The instructors of the Central Florida Community Sailing Program are volunteers from The Sailing Club who have undergone extensive training and evaluation by American Red Cross Instructor Trainers.

Several of the current basic sailing instructors contributed to the development of the Community Sailing Instructor Course outline and written exam to teach basic sailing which have been adopted from the American Red Cross program.  The Red Cross discontinued their sailng program in 2005.

Each basic sailing instructor is first required to successfully complete the Instructor Candidate Training (ICT) course which focuses on instructional and learning techniques and stresses safety.  All courses within the water safety program exist to teach safety on the water as an inherent part of the instruction of a water-based sport.  The goal of the Central Florida Community Sailing Program, therefore, is to teach students how to sail a sailboat without injury to anyone in the boat or nearby and without damage to the boat or other boats nearby.

Instructors use structured lesson plans coordinated to “Start Sailing Right” U.S. Sailing textbook.