Private Sailing Courses Offered and Prices
ASA 101 Basic Keelboat
Private Docking Class
Take Private Sailing Classes instead of group classes and gain individual instruction that can be modified to fit your education needs and schedule. We offer both ASA certified or non ASA certified private sailing classes. Both lead to your becoming a competent sailboat captain. Please see the Group Sailing Courses and Prices page of our website in order to learn more about Group classes.
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ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising: 2 day, all on the water, intermediate level sailing class. ASA103 provides training in the remaining sailing concepts that are not covered in ASA101, including more on gear and equipment, safety, duties of skipper and crew, seamanship, boat handling, docking, anchoring, reefing, and heaving to. Class size: 1-4 students. Prerequisites: ASA101 or successful challenge of ASA101. (See description of ASA 101 Challenge to right.)
Private ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising class includes Coastal Cruising Made Easy Textbook by ASA, ASA Test, and ASA Certification. Two day minimum required by ASA for certification. Price $1538.
If ASA Certification not desired then Price includes Coastal Cruising Made Easy by ASA Textbook. Price: $769/day with one day minimum.
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 adder.
Home Studies: ASA105 Coastal Navigation, ASA107 Celestial Navigation, ASA117 Celestial Endorsement, and ASA119 Marine Weather are offered as home studies 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. $399 for ASA107. Please see the Group Sailing Classes and Prices Page for more information on our Home Study Program.
Presents: Give the Sailor in your life a Sailing Class:
Please consider giving the sailor in your life a course for Christmas, birthdays, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, etc. We will mail out the course materials in a box suitable for wrapping. 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, assuming you decide on completing ASA Certification.
ASA 119 Marine Weather
Private 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 Captainmike@nockamixonsailingschool.com to select a date and sign up.
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: 1-4 students. Prerequisites: None.
Private ASA101 with ASA Certification includes Sailing Made Easy Textbook by ASA, ASA log book, ASA Test, ASA 3 month trial membership, and ASA Certification. Price $1538.
If ASA Certification not desired then Price includes Sailing Made Easy by ASA Textbook. Price: $769/day with one day minimum.
ASA 103 Basic Coastal
In order to sign up for a Private Sailing Class please do the following:
Contact Nockamixon Sailing School at Captainmike@nockamixonsailingschool.com or 215-499-0335 in order to select class dates for your class.
Pay for the class either by check or credit card by visiting the How to sign up page of our website.
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.
Private ASA102 Keelboat 2 class includes Keelboat 2 textbook by ASA, ASA Test, and ASA102 Certification. Two day minimum required by ASA for certification. Price $1538.
If ASA Certification not desired then Price includes Keelboat 2 Sailing Textbook by ASA Textbook. Price: $769/day with one day minimum.
How to Schedule a Private Class?
A Private Class can be scheduled on any days shown on the Group Sailing Class Schedule page so long as the dates are not already sold and sometimes on days not shown. Please contact Captainmike@nockamixonsailingschool.com or 215-499-0335 to schedule a private class.