Basic Keelboat Sailing (101)

The Basic Sailing Class starts new sailors off properly. Learn basic sailing through a proven course of classroom and on-the-water instruction. About 16 hours of instruction over two days. Instruction include theory and on-water practice, terminology, sail trim, points of sail, controls, commands, rigging for sail, docking and undocking under sail and power, basic seamanship, knots, crew coordination, safety skills, rules of the road, federal equipment, lights, crew overboard prevention and recovery techniques.

Coastal Cruising (103)

Cruise safely in coastal waters as both skipper and crew on an auxiliary powered sailboat of about 35 feet in length. 16 hours of classroom and on-the-water instruction over two days. Instruction Includes advanced sail trim; intermediate boat handling at buoys, docks and slips; anchors and anchoring; small craft warnings and heavy weather sailing; reefing; fog conditions; crew coordination; gasoline outboard and diesel inboard engine operation; docking and undocking under sail and power; boat handling at buoys, docks & slips; fuels & refueling procedures; boat systems; operation of tiller and wheel; introductory navigation, compass and charts; radiotelephone; emergency procedures, flares and hypothermia.

Coastal Navigation (105)

Learn navigational skills required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters. A prerequisite for Advanced Coastal Cruising and Celestial Navigation, Coastal Navigation consist of 14 hours of classroom or (on-the-water training if combined with another course). Includes position determination and plotting, Chart reading and piloting skills, deduced reckoning; chart symbols, running fixes; tide and current set and drift, compass deviation, GPS, radar and other electronic aids.