Schools or courses on learning to sail (nautically)?

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I sail on the morning tide, bound for the West Indies

I leave this week on a bit of an adventure. I’m going on a three-week sail-training trip on the Picton Castle, a three-masted barque. We leave Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, on November 29th and sail to Grenada. I’ll be hauling sails, swabbing the deck, climbing the rigging and probably taking a turn at the helm; whatever it takes to sail a tall ship. They need us there a few days in advance to learn the ropes, literally. I’m flying out this Thursday, and I’ll have most of a day in Halifax if anyo…