ASA Sailing School
Located in the heart of one of the world's finest cruising areas, Bay Sailing offers beginning and experienced sailor’s opportunities to learn and increase sailing skills with confidence and comfort in a spectacular setting. We follow the internationally accepted standards of the American Sailing Association (ASA). Whether you're new to sailing or an experienced boat owner seeking to improve your sailing or navigation skills, Bay Sailing will provide you with professional high quality sailing instruction. All of our sailing instructors are USCG licensed captains as well as ASA certified instructors with years of experience aboard a variety of boats all around the world.
Learn the fundamentals of keel boat sailing, including sail theory and practice, terminology, Rules of the Road, safety equipment and procedures, Crew Overboard drills, more sailing practice, knots and much more.
The Basic Keelboat Sailing course is approved by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) and the United States Coast Guard as a recognized Safe Boating Course. As such, it meets all requirements for mandatory education and licensing for every state in the United States.
This course will teach you the fundamentals of daytime Coastal Cruising in moderate wind and sea conditions. Subjects include the "Federal equipment carriage requirements", recommended safety equipment, weather forecasts and interpretation, skippers and crews duties, chart reading and interpretation, marlinspike seamanship, sailing skills and practice, boat handling under sail and power and more.
This course teaches additional knowledge and skills for coastal cruising in an auxiliary powered sailboat. Subjects include cruise planning, living aboard, wind and weather, boat systems and troubleshooting, docking, rafting, anchoring, chart reading and interpretation, extensive sailing drills and practice, knots and more.
This shore side course focuses on the navigational theory required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal and inland waters. Subjects include chart reading and interpretation, government and private publications, navigation equipment and use, tide and current tables, plotting position, bearings, running fixes, set and drift, lights, day shapes, buoys, current, leeway and much more.
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