- All ages Ages All ages
- Up to 3 people Occupancy Up to 3 people
- 3-day course Duration 3-day course
Learn the fundamentals of coastal cruising in Warwick with a 3-day certification course. Courses fill up fast so be sure reserve in advance!
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Learn the fundamentals of coastal cruising in Warwick with a 3-day certification course. Courses fill up fast so be sure reserve in advance!
Open up a new world of excitement and adventure and get your Basic Keelboat Certification with our excellent guides in Boston. No experience necessary!
Set sail for more distant horizons when you come aboard our floating classroom for a 3-day intermediate cruising certification course. Be sure to reserve your course in advance!
Get ready to sail the high seas once you’ve completed our advanced bareboat sailing course that covers 4 days and 3 nights on a boat!
Learn to sail with us in Warwick in a fun sailing course where you’ll enjoy 2 days and 1 night aboard our luxurious catamaran!
Since opening our doors in 2008, we have been nationally recognized as “ASA Outstanding School” in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (every year this award was offered) AND “ASA Outstanding Instructor” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (x2 staff), 2015, 2016 (x2 staff), 2018, 2019 & 2020. No other sailing school in New England has earned such recognition, and this puts our program in the top 1.5% of our competition worldwide!
As a student at Black Rock Sailing School, you will receive world-class sailing instruction on the best training boats available and receive internationally recognized American Sailing Association (ASA) certifications upon successful course completion. We specialize in training our students at the highest level; whether they dream of bareboat chartering a yacht in exotic locations around the world, or wish to simply explore their local cruising grounds. We offer year-round instruction with a full spectrum of sailing courses in Boston, MA, Warwick, RI, and advanced live-aboard courses held in the Caribbean all winter.
Enjoy any of our ASA certification lessons with a women-only crew!
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When you become a member of our sailing club you’ll enjoy unlimited access to the highest quality fleet in New England! Our membership options can accommodate a range of budgets and needs!
We only accept late model designs that are modern, fast, and fun – yet safe, extremely comfortable, and impossible to capsize. Our fleet ranges from 26ft day sailors to 36ft coastal cruising and daysailing yachts. Higher-level memberships can include all smaller boat usage too!
If you are considering taking some sailing instruction do yourself a favor and just sign up with Black Rock Sailing. They are friendly, the location is excellent and they have some outstanding equipment to learn on. The knowledge and experience that you will gain from the instructors is well worth it. ASA 101. Will be returning for ASA 103 and ASA104.
– Jake W. | YelpIf you want to learn to sail with a focus on cruising, Black Rock is the place for you. Brenton and Paul have taken me from basic keel boat through bareboat, navigation, and catamarans. I've learned a ton, and had a ton of fun doing it.
– Dail R. | FacebookI've been sailing for several years, but this greatly improved my confidence in my own abilities and allowed me to work on some techniques that I wasn't familiar with. I'd recommend the program to anyone who wants to learn to sail or to brush up on skills.
– Yolande H. | YelpInstructors are great. No shortcuts on the ASA material. Lots of personal experience and wisdom also shared. Took ASA 101, 103, 104 & 114 this summer and every experience was awesome! I walked away with great confidence in my sailing.
– Bob O. | FacebookThe instructor we had was fantastic and was able to add analogies to situations, which greatly sped up my understanding of wind and the general aspect of sailing. VERY much looking forward to Phase 2 in the Caribbean!
– Dave T. | Facebook