Class Dates:
June 14-15, August 16-17
Sept. 27-28, October 4-5
Please select a class date you want from the list above or visit our schedule page to see all sailing classes.
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After selecting the class date, please contact 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.
ASA118 Docking Endorsement: 2 Day all on the water docking class. Learn to get that big boat into a little slip. We suggest you bring your entire crew since line handling is as essential as maneuvers at the helm when docking.
Why take ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering at Delmarva Sailing School?
Our ASA118 docking class is unique because we teach docking on a larger 39-foot sailboat compared to most other schools, which typically utilize a 30–32-foot sailboat. Learning to dock a 39-foot sailboat is much harder than docking a smaller sailboat. It is a more realistic preparation for chartering or sailboat ownership, making our docking class the finest available anywhere. When you complete our ASA118 docking class, you will feel like you finally have it and know how to dock a 39-foot sailboat. All Delmarva Sailing School ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering Classes are taught on the 39′ Pearson sloop ‘Gallivant’.
Class Description:
Take our ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering Class and gain the knowledge and skills to dock and maneuver a sailboat under auxiliary power in various conditions on fixed and floating docks safely and competently. Includes knowledge of steering and propulsion theory, wind and current, safety precautions, and knots and line handling.
Class size: 3-4, typically with a maximum of five students allowed.
Prerequisites: ASA101.
Itinerary: Day one-
Docking students learn how to steer in tight quarters in both a forward and aft direction, how to stop the boat under power in both directions. This gets the students used to switching gears and throttling up and down before getting close to hard objects.
Learn how to do a standing turn in tight quarters.
Learn to pull up alongside a dock, simulating a fuel dock approach.
Learn how to use warp lines to turn the boat using pilings. Students learn to warp in and warp out of slips in tight quarters.
Learn to bow into a slip.
Learn to go stern into a slip. By the time you finish on day one, you are backing into a slip with other boats in close quarters.
Itinerary Day 2-
On day two, we focus on practicing what we learned on day one by students taking turns docking and undocking the boat throughout the day. Students take turns putting the boat into the slip, and choose whether they want to bow in, stern in, warp in, warp out, standing turn, pull up alongside, etc. This time, when the student decides the docking method is likely the most critical part of the class for most students, in that it lets them practice with docking methods where they need practice, and is a confidence builder.
Finally, the class ends with a written test and ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering Certification.
Facilities:
- Class taught in Rock Hall, MD, at Haven Harbor South Marina.
- In the evening, students can hang out at Haven Harbour South Marina, and 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 bikes that are available for free, or relax on the white sandy beach.
- Super clean bathrooms and showers are available 24 hours/day.
- Free Parking. Please see the Location page for more information on Haven Harbour Marina South.
How to save money?
Couples get 10% off. Combine ASA118 Docking Class with ASA104 Bareboat Cruising and save 10% on ASA104/ASA118. Sign up for ASA103/104/118 and save 15%. Please visit the Classes, Price, and Pay by Credit Card Page to see prices and sign up.
Price includes the following:
- ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering Made Easy Textbook.
- ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering Test.
- ASA118 Docking and Maneuvering Certification:
- Students sleep on the boat in the evening before their class start date and the evening of day one.
- Students can bring their own Personal Flotation Device (PFD) or use one of the boats’ Type V PFDs with tethers for free.
