The Perfect Introduction to Sailing

Sailors will learn all the essential fundamentals of sailing on the exciting Open 5.70 - a 19ft one design keelboat. Graduating sailors will be able to sail in light to moderate winds and sea conditions in familiar waters without supervision.

This course is ideal for individuals with little or no prior sailing or boating experience and a great starting point for those people who have never had any formal training.

ASA Advantages

The American Sailing Association is the world's foremost organization dedicated to training, teaching and certifying schools, sailing instructors and sailing enthusiasts. When you take a course at an ASA certified sailing school, you know you're learning how to sail and getting the most rigorous, safety-first education and the best sailing instruction available. Earning certifications through the ASA will afford you top credentials that are recognized by schools and charter companies the whole world over.

What You Will Learn

Sailing Knowledge

• Terminology

  including parts of a sailboat, functions of items on a sailboat, sailing terms, parts of a sail, points of sail and more.

• Navigation Rules

  identify “stand-on” and “give-way” boats in common situations involving sailboats and power boats, navigation aids, sounds signals, running lights and more.

• Boating Regulations

  including boat documentation, waste disposal, float plans, accidents, and more.

Sailing Skills

• Gear & Equipment

  including PFDs, appropriate clothing, and more.

• Sailing

  including hoisting and lowering of sails, acting as skipper & crew using proper commands and responses, sailing away and back to the dock in various wind conditions, sailing upwind and downwind while performing tacks & gybes, and more.

• Crew Overboard

  including be able to recover a person after they fell overboard, knowing how to get a person onboard, and more.

• Knots

  know the function and be able to tie some common sailing knots including a bowline, a figure eight, a cleat hitch and more.