Sailing school finds new ways to connect with community

Offshore Sailing School has taught more than 150,000 adults and families how to sail and powerboat.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 8:25 a.m. April 13, 2020
File. Steve and Doris Colgate have operated Offshore Sailing School in Fort Myers for decades.
File. Steve and Doris Colgate have operated Offshore Sailing School in Fort Myers for decades.
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FORT MYERS — With no customers during the coronavirus pandemic, Offshore Sailing School, which operates four sailing training schools in the region and two more in the British Virgin Islands, has turned to a new resource: videos.

 

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