This team is incredible! Everyone was so patient, knowledgable, professional, and kind.I did the zero to hero path of going from no sailing experience to earning a bareboat charter certification in 10 days! It was intense, but totally doable. I took the classes in Puerto Vallarta which is an *amazing* place to learn, since the bay here always has great wind, and the coast has lots of amazing little towns to explore.If youve ever wondered if liveaboard sailing is for you, I highly suggest doing a multi-day cruise with them. Youll get a realistic feeling for what its like to be on the water for an extended period of time. Believe me, its even better than you imagine it to be :)If youre just interested in the mechanics of sailing, their basic keelboat classes are unique in that they use tiny little JBoat sailboats which are essentially the equivalent of Ducati motorcycles, so you feel every single shift in the wind or adjustments you make to the rigging. Its a seriously good way to begin internalizing the principles of sailing which are the same whether youre on a 24 foot racing boat, or a 70 foot catamaran.This group follows the US Sailing certification course which I have no complaints about. If you want to switch to ASA or RYA later, I think you can always test out of those levels, so dont get caught up too much in which certification route to take, just go out and spend time on the water!Thank you to Suzie, Paul, John, and Wayne for being so amazing, and for helping me take such a significant step towards my dream!

Wonderful experience with J World Performance Sailing. My instructor Randall was excellent, professional, wealth of knowledge, patient and communicated soundly as we maneuvered through various scenarios. Signed up for a 2 day training session, Advanced Boat Handling. On the water 90% of the time, worked on different sailing techniques that really helped my understanding and assisted me in being more confident. One thing that I really wanted to do was sail with a Spinnaker, never did that before, Randall ensured me would do that and that we did. Pre and Post Briefings before and after sailing were very helpful. Ill be back.

Just finished the Yachting Cup Clinic and Regatta; the best week of sailing and sailing instruction that I have attended in the last 35 years. I have circled the date for 2018 as I am tempted to return to do it again next year. Thanks to our instructors and the quality of the other students in our boat, it was a super five days.

The instructors at J World are fantastic! The 5-day Midwinters clinic was a great learning experience and so much fun!

Beware. If you book with this outfit, be sure that your airfare and hotel arrangements are refundable. They canceled on me and it cost me $1,700. They acted like they were doing me a favor by refunding my payment to them. Trip insurance will not cover their cancellation unless they bankrupt.

I am very experienced sailor, mostly racing, and have come back to racing after kids. I took the 5 day J 80 class. Patrick, Paul and Jenna were the very best. They are calm, kool and great under pressure. We had 6 students with great, fun racing. I had some new J80 racing already under me but learned a lot. The pre sailing lectures are prefect. The location is great, close to slip, so much fun with Navy and downtown views but not to busy to effect racing, added benefit .Don

Patrick was great! Awesome teacher.