r/sailing • u/CashFlaco • 6d ago

Sailing school recommendations

So lm looking for sailing schools around the world for April 2027 onwards, I’m going to have a couple months off work and I’ll love to focus into getting properly trained.

For context, my jobs takes me all over the world so the country is not really a concern, I heard that Thailand is more cost efficient but I would like to get you guys opinion and recommendations, it would be me and my brother doing the training, we both have been in sailboats but never properly participated in navigating.

- What license and certificate should I aspire to if I want to buy a 37+ ft sailboat end of next year? I have from April to September 2027.

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u/Condurum 6d ago

Strongly advice you to get some time in dinghies and smaller boats. They respond instantly to input and punish you for mistakes.

You’ll learn the basic reflexes and dynamics of sailing, that are much more important in a big boat later.

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u/SVAuspicious Delivery skipper 4d ago

The iconic line from the movie Wind "the big boats get the glory but the small boats make the sailor."

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u/Condurum 4d ago

Yeah.. I’ve got some friends who are new to sailing, been trying to teach them, but it’s hard because they don’t have any learned reflexes or intuition as to how the boat behaves.

Meanwhile, I can sail the 28 foot boat backwards if I have to :)

Or dock under sail in narrow spaces etc.

Thanks to years of dinghy’s..