Sail Vancouver Island

Courses Available: ASA 105 and 106

Earn your ASA 105 and 106 while weaving through Vancouver Island’s intricate channels, from sheltered Gulf Island anchorages to open stretches of the Salish Sea. Each day, you move beyond basics into true command: planning and executing coastal passages, timing tidal gates and currents, plotting around reefs, and using paper charts alongside GPS and radar. Underway, you practise docking in working harbours, setting and resetting anchors, managing crew and onboard systems, and making smart decisions when the weather turns up. Between drills, grab a dockside coffee, watch whales and sea lions off the bow, or hike to a lookout as the sun sinks over the strait. By week’s end, you are not just reading the coast with confidence, you are running the boat like a skipper ready for self-reliant cruising on any rugged shore.