Note: Mentoring is not allowed for our Laser sailboat and for Beginner Windsurfing.

How it works
Mentoring checklists
List of mentors and mentees

The mentoring program is a way for members to get certified on our fleets via the guidance and instruction of other members. This is an opportunity for experienced ones to share their skills with new-to-a-craft ones looking to get certified on that fleet. Mentoring covers the same skills as lessons, and successful completion gives members access to the fleet they were mentored on.

This alternative to taking lessons:

• is free of charge (although your mentor might appreciate a beverage or burger at The Galley, or another small token of appreciation...)
• requires flexibility to schedule times when mentor, mentee, craft and suitable conditions are available
• provides an individual learning experience through one-on-one skillsharing
• allows the mentee to allocate up a fixed number of work hours to reward their mentors
• follows a checklist specific to the craft, to ensure that all members are certified with a similar standard of safety and skill 

Our most advanced sailboats, the RS800 skiff and F18 Infusion catamaran, are accessible only through mentoring.

We have mentorship checklists for all our equipment except Beginner Windsurfing, Laser sailing, and A1 sailing (Quest with spinnaker and trapeze). This last one is under development as we are just receiving our last Quests with that gear in May 2023.

To find a mentor or a mentee, check out the list at the bottom of that page.