Keelboat 1 - Basic Keelboat Sailing
ASA 101 is an introductory sailing course provided over 3 days on a 30' keelboat with a wheel helm. We sail in the West River and Chesapeake Bay.
Class Fee: $495
Veteran/Active Duty: $445
Please purchase the textbook in advance of the class so that you can begin studying and doing the exercises.
Refer to the full class description here and policies and procedures to view prerequisites and requirements.
You must be a member of ANSA to take a class. Membership fees range from $55 to $75 depending on selected level. Please join ANSA after your successful registration for this class.
Basic Coastal Cruising
ASA 103 is an intermediate sailing course provided over 3 days on a 30' keelboat with a wheel helm. We sail in the West River and Chesapeake Bay.
ASA 101 is a prerequisite as well as at least 24 hours additional sailing time.
Class Fee: $475
Bareboat Coastal Cruising
This course helps prepare you with first-hand, on board experiences useful for chartering a large, 30-45’, monohull sailing vessel. The schedule will be three consecutive days with 2 nights, one at anchor and one at a destination port, weather and circumstances permitting.
The goal is for you to be able to skipper a sloop-rigged, auxiliary powered keelboat of approximately 30 to 45 feet in length during a multi-day cruise upon inland or coastal waters in moderate to heavy winds (up to 30 knots) and sea conditions. The course discusses knowledge of provisioning, galley operations, boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, routine maintenance procedures, advanced sail trim, coastal navigation including basic chart plotting and GPS operation, multiple-anchor mooring, docking, health & safety, emergency operations, and weather interpretation. The course is taught on board and you will rotate between the duties and responsibilities of skipper, lookout, navigator, and crew.
Students will coordinate to provision for the sail.
We will sail on a Dufour 430 with 3 private full-size cabins and 1 bunk bed cabin for instructors.
Private full size Cabin, 1 sailor: $1,395
Private full size Cabin, 2 sailors: $1,695
You must be a member of ANSA to sail with us. /ansa.org/join-us/
Please refer to the full class description here to view prerequisites and requirements.
Advanced Coastal Cruising
Sail with ANSA for 4 days, 3 nights, including 2 overnights down and up the Chesapeake Bay. We will go where the wind takes us but include sailing through the night at least one night or more depending on conditions. Sailors will provision, plan, navigate, stand watches and focus on safety and advanced sailing techniques. We will sail on a Dufour 430 sloop with 4 cabins.
The goal of ASA 106 is to enable sailors to safely act as skipper and crew of a sailing vessel from 30 to 50 feet in length in inland and near coastal waters (within 200 miles of shore) in any weather conditions on a liveaboard coastal passage of at least 48 hours underway, including a continuous underway period of at least 24 hours. We will remain within the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries for this class.
Class fee: $1,595
Prerequisites for this class include ASA 101, 103, 104 and 105, Coastal Navigation.
Purchase your text book in advance, view prerequisites and class knowledge and skills outline here:
https://americansailing.com/learn-to-sail/certifications/asa-106-advanced-coastal-cruising/
There will be an advance Zoom session to meet up and do some planning and prep.
Close Quarters Maneuvering (Docking)
Learn to dock a wheel helm 30' vessel with prop wash and prop walk (no bowthruster) in a variety of conditions and locations.
This is a two day class. Class fee is $315.
You should have the equivalent training and experience of ASA 103, Basic Coastal Cruising, as a prerequisite. Additional class details and requirements HERE.
Please purchase the textbook for this class in advance and read the book to get the most out of the class time.
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