“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Andre Gide

Why Sail With Us?

Learning to sail is best done with an experienced yachting school. The Bonnet's have been in the business since 1979 and have taught over 30,000 sailing students. We pioneered sail training in South Africa and have lead the way ever since.

Chris and Libby

Our Staff

Our experienced, highly qualified sailing instructors employ modern training techniques to build your confidence on our yachts at sea, and make sure that your sailing experience with us is an excellent one.

Our training Methods

As pioneers in the sailing training in South Africa we have created sailing courses that are garanteed to build you confidence and prepare you for a career at sea.  As well as the practical sailing sessions off the coast, you will get to grips with the yachting theory in our lecture rooms - using all the modern teaching aids to help you consolidate your knowledge.

Testimonial

What a blast!
Choosing to do my entry level SPICE course at Offshore also did my STCW’95 ! Read on…..

Marc H - SPICE

Amazing Numbers

1st Sailing school in SA
32 Sail around the World couples
15 250 yachting careers launched
30 000 sailing students trained
226 000 nautical sea miles under the Instructor's belts