Cape Fear Sailing Academy is North Carolina's elite sailing School.  Located at the newely renovated Southport Marina.on the Intracoastal Waterway at mile 309. The entire facilities at Southport Marina underwent extensive renovation and upgrades between 2006 and 2008,  making this one of the largest and most amenity-laden marinas in North Carolina. Southport Marina is a "must see" destination while traversing the East coast waterways.  Our location puts you within a day’s travel of Wrightsville Beach, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC. 

Southport is rich in history, dating back to the days of Stede Bonnet, The Gentleman Pirate, through to the blockade runners of the Civil War.  The Southport area offers a fantastic atmosphere to enjoy boating and related activities.  Whether you're in the mood for some shrimp at Provision Company or a relaxing trip up the Cape Fear River to Wilmington, an overnight  trip out to Baldhead Island or a day sail off the coast of Oak Island,  Cape Fear Sailing Academy can take care of all your needs.  The journey Awaits you!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Opening our doors in 2006 CFSA's mission was to strives to be the Best Sailing School in North Carolina we all have a passion to sail and we LOVE it.  From beginner through Bareboat Charter Certification and navigation, Cape Fear Sailing Academy offers a full range of ASA certified courses www.america-sailing.com designed to enhance your skills and love of sailing. ASA certification is recognized worldwide by sailing professionals and yacht charter companies and ensures that our sailing school complies with an established and comprehensive program. Through our ASA courses we use a stepped approach to learning to sail -- as you take courses you gain skills and become certified to skipper different sized boats.

     Our courses range from ASA 101---106.  We also have the best Opti  Youth Sailing Program in NC starting June 23rd week through August 3rd week.  It is a week long comprehensive course  broken down into 3 hour sessions, Monday through Friday 9- 12  for ages 8 to 11  and in the afternoon from 1 to 4 for ages 12 to 16.  This course  introduces children to the fun of sailing through the use of Vanguard Optimist Dinghies.  They will learn points of sail, rigging, docking and learn to sail figure 8’s and much more. To begin, there is a full day of on shore instruction and a swim test.  Then followed by training on the water for the remainder of the week.  From this the children learn a whole new vocabulary and understand new concepts.  Most importantly they come away with a feeling of independence from sailing their own dinghies which helps teach them  responsibility and the importance of team work.