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Summary: Learn the basic concepts of sailing, including how to sail a sailboat in this free online video lesson.
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Tyler Pierce Tyler Pierce is the Northern Regional Operations Manager and Sail Instructor of the Offshore Sailing School at Liberty Landing in Jersey City, New Jersey. Off... read more
Hi my name is Tyler Pierce and welcome to Offshore Sailing School, we’re here in Jersey city at the Liberty Landing Marina, this is one of 8 of our locations. We’re also in Tortola, and the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and we’ve got three Florida locations, one down in the Florida Keys Hawks Cay Resort, we’re on Captive Island and we’re in St. Petersburg, Florida, up here in the New York area, we’re in Jersey City, Chelsea piers and at Fort Schuyler at the SUNY Maritime college in the Bronx. What I want to do is introduce a couple of key ideas and concepts on how to get into the sport of sailing and get sailing safely and efficiently.