Training
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British Columbia – unrivaled wild beauty and complexity combine to make these one of the world’s most breathtaking and challenging cruising grounds.
The perfect place to train.
Whether you seek to calm harbours with live music, remote anchorages with endless stargazing, or to set sail for distant shores – our team of expert power and sail instructors will help you achieve your goals.
Choose from the courses below or email us school@cooperboating.com to create a custom program for you and your crew.
Beginners & All Boat Owners
Courses designed to build competence and skills for crew and skippers to train, refresh, and prepare for every adventure.
Online Coastal Navigation
Have a great time learning where you are and how to get to your favourite place in the playground!
Experienced & Bareboat Skippers
Immersive experiences that train skippers how to keep their vessels and crews safe in unfamiliar waters.
Intermediate Bareboat Skipper Cruise & Learn
Become a self-sufficient coastal skipper on this 7-day course.
Advanced & Adventurous
Advanced courses designed to prepare skippers to plan and execute journeys requiring high levels of self-sufficiency and skill. Perfect for skippers who dream of cruising north to Alaska, down the coast to Mexico, or making a crossing to distant shores, these boundary-pushing adventures provide experience in dynamic weather patterns, big winds, and complex tidal rapids.
10-Day Advanced Sail
Push your boundaries and explore British Columbia’s most complex areas.
Around Vancouver Island
Circumnavigate Vancouver Island’s 700 nm of picturesque coastline and cross this off your bucket list.
