# Schools or courses on learning to sail (nautically)?

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**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-or-courses-on-learning-to-sail-nautically/933648 "2021-02-24T16:07:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-or-courses-on-learning-to-sail-nautically/933648/36 "2021-03-02T03:42:14Z")

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> [@I sail on the morning tide, bound for the West Indies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sail-on-the-morning-tide-bound-for-the-west-indies/381215):
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> I leave this week on a bit of an adventure. I’m going on a three-week sail-training trip on the [Picton Castle](http://www.picton-castle.com), 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…

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