This weekend was the Grand Opening of our new location at 4695 Admiralty Way in Marina del Rey. It was a busy weekend and we had a lot of people stopping by to check out the boats, the retail store and the new sailing school. Check out the virtual tour and more pictures after the jump.

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Open Sailing ran it’s first Open 5.70 Boot Camp – 4 days of intensive coaching on the water targeted towards Open 5.70 owners. The course covers everything from rigging the boat, boat handling skills and racing strategy, tactics and rules. The goal is to make the owners more confident on the boat and improve their results on the race course.

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Jerome and Nik recently took and passed the ASA Keelboat Instructor Clinic. They are now both certified to teach keelboat sailing and award students with an ASA Basic Keelboat Certifcation (ASA 101).

In January next year Open Sailing will be opening a High Performance Sailing School in Marina del Rey, CA. The entry level course will be ASA Basic Keelboat Sailing. Subsequent courses will educate the student in all aspects of sailing related to racing including; Asymmetrical Spinnakers, Racing Tactics, Performance Sail Trim, and others. All the courses are being developed to create confident and competitive keel boat racers. The basic courses will be taught on the exciting Open 5.70 and the more advanced courses will introduce the students to the extreme Open 6.50.

Feel free to contact us if you’d like more information.