Question: what is the difference between a sailing school and a maritime school ?
I want to become a sailor and I am a little confused as to which school to attend.
(sailing school)

Best answer:

Answer by Ned
A sailing school will simply teach you sail or cruise – navigation, provisioning, boat handling ,etc.
A maritime school is usually a 4 yr college that will not only make you a sailor by put you on track to being the capt of a cruise ship or a tanker, or maybe you just want to be an engineer on one of these vessels. The boatyard manager I work at went to one just for that reason. You will get a great education