BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SAILING AT CAMANO POWER AND SAILTable of Contents for Camano Sail and Power website
Whether you are interested in small sailboats/dinghys or big
boats/keelboats, Camano Sail and Power has something for you. We
offer sailing instruction and sailboat rental and chartering.
If you are new or returning to sailing after a time away and
would like to become involved in our small boat program, or even if you
have any doubts about the sanity or usefulness of learning to sail in
very small sailboats, please start here with our Small Boat Introduction and Philosophy . If after reading that, sailing small boats still sounds interesting, then continue by reading our statement of goals, costs etc. All of Camano Sail and Power's programs take place at the waterfront area of Camano Island State Park. To
Our program schedule is controlled by the weather. We begin when
the last of the big winter/spring storms seem to have abated, generally
in April, and continue on a Wednesday-Sunday schedule until the fall
storms return, usually in October. We can be contacted at camanosail@camano.net or 425-314-9824.
Camano Sail and Power offers sailboat instruction
and chartering for youth and adults in small sailboats, commonly known
as "dinghys" ranging from the 8-feet long Optimist ("Opti"),
8 or 10-feet Walker Bay to the 13-feet
long single-handed international Laser to the 14-feet long
international Laser >> ("Laser II or Laser 2"). We also offer basic keelboat instruction and chartering in our Hobie 33, a ULDB (ultra light displacement boat) monohull keelboat.