Women are under-represented in the sport. Sailing is a great opportunity to demonstrate leadership and build and develop teams - key skills in leading people whether it be in your profession or community.
America Blu offers a free 8 week racing course targeted to women. The course consists of 4 weeks classroom lectures on boat handling and racing tactics and 4 weeks of a combination of classroom and on the water training. The course is not intended as a basic sailing course. Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of sailing and/or have attended a basic sailing course. It's intended for women who want to advance in competitive sailing and want to be more than a passive participant.
As part of the training, America Blu does train men as the ultimate goal is to advance women in sailing not necessarily create all women sailing teams.
