Category Archives: Education

The US Sailing Small Boat Level 1 Instructor course will be offered at the Squadron in March, led by Jabbo Gordon.
This 4-day, 40-hour course will be conducted either:
March 10 thru 13 (4 consecutive days)
or
the weekends of March 24/25 and March 31/April 1.
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Sat 14 Jan, 9:30am at the Squadron by Capt. Bill Brooker of Sara Bay Sailing School & Charter
RSVP required to Education Coordinator… Read full article, Laurel Kaiser
There is no charge for this event.

On Wednesday, October 12^{th… Read full article}, a presentation on the "Rules of the road" was given by Joe Barnette of the Sarasota Power and Sail Squadron.  Joe explained that it should be called the "Rules of Rhodes" as  the people of Rhodes developed rules of law to deal with occasional shipping disputes

It is my pleasure to announce we have been invited to take courses in boating offered by the Sarasota Power and Sailing Squadron (SPSS). We will pay the member price for courses with a charge. Free courses are also being offered. Those of us who have taken these courses in… Read full article

Education Coordinator Scott McWilliams conducted an Online Survey during May and June of 2011.  He presented the results of the survey to the Board on Jul 12.  The presentation can be viewed as a video.  Your browser may request permission to install a plugin in order to view it.
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Location:  Sarasota Sailing Squadron

check out the flyer here… Read full article
The Sarasota Power and Sail Squadron is offering to provide boating seminars free to our members. This is a great opportunity to tune up your boating skills and acquire new knowledge. The first seminar is “Hurricanes and Boats” and will be

Sarasota Sailing Squadron and Sarasota Yacht Club will host a Race Management Clinic on Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13, 2011.
Tom Duggan, Certified International Race Officer and US National Race Officer will lead the clinic.… Read full article Tom is a US Sailing Race Management Instructor, but will be giving a hands-on clinic

You are cordially invited to join the Luffing Lassies:

a women’s sailing group
sails every Thursday morning
at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron

We start our year off by providing a week full of sailing instructions
Orientation: Thursday, August 26th 2010  11:00 to 1:00pm
New Member Sailing Class… Read full article:  Monday, August

The US Sailing Level 1 Instructor Course for Small Boats will be offered April 17-18 and April 24-25 at Venice Yacht Club.  This 40 hour class with be taught by Jabbo Gordon, who is a US Sailing certified instructor/trainer and holds a OPUV license from the Coast Guard.  Prerequisites for… Read full article