It’s not about the boat

Intensive small-boat training camps, building your skills to excel in any fleet

Sea to Sky Sailing has built a reputation as a provider of premier training across all disciplines… but our heart has always been firmly in the racing world. It’s a world where it’s far too easy to get caught up in the arms race to have the newest sails, the fastest boats, the most optimized rating, and alllll the carbon. Yes, this is a big part of what wins races. But underneath all that carbon and cash, still needs to be a rock hard core of skill and experience.

That is what we’re here to develop. It’s Not About The Boat. It’s about YOU, and your ability to produce the fastest boats speed, the best tactical decisions, and the most consistent performance time after time.

We’re going back to our roots as dinghy sailors and appreciators of doing ambitions things with little boats (see Race to Alaska 2018!), and launching It’s Not About The Boat across multiple venues using various fleets. Join us for a week of high level coaching and one design racing to build your racing skills into a solid slab of excellence on which to build your next season.

Highlights

• Hands-on racing experience, with different camps pitched to different levels of experience from beginner racers to lifelong fanatics

• High quality instruction and support from our roster of incredible local and international coaches

• A modern approach to sail training with multimedia deployed for insightful debriefs and added value

• Spectacular sailing conditions in some of the best venues available

• Meeting other racing-obsessed sailors from all over the world and inevitably making new lifelong friendships

• Getting to try a variety of fast, fun little boats that respond to your every move

It’s Not About The Boat: J24s in Barbados

November 10-14, 2025

This inaugural session kicks off winter, by ripping around Carlisle Bay, Barbados, in a fun little fleet of J24s. Ideal for aspiring to intermediate level racers, this week will raise your game across the board.

The J24 is a classic of one-design keelboat racing and arguably the most popular boat worldwide in that category. Every racing dock has seen its share of J24s over the years, and most serious racers have a J24 somewhere on their CV. Nimble, reliable and iconic, the J24 provides an excellent platform for developing all the foundational skills that can easily be transferred to just about any other boat.

Note: Sea to Sky Sailing is delivering these camps, with support from local partners. Coaching and management of the camp is provided directly by Sea to Sky Sailing.

It’s Not About The Boat: Diam 24s in St.Maarten

December 3-7, 2025

Ok, maybe this one is a little bit about the boat! We have an incredible opportunity to race borderline lunatic high performance French designed trimarans in an event that is perhaps one of the best kept secrets of the Caribbean: La Course d’Alliance. Two days of training, three days of point to point racing St.Maarten - St.Barth’s - Anguilla - St.Martin. Going upwind at 15kts? Yes please!

The Diam24’s are all the rage in France, one of the top incubators of high performance design innovation. In 2015 the design was selected as the boat of choice for the famous Tour de France à la Voile, and has since launched its own World Tour racing circuit which includes an entire season in the Caribbean. St.Maarten is the home of the Caribbean Diam24 fleet, where some of the top multihull sailors come to play.

This camp is appropriate for intermediate to experienced racers with a good level of agility and endurance. Prior multihull experience is a benefit but not a requirement!

Note: Diam24 in St.Maarten camp is delivered by a local partners who will provide the bulk of the coaching and all event management. Sea to Sky Sailing will be on the scene to support with some coaching, but primarily is here to connect sailors with this unique opportunity to build high performance skills on some wicked-fast trimarans!