Ocean Star Sailing Academy

Did my deckhand course in Cape Town at Ocean Star Sailing Academy. Best sailing academy in South Africa! If you are looking for a career in the Superyacht industry this is by far the best place to get your certificates.

I have done a few different courses with different schools in Cape Town and Ocean Star was by far the worst experience I have had. Our instructor on the second day way about an hour late and probably the least organized person I have ever met. It took us forever to get on the water in the Powerboat course as our instructor kept forgetting keys, paperwork etc. The boat we worked on was awful, dirty, the engine was difficult to work with and almost everything seemed unprofessional about the course.I wish that if you read this, you will find a different place to do your yachting courses with in Cape Town or that Ocean Star sorts their things out and can provide a quality experience.Update: They followed up with me right after this review, which I appreciated and I am hoping they can improve the service for their upcoming courses.

An absolute amazing academy with great people who are always willing to help you out with any enquiry.After spending 3 months with the academy I have had the opportunity to pursue my fully accredited RYA Yachtmaster Coastal qualification from scratch with amazing instructors to help me along the way. The instructors came from different parts of the world to instruct which gave me a great opportunity to learn different techniques and skills. The boats were great to sail offering the right kind of opportunity to learn from the bottom up.This really is an academy where I would recommend all individuals to start their training or even continue their qualifications. But once again, much appreciation to the Ocean Star Sailing Academy in Cape Town.

They do not deserve a star ... I had to give them one to be able to post this.This company cost me R130 000 ... and still counting. I was on one of their vessels when it sank - no public liability insurance, vessel not seaworthy, captain not qualified to drive the boat - this company should be banned from operating and their RYA accreditation revoked ala SAMSA. I have the SAMSA inquiry report if anyone would like to see it. Run by a bunch of liars ... as the SAMSA report points out - STAY CLEAR OF THEM!

Pure class, thanks everyone! I will be back.

I have nothing but good things to say about this academy and all the staff. They have been out standing in every way and I would not hesitate to come do more courses here. I would highly recommend this sailing school to anyone that i come across that is interested in joining the yachting industry.

Ocean Star is a great little sailing school situated in a lovely area of Cape Town, the staff is all super friendly and well knowledgeable about the subjects they teach! I had a wonderful time with Ocean Star

Best courses and the best place to do them and best instructors. Thank you for the experience.

Very great training academy, great enviroment for training all aspects of the yachting world. Top quality instructors who are very knowledgeable and fully qualified to teach all aspects of sailing and power boating. Be it super yacht training or sail training for sailing the open seas. Ocean Star is a friendly and fun environment to learn boats.