I invite you to call or visit and we will be happy to answer your questions and give you a tour of the yachts and facilities. If you already know you want to learn to sail or improve your skills, let us help you choose the right class.

If you just want to give sailing a try we've created a couple of easy and inexpensive ways to take the first step. Every Wednesday evening we have a two hour sail and once each month there is a four hour sail and BBQ on a Saturday. Either way, under the guidance of a professional instructor you'll step aboard one of our 30 foot cruising yachts, raise sails and slip around the breakwater to discover the best sailing in the United States - right here on San Francisco Bay!

You may say to yourself, "What have I been waiting for? I can do this! In fact I probably could do this for the rest of my life! There is nothing hard about it. I don't need to own a boat. I can take lessons at my own pace. I can go sailing anytime I want, for a few hours or days at a time. I can take my friends and family on a bareboat charter vacation in the Caribbean or Tahiti and skipper the boat myself. I can ........"

If sailing is for you, you can do anything you want, all you have to do is take the first step. Give us a call today or stop by and visit.We are here for you when you are ready to go sailing.

Best regards,

Anthony Sandberg
President, OCSC Inc.

Choosing the right sailing school is more than just finding a place to take a class. Sailing opens up a whole new world for you, your friends and family. You want to find a facility that gives you the lifestyle as well as the sport.

OCSC knows this better than anyone! We pioneered the "club concept" 17 years ago. Our focus is to provide you with instant access to every phase of the sport without requiring boat ownership.

At OCSC you learn from professionals. You choose from an excellent fleet of charter yachts. You are certified to bareboat charter anywhere in the world. And you connect with a great group of like minded enthusiasts, at social activities and special events.

OCSC's central San Francisco Bay location places you in sailing conditions that are the envy of sailors nationwide. For learning, the steady, consistent winds on Berkeley's Olympic Circle create an ideal training environment and your sailing backdrop is the beautiful San Francisco skyline, the bay'smost prominent islands and the alluring Golden Gate.

Sailor magazine said,
"OCSC's location gives its sailors instant access to some of the finest sailing on the planet."

GREAT INSTRUCTORS

• OCSC instructors are US Coast Guard licensed and US Sailing certified professionals.
• Each instructor has been thoroughly screened for outstanding seamanship and communications skills (less than one in twenty applicants make thegrade).
• We thoroughly train them in the successful teaching methods OCSC has developed.
• The twenty-five men and women who make up the OCSC instructional staff are simply the best qualified and best prepared teachers in the industry.
• Our instructors average at least 5 years with us. You will find them all to be patient, caring guides who will share your enthusiam and excitement about sailing and each new skill you master.

THE BEST TRAINING PROGRAM
At OCSC we combine our extraordinary location, the smallest class sizes in the industry and state of the art equipment with a curriculum that is thorough and efficient.

Our modular training program consists of a progressive ladder of individual classes, each dovetailed to the next with clearly defined expectations and certifications. You may slip into the program at a level appropriate for your current skills.

And you can stay overnight aboard for FREE !

You may select any services at the standard rates or enjoy a 25% discount as a member. Our unique Guaranteed Certification Packages make bareboat chartering anywhere in the world as simple as 1,2,3. OCSC has made sailing easy and affordable.

Class Size: Maximum 3 students per instructor on a J24.
Prerequisites: None
Curriculum includes: Sailing Theory, Nautical Terminology, Rigging, Basic Knots, Finding Wind Direction, Coming About, Points of Sail, Gybing, Reefing, Docking & Departure, Quick Turn Crew Overboard Recovery, Docking and Mooring under Sail, Right of way, Equipment Regulation, Tides & Currents, Aids to Navigation, Chart Reading and more

Sign up for BK Week or BK I & II together and receive all inclusive training, reviews, testing, guaranteed certification and US SAILING membership for one fixed cost.

BASIC CRUISING PACKAGE
- To competently skipper an auxiliary sailboat on San Francisco Bay.
2 weekends (BC I/ BC II) or a 5 day sailing camp (BC Week).

Class Size: Maximum 3 students per instructor on a J24.
Prerequisites: BK Certification
Curriculum includes: Advanced Sailing Theory, Managing Heel & Weather Helm, Sail Shape & Rig Control, Sailing in Close Quarters, Heavy Weather Techniques, Sail Changes Under Way, Heaving To, Reefing Underway, Person Overboard Drill, Anchorages & Anchoring, Handling Emergencies, Course Plotting and Fixes, Steering by the Compass and more

Sign up for BC Week or BC I & II together and receive all inclusive training, reviews, testing, guaranteed certification and US SAILING membership for one fixed cost.

BAREBOAT CRUISING PACKAGE
- To competently bareboat charter skipper anywhere in the World.
2 weekends (BC I/ BC II) or a 5 day sailing camp (BC Week).

Class Size:Maximum 4 students per instructor on 30' to 40' Yachts
Prerequisites: BC Certification
Curriculum includes: Cruise Planning, Wheel Steering, Diesel Engines, Electrical & Plumbing, Galley Stove, Marine Radio, Electrical Instruments, Close Quarter Maneuvering, Prop Walk, Windage, Handling Emergencies, Advanced Navigation, Current Sailing, Weather Forecasting, Spring & Warp Lines, Dinghy Handling, Roller Furling, Emergency Tiller Use, Preventive maintenance and more.

Sign up for BBC Week or BBC I & II together and receive all inclusive training, reviews, testing, guaranteed certification and US SAILING membership for one fixed cost.

COASTAL NAVIGTION
- To properly use traditional navigation techniques and electronic navigation for near coastal passage making.
Six three hour classroom sessions (includes US Sailing Coastal Navigation test)

Class Size: Maximum 12 students.
Prerequisites: Basic navigation skills or Navigation I & II
Curriculum includes: piloting, deduced reckoning, setand drift, taking bearings and ranges, radar, Loran, GPS, other electronic aids to navigation and how to integrate them with traditional piloting methods.

COASTAL PASSAGE MAKING
- To competently skipper an inboard auxiliary powered cruising sailboat for coastal or short offshore passages in strong to heavy conditions, including night time and zero visibility
six days: 1 day cruise prep, 5 day cruise off the California coast

Class Size: Maximum 5 students on a 40' or larger cruising boat.
Prerequisites: BBC & CN certifications
Curriculum includes: cruise planning, overnight passages, watch standing, safety equipment, safe abandon ship procedures, drogue deployment and provisioning.

To obtain certification at this level, proficiency must be demonstrated in the many roles required of blue water sailors including able crew, navigator and skipper.
(Students who wish to become certified during course should also have substantial bareboat experience).

CELESTIAL NAVIGATION I & II
- To navigate using Celestial techniques and integrating electronic and traditional navigation.
Six three hour classroom sessions

Class Size: Limited to 12 students.
Prerequisites: CN certification
Curriculum includes: CEL NAV I: use of a sextant to find your position with sun sights, CEL NAV II skills are expanded to include the moon and stars.

OCEAN PASSAGE MAKING
To competently skipper an inboard auxiliary powered cruising sailboat to any destination worldwide.

Prerequisites: CPM & CEL NAV certifications

This is the ultimate sailing course for amateur yachting enthusiasts and prepares the serious student for long distance, worldwide cruising. Students will call on their seamanship and navigation skills and are expected to excel in all areas. It is recommended for serious offshore enthusiasts only.

At the time of this writing, the final standards, text and necessary conditions under which this course must be taught have not been established by US SAILING. As soon as they are, you can expect OCSC to offer an exemplary program and notify you via this page.

Class Size: 4 students on a J24
Prerequisites: BC certification
Curriculum includes: Spinnaker handling for everyone as well as performance sailing skills upwind and down. Sets, Gybes, Douses of the spinnaker, broach prevention, Broach Recovery, upwind boat speed, crew placement.

PERFORMANCE II
Two consecutive days

Class Size: 4 students on a J24
Prerequisites: Perf I
Curriculum includes: All aspects of spinnaker work and boat handling for racing sailors - gybe sets, windward douses, mark roundings, reach to reach gybes as well as ducking drills, shifting sail trim gears in varying conditions.

J80/ ASYMETRICAL
Two consecutive days

Class Size: 4 students, J80
Prerequisites: BC certification, Perf I advised
Curriculum includes: Learn speed and safety techniques for one of the hottest designs afloat. Also covered will be setting, trimming, gybing and dousing the asymmetrical spinnaker safely. Develop the presence to properly deal with closing speeds in excess of 20 knots and address the unique problems of sailing upwind in waves at 8-10 knots.

RACING CAMP
5 days

Prerequisites: Performance I & II

Sailboat racing is considered one of the ultimate team sports adults can play. Timing, coordination, dialogue and teamwork are all critical to scoring well. It also provides tremendous bonding and camaraderie. Friendships formed on the race course may be the strongest and longest lasting of any you'll ever have.

OCSC's Racing Camp is five exciting days of learning and racing, designed to prepare you for the real world of one-design competition and give you the highest fun quotient available in sailing. You'll sail on race ready J/24s. Strategy, tactics, starts, spinnaker techniques, short course races, rules, seminars, training videos and videotaping are all included as well as a celebration BBQ party after sailing on Friday.
You may sign up individually or as a team. Space is limited - make your reservations today!

PRIVATE LESSONS

On your boat or ours, any topic from basic sailing to offshore.

THE FULL SERVICE CLUB
OCSC offers a wide range of activities to make your sailing easy, fun and economical. Regularly scheduled events include afternoon picnic sails, moonlight sails, weekend cruises, seminars, video nights, exciting vacation cruises around the world and more.

These activities take full advantage of our world-class waterfront facility, which includes a two story club-house with a commanding three bridge bay view, fully equipped classroom, and sunny outdoor deck, all set in a landscaped park, and all just a few steps from the forty yachts waiting at our docks.

Please visit us anytime at your convenience. We'll take the time to show you our facility and discuss your goals. You will discover that sailing is more than a sport - it's an exciting new life style!

All of the boats in the OCSC fleet are recent models, fully equipped and well maintained. Yachts you will be proud to sail. The fleet includes over forty different boats from a dozen builders - representing some of the finest designs for daysailing, overnighting, racing or extended cruising. That means you can choose the right boat for the type of sailing you enjoy:

• J24 used in BK & BC
• J80 used in special classes
• Beneteau 31.5 used for charters
• Beneteau 35 used in BBC
• Catalina 36 used for charters
• Moorings 43.5 used for CPM

Our central Bay location offers you instant access to the best sailing in the bay. All of your favorite destinations are just a short sail accross open water.

Access to fine yachts for any kind of sailing you want - without the cost or labor or ownership - makes it smarter to charter. OCSC ensures that you have a top quality experience every time you sail.

Once you're at the Marina From University Avenue, bear right onto Marina Blvd, just before the stop sign. Follow Marina past the Marriott Inn to the north side of the marina. Near the end of the road, on the left hand side, you'll see a boatyard, Berkeley Marine Center. Turn into the yard, drive through the rows of boats on cradles and you'll see our two story clubhouse. Park in the gravel parking lot across from the building.