Offshore Sailing School Alumni Benefits
Dear Offshore Sailing School Graduate,
Thank you for choosing Offshore Sailing School for your sailing or power education. We truly appreciate your business and hope you will come back soon, to join us in another course or one of our wonderful flotilla cruises. Keep us in mind when you have a sailing or boating experience you’d like to share. Send your stories, photos and videos to Beth Oliver (boliver@offshoresailing.com). And, if you haven’t already, please share your experience on our social media outlets: Facebook, Twitter, Trip Advisor, Yelp, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram.
Thanks again for choosing Offshore. Below are some great benefits just for you!
Steve and Doris Colgate
2024 Course Grads Receive 10% Discount On Next Course
To celebrate our 60th Anniversary year in 2024, graduates of Offshore Sailing School courses in 2024 will receive 10% savings when they book and complete their next course within 12 months of completing their course in 2024. This special sailing school and power cruising school benefit is for anyone who earned US Sailing certification or US Powerboating certification in an Offshore Sailing School course in 2024. These savings may not be combined with our ‘Tweens & Teens family sailing, nor family cruising course package, or Military discount.
Call your Sales Associate at 888-454-7015 today for grad discount details.
Colgate Sailing Adventures® Flotilla Cruises
All Colgate Sailing Adventures® flotilla bareboat cruises fill quickly when they are announced. Led by cruise leaders, Nate and Heather Atwater, or Offshore Sailing School senior instructors, you get to see the world under sail with like-minded sailors. And Offshore grads with US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification and International Proficiency Certificates get nice discounts on these cruises! We do all the work – charter the boats, sign the contracts, put the itinerary and crews together, arrange for provisioning and fun times ashore, and more. Just pack your sailing clothes and head to our next destination. Check out our upcoming flotilla cruises for dates, locations and grad discounts, and call 888-454-7015 to sign up now!
Charter with The Moorings and Take Advantage of Great Savings
Offshore Sailing School’s long standing partnership with The Moorings goes back to 1973. They are part of THL which owns The Moorings, Sunsail and other entities, providing the the best boats to charter and the widest variety of fantastic places to charter. If you achieved US Sailing Bareboat Cruising or higher Certification from Offshore Sailing School, you can save up to 15% one time on a charter with The Moorings. You also receive more benefits, such as 5% savings other charter times, as a member of The Moorings Captain’s Rewards Program. If you gained Bareboat Charter Certification from Offshore Sailing School, contact The Moorings, (877-299-5586), to jump start your cruising lifestyle!
Just wanted to touch base and let you know how much we have been enjoying our new sailing life. Since we bought a Sunsail charter boat last May, and have gone sailing every other month. We’re feeling like locals in the BVI and visit with Dutch and Patrick (Ed. note: Offshore Sailing School instructors) each time we go. We’ve been able to share our love of sailing with friends and family, turning more people into sailors!
Aaron Maynard – Myrtle Beach, SC
Fast Track to Cruising Course – 2018
Offshore Sailing School Logo Apparel and Accessories
Offshore Sailing School has a storefront on the Lands End website where you can buy caps, shirts, jackets, and more with the Offshore Sailing logo. Visit the Lands On online store here.
Free US Sailing Membership Benefits
Your US Sailing Basic Keelboat Certification comes with a free one-year membership in this very worthwhile organization. Take a look at everything US Sailing is doing to promote the sport of sailing. This is the governing body of sailing in the United States, organized in 1897 and appointed as the sailing national governing body by Congress in 1978. In this role, US Sailing represents the U.S. in all international competitions including the Olympics. But more than that, it provides many avenues to participate in sailing and racing on a local level and continue your sailing education. When you earn US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification, you can get your International Proficiency Certificate (IPC), which enables you to skipper boats in Europe, the Med and other dream destinations overseas. Click here for more information on obtaining your IPC from US Sailing. When your membership year is up, don’t forget to renew!
BoatU.S. Membership Benefits
Our President and CEO, Doris Colgate, served on the BoatU.S. National Advisory Council for over 17 years. The BoatU.S. Foundation produced our comprehensive Learn to Sail Online Course. It’s a great organization that works hard for sailors and boaters rights. Now you are eligible to join the BoatU.S. family of over 700,000 members with a low annual membership fee. You will receive a great monthly magazine, super deals at West Marine stores, exciting sailing vacation offers, and for those of you who own boats there’s more: low cost marine insurance with low or no deductibles, discounts for Unlimited On-the-Water towing services, discounts on fuel, repairs and transient slips at over 900 marinas. Click here to start your membership today. Or click here to renew your membership. Remember to use the Offshore Sailing School promo code: GA84797B to become a member. BoatU.S. offers many discounts. Click here for a Member Service Locator and Click here to view Partner Savings.
