There's a whole wide world of blue water beyond the Golden Gate, but you need to study navigation and passagemaking to sail it. Then sail under the bridge and enter the vast and amazing world of the wide-open Pacific Ocean.
Coastal and Offshore Experiences and Adventures
Daysail Out the Gate Depending on the conditions, navigate in the shipping lanes or up the Marin coast.	Farallones One-Day Adventure Get a taste of classic schooner sailing and get to know the wildlife of the Farallones, 25 miles off the coast.
Drake's Bay Two-Day Adventure Spend a whole weekend sailing the old-fashioned way, following the blue water path of Sir Francis Drake.	Ocean Adventure This 5 day, 4 night 'ocean sail' is the perfect way to gain more coastal and offshore experience.
Courses to prepare you for Coastal Cruising:
Coastal Navigation While in earlier courses you'll learn the basics of navigation, in this course you'll master all the subtle secrets of the most ancient of maritime skills.	Coastal Passagemaking Between here and Acapulco, rocky shores and fog can challenge even the most seasoned sailors. Learn safe long distance coastal cruising in the most challenging section of coast in the US.
Courses to prepare you for Offshore Cruising:
Celestial Navigation Sailing by the stars, as our ancestors did, is both an art and a science. Learn to sail your way from the Big Dipper to the Southern Cross. This is also a prerequisite for our Offshore Passagemaking course.	Offshore Passagemaking Open sea calls. If you plan to join the rugged sailing elite and cross an ocean blue, then you need to challenge your hard-earned skills off the coast of California.