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Welcome to my 5-part learn to sail curriculum. My objective is to help get new sailors on sailboats and help them become proficient crew and skippers who can confidently navigate a practice course or beer can racing course with other sailboats. Click here to learn more.

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Part 1: Learn to Sail

  • Course
  • 5 Lessons

This 30-minute course prepares first-time sailors for their first ride or lesson on a sailboat. I explain how a sailboat works, wind awareness, basic rules of the road, what to bring, and some important safety considerations.

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Crew Training

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Part 2: The Jib

  • Course
  • 23 Lessons

Learn how to crew on a two-person dinghy. This course centers around the jib and your role in the front of the boat. We'll set up a practice course and teach you what you need to know as crew as we navigate each part of the course. We'll hold off on the spinnaker until you are proficient with the fundamentals I've outlined here in Part 2.
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Part 3: The Spinnaker

  • Course
  • 12 Lessons

We're going to sail around the same practice course and continue to work on the skills we covered in Part 2, except now we're going to flying the chute.
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Skipper Training

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Part 4: The Tiller

  • Course
  • 16 Lessons

Whether we are sailing a practice course or racing casually at beer can events, everyone on my boat gets to drive the at least once. Here's what you need to know before you take the tiller.
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Part 5: Right of Way

  • Course
  • 19 Lessons

When sharing the practice course or racing with other boats, sail with confidence by knowing the most common right-of-way rules applications at each part of the course. It also includes some tactical options you might want to consider in those situations to avoid fouls.
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Content Creation

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How We Make Sailing Videos

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  • Course
  • 8 Lessons

This course shows you how we make sailing videos with drones, action cameras, pocket cameras, wireless mics, and edit videos in davinci resolve.
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Creativity Award

US Sailing awarded Eric the Creativity Award at St. Pete Beach, FL. Listen to the acceptance speech here. Video courtesy of Tyler Andrews.