ASA Beginner
- ASA 101 Basic Keel Boat: Tuition $495 On the water two days 9AM – 5PM – No Prerequisites required.
- ASA 103 Coastal Cruising: Tuition $595 On the water two days – Prerequisites required ASA 101.
- ASA 101 & 103 Basic Keel Boat & Coastal Cruising: Tuition $975 Combined 5 days/4 nights on the water training – No Prerequisites.
ASA Advanced
- ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising: Tuition $620 On the water three days overnight on anchor training – Prerequisites ASA 101 & 103.
- ASA Basic 101 to Bareboat 104 package course offer 101, 103 & 104: Tuition $1500 Combined 7 days/6 nights on the water training – Prerequisites basic sailing knowledge.
- ASA 114 Cruising Catamaran Sailing: Tuition $1475, On the water 2 days training over night on the anchor. 2 person min.
- ASA 104 & 114 Bareboat & Catamaran Package Prerequisites course offer: Tuition $1850 On the water 3 days overnight sailing and anchored – Prerequisites ASA 103.
Advanced Ocean Cruising
- ASA 105 Coastal Navigation:
Starpath School of Navigation handles all registration, administration, instruction, and also theexamination. You can contact them at this link: Starpath School of Navigation
- Sailing Review: On the water instructor review and refresh sailing skills assessment to individuals proficiency class and on water training.
- Docking Review: On the water – Prerequisites knowledge of auxiliary motor sailboat (inboard or out board) tend dock lines, fenders and crew.
- Anchor Review: On the water – Prerequisites knowledge of auxiliary power review of setting an anchor and picking up mooring ball coordination with crew techniques.
- Heavy Weather Review: On the water – Prerequisites knowledge of auxiliary motor sailboat (inboard or out board), ASA 104.
- Night Sailing Review: On the water – Prerequisites knowledge of auxiliary motor sailboat (inboard or out board), ASA 104.
Contact us for more information and scheduling.
ASA Course Requirements
ASA Certification requires that you become a member of ASA. ASA annual discounted rate of $59.
ASA requires each certification course that students use ASA textbooks. We recommend purchasing the printed bundled package (101,103, 104 textbooks) for $96.12. Purchased directly through ASA . It would be best to purchase textbooks one month before the start of the course to give students enough time to read the text and complete chapter reviews on each course.
Upon arrival, one log book will be issued to each enrolled student. For each successful completion of course(s), a certification sticker for the log book will be issued (sent directly to the student from ASA). This process typically a 3 to 4 week to process. Test results will be held in student’s permanent ASA records. Each course certificate course sticker, ASA fee $150.
103,104,114 – All require meal planning, and requires provisioning expenses (Trip to Grocery store).
You can reach ASA for textbooks and membership information at the following links:
Additional Course Details
- The Skills Required to Handle a Boat Safely
- Useful Terms
- Related Equipment
- Sailing Theory
- Points of Sail
- Crew Communication
- Crew Overboard
- Knots
- Rules of the Road and How to Avoid Collisions
- Basic Aids to Navigation
- Emphasis on Safety
- Docking
- Skills to Sail Sloop-Rigged Auxiliary Powered Sailboat in Moderate Conditions
- How to Cruise Safely in Local and Regional Waters As Both Skipper and Crew With a Steering Wheel Vessel
- Coast Guard Equipment Requirements
- Emergency Handling
- Man Overboard Drills
- Anchoring Deploy and Retrieval Techniques
- Sail Handling and Reefing
- Reading a Nautical Chart,
- Departure and Docking
- Introduction to Weather
This is an advanced cruising standards for individuals with cruising experience. One will act as skipper or crew sailing by day near coastal waters in moderate or heavy weather and seas. Further sail training include knowledge of onboard systems and troubleshooting minor engine trouble, fuel, water, and cooling systems.
Student will also learn cruise planning and provisioning, cooking underway, piloting skills, further navigation, VHF, docking, mooring emergency skills, and using their skills in a coastal cruise to a destination and/or island hopping.
*Three days/two nights days of on-water instruction
***PREREQUISITES: ASA 101 and 103
Student applies the navigation theory and practices for safe navigation of a sailing vessel in coastal and inland waters.
On-water navigation skills are a combination of 103 Coastal Cruising, 104 Bareboat Cruising in progressive levels of detail Coastal Navigation Course covers chart reading, lights and buoyage, dead reckoning, bearings and fixes, set and drift, tides and currents, lights, dayshapes, signals for shipping, emergency position finding and much more.
Be able to demonstrate the navigational theory required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters. There is no Sailing Skills part to this Standard and practical application of this sailing knowledge is found in the Advanced Coastal Cruising Standard.
Starpath School of Navigation handles all registration, administration, instruction, and also theexamination. You can contact them at this link: Starpath School of Navigation
- The Skills Required to Handle a Boat Safely
- Useful Terms
- Related Equipment
- Sailing Theory
- Points of Sail
- Crew Communication
- Crew Overboard
- Knots
- Rules of the Road and How to Avoid Collisions
- Basic Aids to Navigation
- Emphasis on Safety
- Docking
- Skills to Sail Sloop-Rigged Auxiliary Powered Sailboat in Moderate Conditions
- How to Cruise Safely in Local and Regional Waters As Both Skipper and Crew With a Steering Wheel Vessel
- Coast Guard Equipment Requirements
- Emergency Handling
- Man Overboard Drills
- Anchoring Deploy and Retrieval Techniques
- Sail Handling and Reefing
- Reading a Nautical Chart,
- Departure and Docking
- Introduction to Weather
- The Skills Required to Handle a Boat Safely
- Useful Terms
- Related Equipment
- Sailing Theory
- Points of Sail
- Crew Communication
- Crew Overboard
- Knots
- Rules of the Road and How to Avoid Collisions
- Basic Aids to Navigation
- Emphasis on Safety
- Docking
- Skills to Sail Sloop-Rigged Auxiliary Powered Sailboat in Moderate Conditions
- How to Cruise Safely in Local and Regional Waters As Both Skipper and Crew With a Steering Wheel Vessel
- Coast Guard Equipment Requirements
- Emergency Handling
- Man Overboard Drills
- Anchoring Deploy and Retrieval Techniques
- Sail Handling and Reefing
- Reading a Nautical Chart,
- Departure and Docking
- Introduction to Weather
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This is an advanced cruising standards for individuals with cruising experience. One will act as skipper or crew sailing by day near coastal waters in moderate or heavy weather and seas. Further sail training include knowledge of onboard systems and troubleshooting minor engine trouble, fuel, water, and cooling systems.
Student will also learn cruise planning and provisioning, cooking underway, piloting skills, further navigation, VHF, docking, mooring emergency skills, and using their skills in a coastal cruise to a destination and/or island hopping.
*Seven days/six nights of on-water instruction
**9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Capt. Scott Brenner
Former Commander USCG AUX 9-10 Ft. Myers-Cape Coral FL, current 100-ton Master Captain with sailing endorsement, over 5 years sailing instructor experience with both US Sailing, American Sailing Association certified for Basic Keelboat, Coastal Cruising, Bare Boat, Navigation, Catamaran sailing courses.
