Located bayside in Key Largo, this ideal setting at the beginning of the Florida Keys will turn your lifetime "learn to sail" dreams into the vacation of a lifetime! Our competent and patient instructors will carefully walk or sail you through each part of the comprehensive curriculum.
Whether it is in our Tiki hut or the comfort of your own cabin; the lessons will thoroughly prepare you for your advancement to your own Catalina or O'Day 22 for the exciting, on the water part of the course. Just scan through the content for the Basic Sailing Course below to see the wealth of sailing knowledge you will gain from this program.
The programmed learning approach to this course will enable you and your partner to learn from each other as well as gaining from the instructor's extensive sailing and teaching experience. Additional family members may join you two in the course for only an additional $100 per head.
The American Sailing Academy is very proud to have been chosen as the first approved sailing school by the Extreme Sports Institute. This online program will not only enable you to prepare for the course through online learning in the comfort of your own home; but also, award you with a 10% discount upon presentation of your course completion certificate.
Put all of these outstanding learning environment components together on the cool, protected waters of Buttonwood Sound; and, we feel quite certain you will easily see how your "learn to sail" dreams can be turned into reality.
USCG Sailmaster and Extreme Sports Principal
Captain Joe Dyll, with a back-ground based on over 40 years sailing experience in both the USA and Australia. A few of the boats he owned included a Thunderbird,range of beach cats, red baron cruising cat, Crowther Impala trimaran(first tri to circumnavigate Australia), Crowther Spindrift 37 and 45, And Corsair F27 and F31. As well as extensive cruising in multihulls he has a few Brisbane to Gladstone races under his belt in addition to several seasons racing in Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, Lake Erie, Pymatuning Lake (in Western Pa.) and Florida. While in Perth, he worked with Alan Bond (America's Cup winner). While working for Bond, he was the Director responsible for starting Australia's first private university - Bond University (just Google Joe Dyll). It was there he originated the idea of the online Extreme Sports Institute as his own business development project. He also hold a USCG Master Mariner's license for coastal work; as well as a sailing and and towing endorsement.
