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Welcome to Afterguard - The fun, affordable and intelligent choice for sailing courses! (510) 535-1954 Afterguard provides excellent courses from the beginning, successive and any missed steps for your preparation to reach goals of fantastic sailing experiences. ASA (American Sailing Association Certification courses) are our base line of courses to guide your education - complimented by Only At Afterguard series to round out knowledge and confidence. We help many launch fully equipped and ready to meet the challenges, from family sailing on nice days to the spirited San Francisco Bay, World Wide Vacation Chartering or goals of Ocean Dreams. With Afterguard's policy of "No Yelling", those who learn from Afterguard instructors can become fully prepared, confident and competent make dreams of sailing a reality without a harsh edge! Afterguard makes learning fun. Afterguard offers boat rentals with a 30 boat fleet of several sizes and types. We offer City View skippered charters for the waters of San Francisco Bay leaving from the East Bay and Treasure Island. Our sailing clubs offer fun opportunities to enjoy and practice sailing plus meet other sailors. On San Francisco Bay waters, the conditions are textbook perfect (owner Captain Mary SwiftSwan helped write both of ASA's Basic textbooks!) Afterguard is unique in the teaching and chartering business. We have a dual business - The Academy works with ages 6-86, we work with families but mostly adults. Our Foundation supports the inner city youth programs. Afterguard is committed to empowering youth through a for-credit weekly high school youth program plus Summer Camps. The two efforts are very complimentary to make boating more affordable and accessible from the East Bay. Call, send an email or come on in and see us. We look forward to seeing you on the water! |
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"Everyone at Afterguard has been amazing. I like the laid back atmosphere and never once felt like I was looked down on or out of place because I was a newbie. Everyone was very patient with me and they are SO knowledgeable, I just tried to soak up as much info from everyone as I could and I had a blast doing it." - Nora S., ASA 101 Student |
AFTERGUARD FOUNDATION News! Aftergaurd Sailing Foundation (ASF) has expanded our relationship with The Bay Area Boating Council. Boats donated to this fine group are finding their way to our docks for update and reactivation. We've added J-24 (Spirit), Cal 25 (Burning Desire), Ranger 26 (Harmattan), Erickson 32 (Bay Dreamer), Pearson 35 (Karma) to our keelboat fleet. The boats are being prepared for the Open house and summer camps by our staff, youth interns and volunteers. "Destination Graduation" - Street Academy HS youth have enjoyed their use. Summer keelboat camps will also appreciate these boats. |
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First weekday course gets Zoomed by America's Cup 72s Summer Week long camps - adults and youth.
During the first weekday course the Central Bay Sailing portion had a special treat. Two America's Cup teams were out practicing on their 72' cats. Man those boats go fast. Nico Colomb said, "Wow - let's race." As the boats flew by. Oracle's newly launched 72 went by with a hull in the air as if we were in slow motion. Oracle will be out most every day till the race begins. Artemis crossed tacks with us two times. Weekday 101-103 and Summer Camps will be realy fun this summer. Weekends these boats practice less, but students and charterers still might see them fly by.
Announcement. Spring Open House is set for May 18th. Sail times are 12 noon, 2pm, and 4pm. Reservations are required. Boat tours from 12-4. This is a chance to tour and selectively sail boats from our fleet. Enjoy our lovely location. Those with a Reservation can join the BBQ in the Afternoon.We'd love to hear from you. Call to reserve your spot on a boat today or let Cpt Mary and Crew know you will be stopping in.
