Resurrection Bay Sailing
Sailing Charters & Sailing School
Experience Alaska's beauty and wildlife from a sailboat!
Captained Charters
First-time and experienced sailors welcome! Explore Resurrection Bay's beauty and wildlife with a captain as your guide. Take the wheel, trim the sheets, or sit back and enjoy--it's up to you!
Afternoon or evening sails available
Bareboat Charters
Offering experienced sailors self-guided access to explore Alaskan waters. See requirements below.
Sailing school
We are offering Basic Sailing to Bareboat Chartering courses.
Learn to sail in beautiful Resurrection Bay
and Kenai Fjords National Park!
Sail away with your Bareboat Chartering certificate!
MOST POPULAR SAILING TRIPS
Captained Day Sail
Bareboat Charter Madrona
Bareboat Charter Madrona
3.5 hour
First-time and experienced sailors welcome! Explore Resurrection Bay's beauty and wildlife with a captain as your guide. Take the wheel, trim the sheets, or sit back and enjoy--it's up to you!
Afternoon and evening trips available.
Bareboat Charter Madrona
Bareboat Charter Madrona
Bareboat Charter Madrona
2-14 Night Charters
There's so much to see and explore in Alaska! In 7 days and 6 nights, you could sail to glaciers in the Kenai Fjords National Park, anchor in secluded coves, or let the whales decide where you'll go!
*Experienced skipper's resume required.
Multi-day Captained Charter
Customized Sailing Adventures
Customized Sailing Adventures
2-7 Night Charters
Get out and explore like a local sailor. Our captains will sail you away to favorite anchorages amongst Alaska's beauty and wildlife, where you can get to shore for hiking & exploring! Meals provided.
+ Add Basic to Bareboat ASA certification package, additional fee
Customized Sailing Adventures
Customized Sailing Adventures
Customized Sailing Adventures
4 hour or 8 hour
Perfect for photo shoots, elopements & honeymoon adventures, retreats or anything you're dreaming up! Tell us what you're looking to do and we will do our best to help make it happen! We can haul along a dinghy to access shore or get you to your next adventure.
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Customized Sailing Experience!
Sail away and get married!
Perfect for weddings/elopements, photo shoots, or any special occasion! Tell us what you're dreaming up! We can get out sailing, stop and anchor along the way, or stay at the dock. Bring your own food, beverages, flowers & photographer to customize as you wish. Visit our Elopements and Custom Trips page for more details.
4-hour, 8-hour, & 10-hour excursions offered, with an additional $150 hourly fee for more time.
Limited to 6 passengers.
Need us to officiate?
Captain Kate is ordained to officiate your ceremony! She will help with the legal paperwork and planning your ceremony and vows. We want to help make your special day as smooth as possible.
Are you Qualified to Bareboat Charter?
Sailing Requirements
There are no formal certifications required to sail in Alaska. However, we have sailing requirements in order to bareboat charter and meet our insurance guidelines.
Fill out our sailing resume and we can recommend an itinerary based on your experience and/or interests. If no one in your party is experienced, charter with a captain.
Skippers must have one of the following QUALIFICATIONS:
- USA – US Sailing “Bareboat Cruising Course”, ASA “104 Bareboat Cruising Course”
- UK - RYA "Day Skipper Course"
- NauticEd SLC (International Sailing License and Credentials), International
- Documented equivalent experience or seatime on sailing vessels with two or more references
Click Sailing Resume to complete online or send us a message to request one.
Sailing, Inc. offers ASA classes! Click the picture to get qualified!
Our Fleet
S/V Madrona
35s5 Beneteau First
Multi-day Bareboat Charters &
Multi-day Captained Charters
Our team
Captains & Hosts
Kate and Nate have been exploring Alaska together for 12 years. They enjoy getting outdoors in the beautiful mountains and waters of Alaska to sail, hike, bike, ski, ice climb, and camp. They're your hosts for adventure, wherever the vessel may take you!
Locally owned and operated ~ Teacher owned
Thank you for supporting our small business!
We are a small business. We work hard full-time all Summer and part-time the rest of the year to hopefully be able to pay ourselves to do what we love! But there are lots of fees, bills, and costs to break-even in this business, much less make it successful. We appreciate any help where it’s convenient to you.
Here are some ways you can help:
--Treat our boat as if it were yours. Take care not to scratch surfaces. Handle all hardware, latches, and cabinetry with care. Use proper hand-holds when moving about the boat underway.
--We are charged less when you pay via bank transfer (entering routing#/account#) rather than a CC.
--Bring your own sleeping bags to save us laundry fees. We use the local Suds N Swirl. (So at least we’re supporting another local business if you do need our linens!)
--give us feedback! Share what you loved with the world via a Google review, social media, or any other platform.
