Sail Nelson
The natural choice.
Sailing Sampler
Are you just looking to get out on the water to see if sailing is for you? Then let our staff take you out for a 3-hour or 6-hour Sailing Sampler! It will be just the unique Nelson experience you are looking for!
Sail Training
Our learn to sail courses are taught on sailboats between 24-27 feet. You will not spend any time in the water during our courses! Unless we anchor and swim of course!
Coastal Navigation
Learn how to safely navigate your vessel in unfamiliar waters with our Coastal Navigation course! Learn the fine art of plotting, chart-reading, taking bearings and much more!
2019 Travis McGregor Seamanship Award Recipient – Graham Toews
Congratulations to Graham Toews who is the recipient of the 2019 Travis McGregor Seamanship Award! Graham joined the Sail Nelson family in May of 2018 when he took his Basic Cruising course with his wife Pauline. He was so enthused with his sailing experience…
Canadian Safe Boating Awards —> WINNER!
I am very proud to announce that Sail Nelson is the recipient of Canada’s Best Boating Safety Initiative Award for 2019! What is the Best Boating Safety Initiative Award? The Best Boating Safety Initiative award is a Canadian Safe Boating Council award. This award…
The beginning… my teaching philosophy from 2017
I am currently finishing up my BC Provincial Instructor Diploma. In writing up my final essay I came across my teaching philosophy statement that I was asked to write when I started the program. This was back in 2017, before I launched Sail Nelson…
