Group Sailing Courses and Prices

Complete the fun and challenging series of ASA sailing courses and become a competent sailboat captain. Each course includes thorough training to ASA and Nockamixon Sailing School's high standards. 10% discount off if you sign up for more than one class. Additional 10% off with Limited Time Offer sale price that ends April 30, 2024.

ASA119 Marine Weather Endorsement: Available as home study only. ASA119 Marine Weather Endorsement is for those who want to understand the proper use of weather information in planning and adapting navigation during voyages. Course includes a description of basic weather concepts, pressure and wind, global winds and currents, strong wind systems, clouds fog and sea state, wind and terrain, weather maps, sources of marine weather, on board forecasting and tactics, and southern hemisphere weather. Prerequisites: None. Price: $349. Price includes Modern Marine Weather textbook, workbook, PowerPoint presentation, test, and certification. ASA119 test is provided with the course materials and is a take home open book test. Student returns the exam to us for grading and certification when they are ready.

Captain In You Sailing Schools owns and operates the Center for Celestial Navigation. The mission of the Center for Celestial Navigation is to make it easier for students to learn Celestial Navigation so they can enjoy using the Sun, Planets, Moon, and Stars to navigate on the ocean.

Captain Michael Brown has taught ASA117 and ASA107 for over ten years and has over 40,000 nautical miles ocean sailing experience. During this time, he developed course materials for ASA117 and ASA107 and put them into a new book called Solving the Puzzle of Celestial Navigation.

Our Celestial Navigation materials are suitable for students to learn as home studies and provide a Workshop approach where each concept is described and then an example problem is worked, showing all steps of the process. Work Forms are included for all Celestial Bodies to make it easy.

The ASA test is included with the course materials and the student returns it to us when completed for grading and certification.

Part 1 of the book covers all the subjects in the ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement test.

Parts 1 and Part 2 cover all the subjects in the ASA107 Celestial Navigation Standard test.

Both are available as digital downloads from the Center for Celestial Navigation website at low prices.

ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement- $99.50

ASA107 Celestial Navigation Standard- $299

Prerequisites: ASA105 Coastal Navigation and Piloting.

Click on the button to visit the Center for Celestial Navigation website to learn more and sign up for ASA117 or ASA107.

ASA105 Coastal Navigation & Piloting: Home Study or Classroom. Learn the navigational skills required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters. Includes chart symbols, publications, chart scaling, navigation rules, tide and current tables, List of lights, converting courses between true, magnetic, and compass, hand bearing compass, navigation tools, compass deviation, plotting a dead reckoning course using speed, time, and course to steer, understanding current and leeway and its effect on your estimated position, determining what course to steer taking into account current and leeway, two bearing fix, three bearing fix, estimated position, running fix, danger bearing, characteristics of lighted navigation aids, understanding the buoyage system, and more. Prerequisites: None. Price includes Coastal Navigation and Piloting Textbook by Tom Tursi, Solutions Workbook, DVD, Practice chart, Dividers, and Parallel Rules, Test and chart for test, and ASA105 certification. During Covid crisis ASA is allowing us to offer the exam as a take home open book test instead of using a Proctor so whether the student is doing a home study or classroom class, the test is included with the course materials and the student returns it to us when completed for grading. Home study price: $349.

ASA101 Basic Keelboat Sailing: 2 day, all on the water, beginner level sailing class. ASA101 provides all you need to get started sailing, including sailing vocabulary, principles of sailing, sail trim, steering with a tiller, required safety equipment, proper commands for tacks and jibes, crew overboard recovery, and much more. You will be able to sail on a basic level after completing ASA101. Class size: 2-4 students. Prerequisites: None. Price includes Sailing Made Easy by ASA, ASA Test, ASA membership, and ASA Certification. List Price: $599. 10% off during sale. Sale Price: $539. Limited time only. Additional 10% off available if you take two or more different classes. (ASA101/103- $970, ASA101/102- $970, ASA101/102/103- $1,455).

ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising: 2 day, all on the water, intermediate level sailing class. ASA103 provides training in how to sail upwind and downwind to a destination. Learn more about duties of skipper and crew, seamanship, tacking and jibing, sailboat gear and equipment, fire safety and use of extinguishers, docking into and out of a slip and alongside a dock, bow anchoring, how to put in and shake out reefs, more on sail trim, more navigation rules, basic navigation concepts, more sound signals, use of VHF radio, and heaving to in order to reef, do repairs, or have lunch. Class size: 2-4 students. Prerequisites: ASA101 or successful challenge of ASA101. Price includes Coastal Cruising Made Easy Textbook by ASA, ASA Test, and ASA Certification. List Price: $599. 10% off during sale. Sale Price: $539. Limited time only. Additional 10% off available if you take two or more different classes. (ASA101/103- $970, ASA102/103- $970, ASA101/102/103- $1,455).

ASA 101 Challenge- Students with significant experience are welcome to challenge ASA101. This requires the student to pass the ASA101 written test, and demonstrate the on-the-water skills required for the ASA101 standard. Although a separate on-the-water test can be arranged, demonstrating the on-the-water skills typically happens while the student takes ASA103. Price: $225.

Presents: Give the Sailor in your life a Sailing Class:

Please consider giving the sailor in your life a sailing class for Christmas, Birthdays, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, etc. See the How to sign up page to learn more about how to buy a gift certificate. After your loved one receives their present, they can contact us to schedule their class.

Private Sailboat Docking Class: 1 day, all on the water, private docking class on your or our sailboat. Minimum 1 student and maximum 4 students. Prerequisites: None. The price includes one Docking Textbook per number of students from 1-4 students. ASA118 certification is not included since this class only focuses on tiller rigged sailboats with outboard engines. Concepts covered include pivot point, prop wash, prop walk, turning arc, standing turn with outboard, pulling up alongside a dock, doubling a line, bow into slip, stern out of slip, how to deal with various wind directions and speed. Basically, we go over concepts and then dock all day long. No written test. Price: $769. Please contact Captain Mike at 215-499-0335 or Captainmike@nockamixonsailingschool.com to select a date and sign up.

ASA102 Keelboat 2 Sailing: Although ASA102 is numerically between ASA101 and ASA103, ASA102 Keelboat 2 is not a prerequisite for ASA103 or any higher ASA Sailing Classes, and may be taken even by students who have already completed ASA103 and ASA104 on the water sailing classes. ASA102 Keelboat 2 is a sailtrim class and is for students who want to focus on improving and perfecting their sailing skills over a two day period. Great emphasis is put on understanding angle of attack, sail shape, and twist in order to achieve proper sail trim when close hauled, reaching, or running, and how to use sail controls including main sheet, jib sheet, genoa track cars, halyard tension, traveler, outhaul, boom vang and leech line in both upwind and downwind sailing. Also learn how to use sail trim to steer up wind and downwind without use of the rudder, how to properly steer and trim sails when ducking around objects on the water, how to use the Slow and Go technique to approach a mooring under sail, and how to apply an air brake to stop. Demonstrate Figure eight and Quick Stop Man Overboard Recovery and Heaving-to. Class size: 2-4 students. Prerequisites: ASA101. Price includes Keelboat 2 textbook by ASA, ASA Test, and ASA102 Certification. List Price: $599. 10% off during sale. Sale Price: $539. Limited time only. Additional 10% off available if you take two or more different classes. (ASA101/102- $970, ASA102/103- $970, ASA101/102/103- $1,455).

Classroom Classes: ASA105, ASA107 are available in a classroom by request only. Minimum 3 students required. $499 per student including the course materials, ASA test, ASA certification, and use of our meeting room located in Warminster, PA. Also available at your location for same price per student plus travel expenses.

ASA Group Courses Offered and Prices

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