ISPA Sailing Courses & Powerboat Courses - Pricing

FLYING BULLDOG SAILING SCHOOL Vancouver is a Transport Canada approved Recreational Boating School (RBS) that specializes in delivering ISPA Sailing Courses and Power Boating Training From Beginner to Ocean Master. We operate out of the Port of Nanaimo, BC, and explore all the scenic waters of Coastal British Columbia including the Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands, Desolation Sound, the Queen Charlottes, Puget Sound and the West Coast of Vancouver Island. 

Our flagship is Warlock, a Baltic 51 centreboard cutter blue-water sail training yacht that is well equipped for offshore passage making and single-handed sailing.

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There is NO ONLINE BOOKING on this website. This allows us to communicate with you directly to identify and understand your needs and how we can meet them.

Please email: john.garfitt@gmail.com or call 

604-760-7021 for fastest response.

ISPA Competent Crew Sail and Power Boat Courses are for novice sailors and are offered in a 5 day Cruise & Learn format aboard Warlock in the Gulf and San Juan Islands. There are no boating experience prerequisites. Just come ready to learn and enjoy the sailing lifestyle. 

C$1650+ GST, all inclusive. 

Great food, fuel and course manuals are included and registration with ISPA is processed on course completion.

ISPA Day Skipper Sail and Power Boat Courses are offered in a 5 day Cruise & Learn format. Courses generally start on Saturdays or Mondays throughout the year in the waters between Texada Island and Victoria including the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands. 

The Day Skipper prerequisite is Competent Crew or equivalent practical experience. DS is the minimum qualification most boating, yacht charter companies require in order to bareboat charter. 

C$1650 + GST,  all inclusive 

Great food, fuel and course manuals are included and registration with ISPA is processed on course completion. 

Combined ISPA Competent Crew and Day Skipper is one of our most popular ISPA Sailing Courses. It is offered as both sail and power boating courses. 

CC/DS is offered in a 6 day Cruise & Learn format in the waters between Texada Island and Victoria including the Gulf Islands and San Juans.

C$1850 + GST,  all inclusive 

Great food, fuel and course manuals are included. Registration with ISPA is processed on successful course completion.

ISPA Coastal Navigator Shore-Based Course is a self-study correspondence boating course that students can complete at their own pace.

The cost is $225 + GST. This includes everything you need to complete the course: course workbook, plotting instruments, Chart 1, Chart 3441 and online support.

The ISPA Coastal Navigator practical component can be completed while sailing on an ISPA  Coastal Skipper Cruise & Learn course in the waters between Texada Island and Victoria including the Gulf Islands and the San Juans once the shore-based component has been completed.

There are no ISPA Sailing Courses that are prerequisites for the shore-based correspondence course. It is one of the best boating courses to complete during the winter months. 

ISPA Coastal Skipper Sail and Power Boat Courses are offered in a 5 day Cruise & Learn format in the waters between Texada Island and Victoria including the Gulf Islands and San Juans.

Course prerequisite is Day Skipper, Coastal Navigator shore-based course, basic First-Aid, ROC-M restricted marine radio operator licence.

NB: There is a heavy emphasis on Coastal Navigation in this course. Candidates must either bring their completed ISPA Coastal Navigator workbook and chart exercises with them or show proof of Coastal Navigator equivalent certification.

C$1850 + GST,  all inclusive 

Great food, fuel, course workbook and registration with ISPA are included.