ASA Group Courses Offered and Prices
ASA 101 Basic Keelboat
ASA 105 Coastal Navigation
ASA 107 Celestial Navigation Home Study- $149.99 or $249.99 including hard copy.
ASA 117 Celestial Navigation Home Study- $49.99 or $99.99 including hard copy.
ASA117/107 Classroom Class- $550
Private Docking Class
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 December 31, 2024.
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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.
Learn the navigational skills required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in ocean waters by use of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars.
ASA117 home study includes an introduction to Celestial Navigation, General Concepts, Parts of the Sextant, Latitude and Longitude by Local Apparent Noon, Sunset Sunrise Civil Twilight and Nautical Twilight based on your position, and Latitude by Polaris. Includes 154 page “Solving the Puzzle of Celestial Navigation” Part 1 textbook by Captain Michael Brown. Textbook is in PDF format and works on any computer or I-Pad or other device where PDF files can be read. Also Includes actual ASA117 Test, Work Forms for Local Apparent Noon and Polaris, and Universal Plotting Sheets. Nothing else is needed to gain ASA Certification to ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement.
Price- $49.99 for digital version. $99.99 for both digital and hard copy.
ASA107 home study includes all ASA117 course materials plus Arc Intercept Method, Sun Moon Planet Reductions, Star Reductions, DMA Plotting Sheets and Dead Reckoning Plotting, Running Fix Plotting, Star Finder, Compass Calibration, Gnomonic vs Mercator Charts. Includes everything required to complete both ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement and ASA107 Celestial Navigation Standard. Includes Digital Version of “Solving the Puzzle of Celestial Navigation” Textbook by Captain Michael Brown. Includes Part 1 (155 pages) and Part 2 (248 pages). Questions like those on the ASA117 and ASA107 Celestial Navigation tests are answered in a full and complete manner allowing students to use them as a model when completing the take home test. Also includes download of actual ASA107 and ASA117 Celestial Navigation Tests, ASA107 Student Guide, all work forms (Local Apparent Noon Work Form, Polaris Work Form, Stars Work Form, Star Finder Work Form, and Planets Moon and Sun Work form), and Universal Plotting Sheet.
Price- $149.99 for digital version including Star Finder and DMA 925 chart mailed separately via US mail. $249.99 for both digital and hard copy versions of workbooks, Star Finder, and DMA 925 chart shipped separately via US mail.
Telephone and email support if needed is included at no additional charge.
NOTE: This website is not capable of uploading digital books so to purchase, you must visit the Center for Celestial Navigation website to purchase and upload the course materials. The Center for Celestial Navigation website is owned and operated by Captain In You Sailing Schools, Inc.
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 sailing class. Students learn all they need to get started sailing, including sailing vocabulary, principles of sailing, how to rig/hoist/set sails safely and correctly to obtain proper sail trim using halyards, outhaul, boom vang, mainsheet, jib sheets, winches, and traveler. Also learn to steer both under engine and sail, learn to come about and jibe properly, learn about safety equipment, proper commands at the helm, crew overboard recovery, learn to head up and bear away, sail on various points of sail including close hauled, close reach, beam reach, and broad reach, and much more. 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. Students sail from the marina toward the dam or toward the Lake House. Learn seamanship skills, tacking and jibing skills, 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, more on knot tying, how to properly coil lines, how it fix winch overrides, basic navigation concepts, more sound signals, use of VHF radio, and heaving to in order to reef or 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.
Private Instruction: Private Instruction is available on our sailboat for $769/day with or without ASA certification. Please see Private Sailing Prices Page to learn more.
Home Studies: ASA105, ASA107, ASA117, and ASA119 are offered as home study including the course materials, ASA test, and ASA certification. Once you sign up we mail the course materials. You can take the take home open book exam anytime. Price $349 for ASA105 and ASA119. $25 for ASA117 or ASA107.
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.
Tipping:
Tipping is not required but if your captain does a great job you may want to give a tip. Please also complete the evaluation form you will receive from ASA, after your class is over.
ASA 119 Marine Weather
ASA Group Sailing Class Descriptions and Prices:
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.
What to do next?
ASA 103 Basic Coastal Cruising
On the Water Sailing Classes:
Home Study Classes:
ASA 102 Keelboat 2
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.
Additional 10% off all group on the water Sailing Classes. (ASA101, ASA102, or ASA103) Limited Time Only. Sale ends December 31, 2024.
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ASA117 and or ASA107 Celestial Navigation Classroom Class. 3 Days. March 28-30, 2025. Warminster, PA. Price: $550.
For those who prefer learning Celestial Navigation in a classroom instead of a home study, we offer a 3 day workshop in Warminster, PA (40 miles from Philadelphia airport) where we go over all the concepts included in both ASA117 Celestial Navigation Endorsement and ASA107 Celestial Navigation.
Class is taught by Captain Michael Brown, US Coast Guard Ocean Master with over 40,000 nautical ocean miles and ASA Certified Instructor Evaluator and author of the “Solving the Puzzle of Celestial Navigation” workbooks.
Workshop focuses on example problems similar to those questions on the ASA117 and ASA107 Celestial Navigation Tests so student can then have a model for how to answer each actual question on the ASA 117 and ASA107 Celestial Navigation tests. There is no deadline for submission of the tests for grading. After the workshop students submit the completed tests whenever they are ready.
Students who successfully complete everything receive ASA117 and ASA107 Celestial Navigation certification.
Click on the button to visit www.centerforcelestialnavigation.com to learn more about topics covered and what is included or to sign up.
ASA 108 Ocean Passage Making