Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Explore deserted beaches and coves, teeming with marine life.
Monohull
Monohulls are truly a blast to sail! The feeling of heeling in a fresh breeze on a monohull, and experiencing the power of the boat as sails are trimmed tight, is magical. We pride ourselves on offering our week long live aboard courses on the most modern sailboats available.
We offer courses in the Caribbean (Grenadines and Spanish Virgin Islands), Sea of Cortez (Mexico), Tahiti and Mallorca in Spain. Each of the boats we use has a 3 or 4 cabin layout. We reserve the spacious owner’s cabin in the bow of the boat for couples travelling together.
During the course of the week aboard explore over a dozen islands while you learn how to sail and operate the boat. It’s an intensive course that will provide you with the knowledge, skills and experience to embark on your own sailing adventures, whether you dream of chartering, or of one day setting sail on your own boat.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will earn American Sailing Association certifications 101,103 and 104 (including Bareboat Charter certification!). These week long live aboard courses truly are the trip of a lifetime!
Our Destinations
Grenadines, Carribean
Discover the most beautiful and unspoilt islands in the Carribean.
Spanish Virgin Islands, Carribean
Sail and enjoy these lesser known neighbours to the BVIs.
Tahiti, South Pacific
Quintessential South Seas perfection with jagged jungle covered peaks and turquoise lagoons.
MALLORCA, SPAIN
Visit ancient towns and spectacular beaches while enjoying the vibrant Spanish culture and food.
MONOHULL
Learn to sail a monohull and earn ASA 101-104 certs.
CATAMARAN
Learn to sail a catamaran and earn ASA 101-114 certs.
OUR INSTRUCTORS - EXPERIENCED AND ENTERTAINING
Tim Geisler
Lead instructor
Currently lives in Colorado, passions include surfing, snowboarding, kiteboarding, fly fishing and photography.
Tim Geisler
Shaun Tarr
ASA Instructor
Lives in Grenada, passions include fishing, rock climbing, kiteboarding and cooking.
Shaun Tarr
Kevin Murphy
ASA Instructor
Splits his time between Alaska and Texas, passions include hunting, fishing, flying float planes, scuba diving and skiing.
Kevin Murphy
Ben Martin
ASA Instructor
Lives outside Seattle Washington, passions include brewing beer, distilling gin, kiteboarding and travel.
Ben Martin
Len Molloy
ASA Instructor
Lives in San Carlos Mexico… passions include golf and travel!
Len Molloy
Jamie Alyssa Brown
ASA Instructor
Lives in St. John in the US Virgin Islands, passions include cooking, diving for lobster, fishing and family.
Jamie Alyssa Brown
Al Van Dyke
ASA Instructor
Lives in Colorado, passions include dual sport motorbikes, kayaking, and travel.
Al Van Dyke
Tim Jenne
ASA Instructor
Currently lives in Washington state, passions include cycling, woodworking, travel, hiking and sailing.
Tim Jenne
Emmy Alsharkawi
ASA Intructor
Currently lives in Virginia, passions include travel, skydiving, photography and fishing.
Emmy Alsharkawi
BOATS USED IN THE Monohull - HIGH SPEC & WELL MAINTAINED
This new design from Beneteau is truly stunning! These boats have hard chines, a palatial cockpit, lots of light, and sail like a dream.
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Sea of Cortez, Mexico Tahiti, South Pacific Mallorca, Spain Grenadines, Caribbean
Jeanneau is a French manufacturer and they have truly helped set the industry standard with boat design. Their boats are sleek, stylish, modern and the interiors have a light, contemporary European feel to them. We love the light and feel of these boats and they sail beautifully!
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Spanish Virgin Islands, Caribbean
Like it’s smaller sibling (the 409), we LOVE these boats! They have 3 spacious cabins for guests, and a 4th cabin for crew. The hard chine and modern design means these are FAST boats under sail, and incredibly spacious and livable at anchor.
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Tahiti, South Pacific Sea of Cortez, Mexico Spanish Virgin Islands, Caribbean Mallorca, Spain Grenadines, CaribbeanOUR TEAM – ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED
If you need any further information, want to check availability or discuss anything to do with our courses – then please get in touch.
THE WORLD’S FRIENDLIEST SAILING COMMUNITY
Nautilus is like no other sailing company, and our trips are serious fun. Of course you want the certs, but we offer so much more.
We have an ever-growing list of passionate, outward bound, sailing fanatics who just love visiting new places and experiencing adventure. Every year we have several Alumni trips around the globe where past Nautilus graduates, and some of our team get together and just… you know. Sail. And Surf. And Snorkel. And Scuba…
Testimonials
“I wasn’t very familiar with boating and less with sailing. Learned a lot while still enjoying every minute of it. The Sea of Cortez was an excellent sailing destination. ” G.D., Missouri
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