 24, 25. Beginner? Have some experience? Prove to yourself that you can do it by learning and practicing, hands-on, all the skills and tasks to sail and manage a boat – with wheel & inboard motor - and your crew mates. Save $200.
ALM #2 – Save $200! Sail Annapolis on a 3-Day LiveAboard Advanced Skills Clinic on sail handling, trim and optimal performance, living and learning aboard while cruising and perfecting skills. Cruising/Bareboat Prep Course: June 26-28.
ALM #3 – Save $500! Sail and See the Greek Isles June 27-July 5 – over the 4th! For seven days you’ll cruise the unbelievably blue Aegean, the highway of the gods, while living and learning aboard, anchoring out under the stars or docking Mediterranean-style in picture perfect harbors along the Saronic Islands. Ashore in Athens, at night, see the Plaka, the famous bazaar, listen to music in the hills overlooking the city. During the day, see the Parthenon and other icons of classical history, led by professional guides. A once-A once-in-a lifetime learning adventure at 25th Year Savings!
Vancouver, BC and the Gulf Islands
Currently booking July 18-22 and 25-31, August 30-September 5.
Glorious summer learning and sailing in the nation’s most naturally pristine setting! Come aboard on Vancouver’s Granville Island to sail the three straits of Georgia, Juan de Fuca, and Rosario. While sighting pods of orcas whales along the way, during the day, practice and advance all the skills to sail and manage a cruising sail boat, with special opportunities to learn both to read and apply tide and current tables.
In late evening sunsets, anchor by the Gulf’s tiny, flower covered islands – many with shower-friendly water falls – that spread out as far as the eye can see between the soaring Rockies to the east and the Olympia mountains to the west. Or dock to go on shore at small villages along the way to taste freshly caught salmon and local cuisine.
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Special Sails throughout 2009
for beginning and advancing students
Advanced Skills Clinics
in Annapolis on Chesapeake Bay and Camden, Maine
Book all 4 & Save 10%!
Annapolis
 Sail Handling, Sail Trim & Optimal Performance – 3-day liveaboard
June 26-28, September 20-22
Docking/Close Quarters Maneuvering & Helming – 2 days, daytime-only
Includes line handling at the fuel dock and on your own boat
July 11&12, August 1&2, 29&30
Piloting & Navigation – 2-days, daytime-only
Includes trip planning and log keeping, reporting of emergencies, ETAs (estimated times of arrival) based on prevailing conditions -
July 18&19, August 22&23, September 19&20
Adverse Conditions Sailing – 3-day LiveAboard
Fall, October 23-25
Come aboard for a three-day weekend to learn to handle the vagaries of nature: more challenging winds, higher, turbulent seas. Add to your own list of "what-ifs": what to do when your engine breaks down, equipment malfunctions, a stay splits, you discover a leak, or run aground. Come away with new skill and the confidence to respond to sudden failures, be they natural, mechanical, electrical, or due to human error.
Maine Advanced Skills Weeks
September 19-25
Sail Handling, Sail Trim & Optimal Performance
Docking/Close Quarters Maneuvering & Helming
Includes line handling at the fuel dock and on your own boat
Piloting & Navigation
Includes trip planning and log keeping, reporting of emergencies, ETAs (estimated times of arrival) based on prevailing conditions
Adverse Conditions Sailing
Practice all four sets of skills along the coast of Maine where the challenges of strong winds, high seas, a rocky bottom, sharp and sudden rock outcroppings, lobster pots and dense fog are daily fare.
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Sail Yourself Safely Home
2-day Sessions in Annapolis
and on Long Island Sound
Could you sail yourself safely home if suddenly you found yourself in charge? Learn and practice 17 safety, control and emergency procedures to get you safely home every day and under emergency conditions.
The Sail Yourself Safely Home Curriculum (SYSH)
Safety equipment: what to have on board, where to stow, how to use. Equipping your boat as a resource of safety. Control at the helm . Stopping the boat under power and sail - Docking & close quarters maneuvering to fuel dock, piling, mooring . Anchoring. Heaving-to . Basic coastal piloting - knowing where you are at all times. Radioing for help . Transmitting emergency information. Checking the engine. Shortening sail (reefing). Overboard procedures under power and sail, alone and with crew and more....
Call for SYSH dates in May through October!
"Sail Yourself Safely Home"
Instructional DVD - 1 hr/15 minutes $19.95
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PassageMaking
 Around the Florida Keys
October 31-November 6 & November 14-20
Ideal for Womanship alums or advancing sailors with
intermediate cruising and coastal piloting skills. Broaden
your sailing horizons and become the take-charge sailor you
want to be. Sailing from Biscayne Bay, refresh & advance
coastal skills. Then, sail thru-the-night practicing nighttime
piloting and emergency procedures. Offshore, advance to
Watch Captain and take command of boat and crew.
Annapolis Four-Day/Advanced Coastal/Thru the Night
July 7-10
The next step to advancing coastal skills & practicing nighttime piloting along the Bay's complex of intersecting tributaries.
Two Advanced Coastal/Thru-the Night Passages
Annapolis to Norfolk & Return
July 18-24
Round Delmarva
September 12-18
Advanced Coastal, Thru-the-Night & Offshore sailing on a 435-mile course that includes instruction and practice as “Watch Captain”
in every aspect of cruising, boat handling, advanced & offshore piloting, safety & emergency procedures.
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Learn on Your Own Boat!
We make boat calls: learn and advance on your own boat
at 2008 course fees plus Sailabration Savings!
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A Transforming Day on the Bay
Annapolis | Florida Keys | Long Island Sound
With friends or family – up to 6 participants in all.
Come on board to to explore Historic Annapolis, Florida’s Biscayne Bay, Long Island Sound under sail.
Enjoy 25th Year Sailabration Savings ! |
