Learn to Sail

Sailing Lessons & Certifications
on the San Francisco Bay.

Why Choose OCSC?

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  Class Sizes

  Our low student to teacher ratio ensures that you get just the right amount of hands-on experience. Basic Keelboat and Basic Cruising classes have a maximum of three students and one instructor per boat. While there will sometimes be less, there will never be more.

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  Instructors

  Knowing how to sail is one thing, but knowing how to teach sailing is another. OCSC’s captains are among the best qualified and most prepared teachers in the industry. We also have the largest number of instructor trainers and master instructor trainers on staff in the country.

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  Location & Campus

  OCSC Sailing is located in the heart of San Francisco Bay, directly across the Bay from the Golden Gate Bridge, in the Berkeley Marina. Our location is unique in that it allows you to be sailing in minutes in one the world’s premier sailing venues, in the best wind it has to offer.

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  US Sailing Certified School

  Our certified courses are based on the curriculum established by US SAILING, the leading national sailing certification organization. This certification is proof of your achievement and your passport to chartering boats locally or worldwide. 

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  Customer Service

  You’ll be met in the front office by a team of smiling faces who are there to help answer any questions you may have about OCSC courses, membership, chartering or any of our other services.

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  Fleet

  OCSC has over 50 professionally-maintained boats in the charter fleet, ranging in size from 24’ to 82’. Our fleet offers everything from training boats to sport boats to large yachts ideal for extended overnight cruises.

What Are Your Goals?

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  Try the Sport
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  Be a Skipper
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  US Sailing Certification
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  Performance Sailing
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  Own a Charter Yacht
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  Ocean Sailing