Sailing School
The ASA 101 Basic Keelboat graduate will have successfully demonstrated the ability to responsibly skipper and crew a simple daysailing keelboat in familiar waters in light to moderate wind and sea conditions.
Location
Course provided at our base marina by Tracey Sailing School
Prerequisite
There is no prerequisite for Basic Keelboat Certification.
Detailed course description:
The basis and most important of all courses. A full three days of sailing instruction that will make you a sailor. Written tests are offered at your convenience after passing the practical, on the water portion of this course.
Day 1
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- Classroom
Introductions to Sailing
Overview: The sailboat and the wind
Sailing knowledge
All about boats
The basic boat
Responsibilities of the skipper and crew
Alcohol and drug abuse
Federal requirements for recreational boats
Review questions
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- Dockside
Sailing skills
Dock lines and their uses
Boarding
Sailing Checklist
Attaching the sails
Rigging checklist
Using winches
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- Underway
Outbound- under power
Handling a vessel under power
Power exercise
Figure eight at ½ and full throttle exercise
Fast Stop exercise
Sailing
Raising the mainsail
Getting the boat moving
Getting the boat moving exercise
Getting out of irons
Coming about or Tacking mainsail only
Coming about exercise
Jibing
Jibing exercise
Anchoring
Vessel and crew preparation exercise
Recovering the anchor exercise
Mooring
Mooring exercise
Ending the sail
Stowing the sails
Inbound- under power
Landing at an upwind dock exercise
Docking
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Day 2
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Classroom
Sailing knowledge
Sail trim
What makes a boat sail
Points of sail
Rules of the road under sail
Review questions
Day sail planning
Chart symbols
Aids to navigation
Anchors and their uses
The Anchorage
Knots
Dock lines and their uses
Review questions
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Lunch
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Underway
Outbound under power
Sailing
Raising the mainsail
Raising the jib
Reaching with mainsail and jib
Reaching exercise
Coming about with mainsail and jib
Coming about exercise
Sailing a figure eight
Jibing with mainsail and jib
Jibing exercise
Communications
Sailing close-hauled
Sailing Close-hauled exercise
Sailing on a run
Running exercise
Sailing on a reach
Reaching exercise
Stopping the boat
Stopping exercise
Sail trimming exercise
Inbound- under power
Day 3
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Classroom
Sailing Knowledge
The safety harness
Deck safety
Hypothermia and clothing
Seasickness
Review questions
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Lunch
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Underway
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Preparation
Practical Exam- Group-
Boarding
Sailing Checklist
Attaching the sails
Rigging checklist
Engine operation-Outboards
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Outbound (and Inbound) under power
Practical Exam- Individual-
Handling under power
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Sailing
Practical Exam- Group
Setting sails
Sailing a triangular course
Triangular Exercise
Practical Exam- Individual
Sailing a triangular course
Rescuing a man overboard
MOB exercise
Practical Exam- Group
Rescuing a man overboard
Sailing in confined waters
Coming about in a confined area exercise
Heaving To
Heaving to exercise
Practical Exam- Group
Freestyle- understand verbal instruction
and helmsman issue commands to the crew:
Tack / Jibe / Stop the boat / Get the boat
moving / Sail to mooring / Anchor / Put
the boat on any prescribed point of sail
Ending the sail / Stowing the sails /
Preparing for docking / Docking
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