Training For All Boaters, All Levels

Best Practices in Maritime Meet Best Practices in Education

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Earn internationally recognized US Sailing and US Powerboating Certifications


Experts in Custom Training on Your Boat

Any Type • Any Size • Anywhere in the World

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★ All training customized to your boat, your background, your goals, your learning style, and your pace

★ Extended Cruising & Training:  Start Cruising and enjoying your boat right away with our operations expertise onboard.  We will integrate focused training days until you are confident and proficient with operating and cruising your boat independently.  US Powerboating and US Sailing Certifications are included.

★ Modular Certification Training:  Beginning and experienced boaters get individualized training, taking you from your current skill level to your Certification goals.  Train on your boat or a charter boat anywhere in the world.

★ Contact us early to begin planning your learning experiences with Shearwater University

West & East Coasts Inside Passage & Alaska • Great Lakes & Loops Europe/Mediterranean • Caribbean • Scandinavia/Baltic Sea • British Isles • Southeast Asia • South America • Japan • Choose your Destination

OUR MISSION

The mission of Shearwater University is to provide the highest quality maritime education for recreational boaters of all types, founded on the best practices of professional education. Instruction is personalized to the individual background, goals, learning style and pace of every student.  We build skills & knowledge for safe, enjoyable boating anywhere in the world.

The Mountain and the Sea are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock