Getting Started

Congratulations on your interest in learning to sail, or in improving your sailing skills. The American Sailing Association is the world's foremost organization dedicated to training, teaching and certifying schools, instructors and sailing enthusiasts. WayPoint Sailing Academy is pleased to be certified as the first ASA training facility in Western Canada. WayPoint students know they are getting the most rigorous, safety-first education and the best sailing instruction available.

WayPoint Sailing Academy give sailors of all experience levels an opportunity to become more competent and confident in their abilities. If you choose to venture beyond the basics, we'll expand your horizons by teaching you to navigate with electronics and with the stars. Become certified at advanced or offshore levels and the world's oceans will become your highways and by-ways. You can learn it all or select the things that interest you the most. Selecting WayPoint assures you of professional training and the best value for your sail education dollar.

ASA affiliated schools now graduate and certify thousands of new sailors annually - sailors who learn faster, learn more and have more fun sailing in more new places. They choose ASA schools because they want to follow a proven curriculum in a professional, supportive learning environment under the direction of certified instructors. WayPoint Sailing Academy can assure you of the same quality sailing education when you attend any of our certification facilities.

Preview the WayPoint ASA beginner's level instructional DVD, Sailing Fundamentals. Narrated by world famous racing sailor, Peter Isler, the program follows a student from introduction to the boat to his/her first solo sail. A great way to see and feel the boat and its equipment in action.

Take a look at a short clip from the Sailing Fundamentals DVD.
Please allow a couple of minutes for the video clip to download

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