Days: Two-day sessions, Saturday – Sunday

Times: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: Oceanside Yacht Club, Gate “I”

Boat: 23 foot Sonar keel boat

Fees: $275 per person

How Sailing Lessons Work

Oceanside Yacht Club instructors will provide basic sailing instruction on either a 23’ or 27’ keelboat. Both vessels are well equipped to provide a platform for students to learn the basics of sailing and safe seamanship. Students will become competent in: raising, trimming and removing a main and jib sail on the training boat, piloting a keel boat through the various points of sail, trimming the sail for maximum efficiency for various wind speeds and wind angles, maneuvering the boat through a preset course and returning to the dock. Emphasis is having fun while learning the principles of sailing.

Upon completion of the weekend session, participants will receive an “American Sailing Association” certificate allowing them to rent a keel boat at most sailboat rental locations.

About your ASA Sailing Course Certification

The American Sailing Association (ASA) in internationally recognized as the authority for high quality sailing course standards and for its rigorous criteria for certifying its instructors. Recent graduates of the ASA courses have become part of flotillas, chartering 40’ catamarans in the British Virgin Islands and other Caribbean cruising locations. Taking a structured sailing course offered at Oceanside Yacht Club is the way to have confidence in your sailing skills.

For 2008 Program Information

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