We offer a full range of courses from Basic Sailing through Ocean Training Cruises on Island Packet yachts in Chesapeake Bay, Virgin Islands and the Atlantic Ocean between Norfolk, Bermuda and the Caribbean. Also Celestial and Coastal Navigation classes online line and Docking Practice classes. Students can earn certification from the American Sailing Association (ASA). We've been doing this continuously since 1991, and have graduated over 11,000 students from the various levels of our program, and completed over 260 ocean training cruises of between 400 and 1500 miles each. Refer to www.mdschool.com/Why.htm for a further description.