The Keys · Key West
Catamaran charter operation at Stock Island Marina Village with an ASA school built in, teaching Basic Keelboat through catamaran cruising on multi-day training cruises. Courses run as customized liveaboards toward the Dry Tortugas, the Marquesas, or the Bahamas.
The fleet is seven named cruising catamarans, 38 to 48 feet, based at Stock Island Marina Village, and the school works the way the charters do: as multi-day liveaboard cruises, customized to the students, with the curriculum woven into real passages. A course here can run west to the Marquesas and the Dry Tortugas, the emptiest cruising water in Florida, or across to the Bahamas.
The certification list covers Basic Keelboat (101) through Basic Coastal Cruising (103), Bareboat Cruising (104), and, fittingly for an all-cat fleet, Cruising Catamaran (114), taught private or group by ASA-certified, USCG-licensed captains. For a student who already knows the destination is a chartered catamaran, learning on a 40-footer with the anchorages included is the direct route.
The charter side runs day trips through week-long crewed and bareboat bookings on the same boats, with kayaks, paddleboards, and snorkel gear aboard. Veterans get ten percent off the 101.
The Keys · Key Largo
ASA school on Buttonwood Sound, teaching from the Key Lime Sailing Club cottages at mile marker 99. Courses run on demand 363 days a year; stay in a cottage, learn on Florida Bay, and keep sailing the club's Catalina 22s free after you certify.
The Keys · Marathon
Middle-Keys ASA school running the full coastal-cruising pathway from Basic Keelboat through Advanced Coastal Cruising out of Marathon.
The Keys · Key West
Key West ASA school sailing from Stock Island since 2014, in classes of two to four on the calm Gulf side of the island. Veterans train at no charge one weekend a month through the winter season.