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BASIC COASTAL CRUISING This is designed as a three-day course, combining our one-day auxiliary power helmsmanship course with two days of sailing on the glorious Chesapeake Bay. The second and third days (also referred to as the Weekend Basic Coastal) will bring out your best sailing skills as you are versed in VHF radio procedure, piloting, tacking, jibing and rules of the road. You will spend an evening in another local town, where you will practice anchoring, review heavy weather techniques and begin your work on your ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Exam. The next morning continues with a review of the ASA test and while sailing back to Annapolis delves into safety procedures, reefing while underway, and various overboard situations. Of course, you will be sailing and piloting your craft with more comfort and ease every minute. Upon successful completion, you will receive your ASA103 certification with CSS and the American Sailing Association. |
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BAREBOAT CHARTERING ASA104 After completing the Basic Coastal Cruising course, the Bareboat Chartering course is geared to get the student to a level where you will be ready to charter larger boats in more difficult cruising areas. Also open to non-graduates who have done some cruising or chartering but would like to expand their skills and feel completely at ease for extended cruising or chartering in exotic areas such as the Caribbean. The Bareboat Chartering Course may be combined to the three-day Basic Coastal Cruising Course for a Five-day Vacation cruise or take the APH, Weekend Basic Coastal and the Bareboat Course over subsequent weekends. The Bareboat Chartering course will qualify you at the ASA Bareboat Chartering level. With a format similar to the Basic Coastal Cruising Course, the Bareboat Chartering course reinforces all points covered in the Basic Coastal Cruising course. Bareboat Chartering covers topics such as trip planning, galley procedures and common cooking systems, sea breeze and land breeze effects, fog, radar reflectors, etiquette, use of tide tables and current set and drift, daily and weekly maintenance procedures, and proper use of specific knots. |
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| As an extra bonus Chesapeake Sailing School offers some extremely attractive rates should you desire to extend your three or five day vacation course with a self-directed bareboat cruise for an additional two days. Here is the opportunity to begin to build your bareboat resume immediately after you have finished your course while you still have everything fresh in your mind. Scheduling a cruising course is easy. The APH and Weekend Cruising/Chartering courses are offered from May through October on select weekends, while the three or five-day vacation package is available over a long weekend or select weeks. See the current schedule for Open Enrollment for individuals. Groups of 2 or more: Private Instruction/Dates available. |
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