ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising – Practice Sail Program. Only students already certified in ASA103 from Delmarva Sailing School and who want to retake the class qualify for the Practice Sail Program.
ASA103 Basic Keelboat Sailing Practice Sail Program Students go through the class with first-time ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Students.
The Practice Sail Program price is our maximum discount. There is no additional couple’s discount. Couples who sign up for two spaces in an ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Practice Sail Program Class should indicate that they are a couple in the notes at sign-up. Couples will be assigned a private double berth with a door. A couple is defined as two students who sleep in the same berth. Please see the Practice Sail Program page for more details.
ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising- Delmarva Sailing School students complete ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising while sailing to fun overnight destinations like Annapolis, Bodkin Creek, Baltimore, or Galesville and return.
Other sailing schools require their ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising students to return to the home marina at the end of the day, so they don’t cruise to destinations until they take ASA104 Bareboat Cruising.
Delmarva Sailing School’s ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising class is a two-day, all-on-the-water, live-aboard program, where students learn to skipper a sloop-rigged auxiliary-powered keelboat by day in moderate winds and sea conditions.
Learn boat systems, boat handling, safety, and seamanship skills (Anchor snubbing, how to fix a winch override, how to coil lines properly, etc.). Learn cruising sailboat terminology, auxiliary engine operation, docking procedures, basic use of electronics and instrumentation, intermediate sail trim, reefing skills, heaving to, basic navigation, navigation rules, anchoring, mooring ball pickup, weather analysis, and more knot tying.
All Delmarva Sailing School ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Practice Sail Program Students receive our internally developed Captain In You ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Study Guide, which has proven effective in helping new students quickly learn the information required to gain ASA certification, and cruise safely on their own.
Class size: 3-4, with a maximum of 5 students.
Prerequisites: ASA101 and ASA103 Certification Required. ASA102 is not required.
Price includes the following:
- Captain In You ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Study Guide.
- All on board breakfast and lunches.
- Sleep on board all nights of the class and the evening before the class begins for free.
- Students can bring their own Personal Flotation Device (PFD) or use our Type V PFD with tether.
Prerequisites: Must already be ASA103 certified to qualify for the Practice Sail Program.
No hotels are needed, since students live aboard our yacht for free, including the evening before their class start date and all days of the class. All slip fees at destination marinas are included.
ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising Classes begin and end in Rock Hall, MD. Upon arrival, students can hang out at Haven Harbour South Marina, have dinner at one of the two restaurants, visit the Haven Harbour South store and boat chandlery, go for a swim in the pool, ride free bikes, or relax on the white-sand beach. Please see the Location page for more information on Haven Harbour South Marina.
Super clean bathrooms and showers are available 24 hours/day.
Free Parking.
How to sign up?
You can sign up for a Practice Sail on any of the ASA 103 Basic Coastal Cruising Classes shown on the schedule below, so long as the class date is not already full or if only one student has signed up, with a minimum of two first-time students. After selecting the class date, please get in touch with Captainmike@delmarvasailingschool.com or 410-810-4230 to confirm availability. Once we confirm availability, you can sign up and pay with a credit card or check.
After selecting the class date, please get in touch with Captainmike@delmarvasailingschool.com or 410-810-4230 to confirm availability. Once we confirm availability, you can sign up and pay with a credit card.
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