Learn Sailboat Racing
Competitive Sailors Win with Go-Fast Sailing Techniques
Our sailboat racing classes provide the knowledge and skills to enjoy sailboat racing. In Offshore Sailing School Performance Sailing and Sailboat Racing Courses, you learn to master go fast sailing techniques with sailboat performance and sailing safety in mind.
Steve Colgate, Chairman and Founder of Offshore Sailing School, started Performance Race Weeks in 1967 in partnership with a group from One Design & Offshore Yachtsman magazine (now called Sailing World). His techniques and format continue today with courses offered every year since the 1967 debut. Experts on each boat teach you go-fast sailing skills that will put you in the winner’s circle back home. Check out 2025 Performance Race Week® Racing Clinic on Ft. Myers Beach, FL and sign up today to learn how to sail fast and WIN with Offshore Sailing School.
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OSS 102 – Florida Performance Sailing Courses
This sailboat racing class is the next step up from OSS 101 Learn to Sail Certification Courses. Performance Sailing Courses– OSS 102 cover advanced sailing techniques with emphasis on sail trim, crew and boat performance, reading the wind and utilizing headers and shifts to lead the pack, and so much more. An Offshore Sailing School Performance Sailing Course also expands and solidifies knowledge and confidence levels needed when experiencing heavy-air sailing. Even if your ultimate goal is cruising, you’ll find performance sailing lessons invaluable in re-establishing your understanding of sailing.
“It was one of the most challenging and satisfying weeks! We came away feeling deeply ‘grounded’ in our knowledge of better sailing techniques. And setting the spinnaker was a blast. A fantastic week!”
Laura Briggs and Dave Brown – Camby, IN
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OSS 101/102 – Fast Track® to Performance Sailing
Fast Track® to Performance Sailing, our new 5-day combination course, includes three days learning to sail, immediately followed by two days of go-fast skills, maximizing crew, sails, wind, and boat performance. If you already have US Sailing Basic Keelboat or equivalent experience learned in Offshore Sailing School’s 101 Learn to Sail course, you may sign up for just5 the 3-day Performance Sailing Course.
