Underway Sailing

Certainly the best school of the west coast. The instructor is incredibly qualified, patient, fun and prepares you for the best sailing.

Great experience! Vaughan the owner is really nice!

What a fantastic experience with Underway Sailing! Great instruction from Vaughan and I'm now inspired and confident to take the next step on my sailing journey. Highly recommended!

I just completed my large keelboat skipper course from NauticEd with Underway Sailing. I had a great time doing it and found it very informative.

I went from knowing hardly a thing about sailing to feeling comfortable enough to start sailing my own vessel in 5 (very intense, challenging and exhilarating) days. I highly recommend if you are serious about wanting to sail!

Sailing was not something I ever thought I would try or like. But wow! 4 days on the water (In October) for the Skipper Training program and I am blown away with the experience, what I now know, and the change it made to my life for the better.Firstly, Vaughn, the owner and facilitator of the course was fantastic. Super knowledgeable and experience and just a really nice guy who makes you feel at ease and trains you well all aspect of sailing and marine life. Pleasure to learn from and with him.Secondly, we learned everything! Okay, maybe not everything but enough theory and practical hands knowledge that I feel quite confident to get on a sail boat again and feel like I can assist. Not ready to skipper a boat, but would not be useless in a sailing situation. I will happily go back and prove this ;PIt was seriously one of the best experiences I have ever had and would highly recommend Underway Sailing to those wanting to learn sailing. But also to those struggling with confidence, wants to gain back some pro-dev mojo, or just learn something new. I really do not think you will regret it.

My wife and I signed up for some refresher lessons with Vaughan this year and halfway through the first day, I witnessed my wife’s confidence grow to new levels! Vaughan teaches with a strong emphasis towards safety and overall practicality. He provided us with a bit of homework to continue focused based learning on our own, which I greatly appreciated. I can’t recommend Vaughan enough for new, intermediate or advanced sailors, his sailing resume speaks for itself and can offer all levels of sailor’s knowledge and a better understanding of efficient sailing techniques.