Mac Sailing

What Mac Sailing does

Mac Sailing is a Vancouver, Canada-based sailing instruction and recreation business founded in 1999, operating as a small private company with 11-50 employees. The company delivers three core service offerings under a single brand: adult and youth sailing lessons for skill development, seasonal youth summer camps, and private guided sailing tours for individuals and small groups. All revenue activity is concentrated in the Vancouver market with no documented geographic expansion beyond British Columbia.

The business model is a traditional local services operation: customers pay per-lesson, per-camp-session, or per-tour for instructor-led, on-water sailing experiences. There is no evidence of a technology platform, digital product, subscription pricing, or B2B contracts; revenue appears to be generated entirely through direct consumer transactions for in-person instruction and recreational experiences. The company operates without disclosed institutional funding, parent company, subsidiaries, or M&A history.

The product portfolio addresses three distinct customer segments within a shared nautical theme — beginner and continuing sailing students (lessons), children and teenagers (summer camps), and recreational consumers seeking guided experiences (private tours). The source data does not disclose pricing, customer counts, certifications held, instructor credentials, fleet size, or regulatory licenses, and provides no signals of recent strategic activity such as hiring, expansion, or product launches beyond the continued operation of the existing three-line portfolio.

Name

Mac Sailing

Website

https://macsailing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mac Sailing is a Vancouver-based sailing school offering adult and youth sailing lessons, seasonal youth summer camps, and private sailing tours to local consumers in the Vancouver market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sailing Instruction and Recreational Boating Services

NAICS

Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water (487210)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sailing Experiences (Lessons, Regattas, Day Sails) (THAJAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Surf, Kitesurf & Wind Sports Adventures (THAJABAK)

Keywords

• Sailing instruction
• Sailing lessons
• Youth summer camps
• Boat rentals
• Private sailing tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Core offering

Mac Sailing is a Vancouver-based sailing school that delivers hands-on sailing instruction to adults and youth, runs structured youth summer sailing camps, and offers private guided sailing tours. The company also makes sailing equipment available for rental as part of its waterfront recreational and educational programming.

Product overview

Mac Sailing is a sailing education and recreation company operating in Vancouver that offers a portfolio of three related offerings: sailing lessons for skill development, summer camps for youth participants, and private tours for personalized water experiences. The company appears to operate as a single-service business rather than a multi-module platform, with its offerings serving different customer segments (beginners, youth, and those seeking guided recreational experiences) within the sailing domain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sailing Lessons

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• J/World Sailing School: Performance-oriented sailing school network offering keelboat lessons, racing clinics, and cruising courses. Directly comparable to Mac Sailing as a sailing instruction operator targeting adult recreational and aspiring cruising sailors.
• Annapolis Sailing School: Iconic sailing school in Annapolis, MD offering beginner through advanced lessons, charter cruises, and youth programs. Directly comparable in core service mix — group/private lessons, youth programs, and on-water experiences.
• Offshore Sailing School: Long-established US sailing school offering ASA-certified lessons, private instruction, and cruising experiences. Directly comparable as a sailing instruction and experiential sailing business serving recreational adult learners.
• Salty Dog Sailing: San Diego-based sailing school offering lessons, charters, and youth programs. Comparable small-footprint sailing instruction business operating in a coastal recreational market.
• Newport Sailing School: Long-running sailing school offering lessons, charters, and youth summer programs on the East Coast. Comparable product mix centered on recreational sailing instruction and seasonal youth camps.
• Pacific Sailing School: San Francisco-based sailing school offering ASA-certified courses, private lessons, and youth programs. Directly comparable operating model — small-team sailing instruction school serving a major coastal urban market.

Regional players

• Sausalito Sailing School: San Francisco Bay sailing school providing lessons, rentals, and youth programs. Comparable in scale and offering mix, focused on the West Coast recreational sailing market.
• Seattle Sailing Club: Pacific Northwest sailing school and club offering lessons, rentals, and charters out of Seattle. Highly comparable given shared coastal Pacific Northwest market dynamics and overlapping customer base with Vancouver.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/macsailinginc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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