Boat Usage

Become a Boat Usage Member

The MDI Community Sailing Center is open to everyone interested in learning to sail and to those who are already experienced sailors who wish to use our fleet of boats. If you're an experienced sailor but new to us, we’d like to invite you to become a member.

To become a boat usage member and get access to our sailboat fleet email us with some details about yourself and your sailing experience. From there, we’ll schedule a sailing proficiency test given by one of our U.S. Sailing Certified instructors. The instructor will monitor from a motorboat while you demonstrate the ability to complete all skills/tasks on the list below. The test will be completed in a Cape Cod Bullseye and can be taken individually or with members of your family/household on board with you. The test must be completed before you register and pay the registration fee. There is a one-time, non-refundable $50 test fee, which will be paid on the day of your test.

Sailing Proficiency Test Checklist

1. Rig the boat.

2. Leaving the mooring

3. Sail all points of sail with proper sail trim

4. Execute a tacking turn

5. Avoid unplanned jibes

6. Execute a controlled jibe

7. Execute a man overboard rescue

8. A controlled return to the mooring

9. De-rig the boat

10. Secure the boat to mooring

11. Know the basic knots - figure eight stopper, cleat hitch, square knot, and bowline

If you don’t pass this test, don’t worry! We’ll work with you through private lessons to get you to where you need to be.