Quick Details
No Certification. Ideal for first-time sailors. Many smiles for all 9 and older! A short introduction and 3 hours of hands-on instruction on the boat. We pride ourselves on SAFE and FUN LEARNING! This will be active and entertaining for all ages. Safety equipment and type II USCG life jackets are included.
Basic Sailing Terminology
Wind awareness and weather patterns
Operation:
Put up the sail and take it down
Maintaining boat control at the helm
Sail around the harbor learning to tack and jibe.
Planning a course and return to the dock.
The lesson begins at the scheduled time with an introduction and listening to understand your expectations and goals. Your instructor will make a customized suggestion to meet your goals.
Depart from the dock
Sail to near by islands finding the best wind
Return to the dock
Safety equipment and life jackets PFD Type V.
3 hours with the instructor and the boat.
We are open Memorial Day to Mid September. The lake level must be high enough to launch the boats.
Most of the summer the best wind is 10–15 knots out of the east on high pressure days—blue skies and light white fluffy clouds. This condition causes a thermal from the warming land pulling the cool air off of the lake.
The best sailing area is in the bay between the Dayton shoreline, Wild Horse Island, and Big Arm Bay where the winds are fairly consistent. However; this is Montana weather and it can change and there can be weather events that may change the daily schedule. We closely monitor this and will be sending you a confirmation 7 days before the lesson to verify the conditions are safe or if we need to reschedule.
You may cancel or no show, at any time subject to the following penalties:
Any cancellations more than 60 days prior to the start time of 10% of the payment collected.
Any cancellations between 60 and 30 days prior to the start time 50% of the payment collected.
Cancellation or no show, less than 30 days prior to the start time 100% of the payment collected.
If YOU choose to change the date of your reservation to a different date a $100 rebooking fee will apply. We will send you a gift card for $100 less than what you paid to be used for booking alternate date.
Cancellations must be notified to us by phone or email and confirmed for approval. The penalties will be calculated from the date we receive your cancellation.
We may need to cancel a course due to unforeseen circumstances or natural events outside the control of Go Sail Partners, LLC including but not limited to lake wind advisories, thunderstorms, heavy rain, extreme cold, or high wind areas. We send you a gift card of the value so you can book an alternative date.
We reserve the right to cancel a trip at any time without reason. If we cancel without reason, we shall return all collected payments paid by you.