Let’s admit it, learning is fun! This is one reason sailing is so exciting, every time you get out on the water a new situation shows its face and you, as a sailor, are prepared to deal with it. Whether you are cruising or racing, anything from zero visibility fog to instrument failure can take you from plan A to plan B, C, or D. Here at the Club, we believe that one way to stay sharp is to regularly sail and actively enhance your sailing education.

ASA 105 Coastal Navigation

This 12 hour, classroom based course, teaches navigation by chart using navigational tools and publications.

Course Topics:

  • Reading nautical charts, symbols, and dead reckoning navigation
  • Bearings and fixes, correcting your course for current and leeway
  • Fog navigation and GPS practice

There are no pre-requisites for this course, but the class is  a prerequisite for ASA 106 “Advanced Coastal Cruising.”

Cost: Member $295; Non-Member; $395

ASA 118 Docking Endorsement

Docking is one of the most stressful aspects of sailing because you are coming within inches of a solid and unforgiving obstruction, very capable of damaging your vessel. We believe docking should be as relaxing as sailing itself, thus we offer the Docking Endorsement, to help make docking your vessel as second nature as parking your car. Apart from the valuable, hands-on practice time you will receive in this 6 hour course, you will also learn about different docking approaches and what they mean for your boat.

Cost: Member $145; Non-Member $195

ASA 120 Radar Endorsement

This Radar Endorsement course teaches safe, efficient use of small-craft radar for piloting, chart navigation, and collision avoidance. The curriculum covers a broad range of radar related topics, including radar principles and practical matters of radar operation, as well as using a realistic PC based radar simulator to illustrate radar measurements.  Additionally, students will also learn how radar works, how to interpret the screen, position navigation, radar and navigation rules.

Cost: Member $295; Non-Member $395