Since opening our doors in 2008, we have been nationally recognized as “ASA Outstanding School” 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (every year this award was offered) AND “ASA Outstanding Instructor” 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (x2), 2015, 2016 (x2), 2018, 2019, 2020. No other sailing school in New England has earned such recognition, and this puts our program in the top 1.5% of our competition world-wide!
Quality – Not Quantity!
At Black Rock Sailing School, you will obtain world-class sailing instruction and gain access to New England’s youngest fleet of high quality sailing club boats within Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Our students and annual sailing club members enjoy reciprocity between all of our locations.
We specialize in daysailing, coastal cruising, bareboat charter certification, women’s-only courses, docking, navigation, performance cruising, and “adventure cruising” experiences along the New England coastline and beyond.
Our school is the perfect match for those who wish to daysail around their local waters, explore the New England coastline by boat, bareboat charter in exotic locations, or enjoy the thrill of an offshore passage to Bermuda.
We offer ASA 101 and 103 courses EVERY Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, Saturday, Sunday out of our Massachusetts and Rhode Island locations May – October. More advanced courses are available throughout the year in both New England and in the Virgin Islands (see our schedule).
Our ASA graduates can get a 15% discount when joining our sailing club to practice their new skills aboard our boats!
Our small sailing club is designed to provide our customers with inexpensive boat access aboard boats that you will be proud to sail. You can enjoy day sailors and moderate sized cruising yachts capable of extended trips along the coast – at a fraction of the cost of ownership. Higher levels of membership provide access to all smaller boats as well!
If you are serious about learning how to sail, or are looking to join a high quality sailing club in Boston Harbor or Narragansett Bay, we are confident that Black Rock Sailing School should be your choice!
A Winning Formula!
Since 1991, Black Rock’s founder has been mentored by leaders in the sailing school industry, and since 1995, he has managed or owned award winning sailing schools in New England and in the Caribbean year-round. This experience and knowledge is passed along to members of this already talented staff each year.
We have always sacrificed growth for high standards, and waiting to hire only the best instructor candidates has been paying off. Black Rock Sailing School is the place to go if you would like to learn how to sail – at any level!
We keep our program small so that we can focus on quality – not quantity. We are not a sailing school “factory” like our larger competitors who must feed their huge sailing clubs and racing programs, and we are not a yacht brokerage firm and/or charter company disguised as a sailing school trying to ultimately sell more boats.
We have never lost our focus, and will always be a sailing school first. Please visit our website to learn more about our program!
