Plain Sailing

Sailing School

Sailing Lessons in British Columbia's Gulf Islands

Port and Starboard Buoys: There is a channel to the left. and the harbour and open sea to the right. The person at the helm of the  boat keeps the red to the right and the green to the left coming from seaward
Port and Starboard Buoys: There is a channel to the left. and the harbour and open sea to the right. The person at the helm of the boat keeps the red to the right and the green to the left coming from seaward

Let us take you on a sailing vacation adventure that you only imagined possible. Sail in British Columbia's Gulf Islands with a Certified Canadian Recreational Yachting Association Cruising Instructor. Earn cruising certification,or, complete a sailing familiarization cruise.

We offer various packages and programs from basic seamanship to coastal navigation to advanced certification. Because we are a small, owner operated sailing school, we are able to provide our customers the flexibility and individual attention they need.

 

This is Cape Town, South Africa viewed from the south.
I sailed from there to Northeastern Brazil in the fall of 2015.

Capetown

Here are the programs and packages we offer:

Plain Sailing
E.M.Hameister
3581 Country Club Drive
Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 1T8
Canada
Telephone 250 797 6989


To book your sailing adventure,make further enquiries,
or just ask sailing questions,
EMAIL to plainsailing46@gmail.com or text +1 250 797 6989.

For a listing of many marine related sites see the marine waypoints site
and a very large and interesting set of links at sailinglinks.com
and what someone else describes as the mother of all boat sitesand
Boating.com a huge boating resource.
 
Georgia Strait. 
This is a beach near Nanaimo, British Columbia looking across the Georgia Straits to the Coast Mountains on the mainland. The islands in the middle ground to the right are called the 'Five Fingers'
 

This is my boat, Estrella, acquired in 2007

new sailboat

And here is the Skipper
Eric Hameister in 2008

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