Inland & ICW · Orlando
Orlando's ASA venue, a full-service marina teaching Basic Keelboat on spring-fed Lake Fairview aboard Com-Pac keelboats. Fifteen-hour courses spread over several sessions, usually two to three weeks, in groups of up to four or private.
This is where Orlando learns to sail a keelboat: a full-service marina on the east shore of Lake Fairview, a spring-fed lake ten minutes north of downtown, teaching ASA Basic Keelboat (101) on a Com-Pac 23. The course runs fifteen hours spread over several sessions, with most students finishing in two to three weeks, in groups of two to four students or as private instruction.
An inland lake is a legitimately good classroom. The water is flat, the shoreline is always close, and a student can spend the hours on tacking and boat handling instead of managing chop, with the marina’s docks right there for the docking drills that matter most later.
The lessons are co-marketed under the Sailing Orlando brand, which runs tours from the same docks, and the marina around the school handles the rest of the boating spectrum: sailboat and pontoon rentals, storage, repair, and a ship store. For anyone in Orlando who wants the 101 certificate without driving to a coast, this is the option. Veterans, active military, and reservists claim a discount on it through ASA’s Veterans Sailing Education Program.
Inland & ICW · Merritt Island
Space Coast ASA school on the Indian River / ICW, covering Basic Keelboat through Coastal Navigation alongside day-sail and sunset charters out of Harbortown Marina.
Inland & ICW · Merritt Island
Melges Performance Sailboats' teaching and regatta base in Kelly Park East on the Banana River, Merritt Island. Spark Sailing Academy for ages 7 to 12, adult learn-to-sail weekends, private lessons on Melges 14s, 15s and 19s, and MC Scow, Melges 15 and 19 winter series.