Refresher Course

2025 Registration Information:

The 2025 Refresher Course registration will open at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, February 13^th. You may need to "refresh" your browser to view all of the Sessions' links in the red box below as they go live. This may take about three-five minutes from opening registration as the database updates and the links appear on the website.

How To Register for the Refresher Course:

Please scroll down to the red box toward the bottom of this page. When registration opens, you'll find white hyperlinks to click on to start the registration process. You only need to register and issue payment for one Session to complete the course.

When you open a Session, you’ll find the date that you’ll be required to attend to complete the course/certification. Please be sure your calendar will permit attendance as we’re unable to “break up” the Sessions and it is unlikely we’ll be able to reschedule you should we reach capacity.

Sell Out to Capacity Situations:

As the Sessions fill, you will see when you click on the link that there are zero spaces remaining available for that Session. However, there will be a "Join Waitlist" button available. We strongly recommend that you keep moving through the links until you find an open Session and secure your registration. Each Refresher Course class size is only four students, so we typically reach sell out to capacity quickly.

Membership Requirement:

As a current DC Sail Member, you’ll need to maintain/renew your Membership in order to take the class. Should your renewal date become due prior to your lesson, our database sends out a few “courtesy” reminder renewal notices to Members as the renewal date approaches, so you’ll know when to take care of the renewal.

Please be advised that in July 2024, our Board of Directors adopted a policy to temporarily suspend accepting new Members as we are at a capacity situation based on our limited fleet size. If, and when this changes, you'll see the "Membership" tab re-appear on our website.

We look forward to welcoming you to DC Sail's Refresher Course!

Thank You!

(Membership with DC Sail is required in order to register for the Refresher Course. )

The Refresher Course lessons will resume in April 2025 and will only run until late June 2025. 

Want to brush up on your sailing sailing skills after a long winter or quite a few years off the water? Take DC Sail's Refresher Course! This course is offered Saturday mornings from 10 am - 1 pm.

The Refresher Course is designed to have an open curriculum allowing students to identify the sailing skills they wish to practice. The session is four students to one instructor on a Flying Scot.

Refresher Courses are held from the start of our sailing season through June and are posted below. 

Cost: $135.00 for Basic Members, or one complimentary lesson per year for Admiral, Lifetime and Super Members.

Registration: Please select the lesson via the link in the red box below and proceed with registration.

DC SAIL CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

• Requests for cancellation 30+ days from start date would receive a full refund.
• Requests for cancellation within 30 days to 14 days from the start date would receive a 75% refund.
• Requests for cancellations with less than 14 days prior to the start date would be non-refundable. *Consideration of extraordinary circumstances will be at the discretion of the Executive Director.