ASA 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing

2 days · Up to 6 students · $850 per student · Seward, Alaska

A hands-on sailing class just for young sailors, ages 13 - 20. Students earn their first ASA certification and learn to skipper a 20–28 ft sailboat by day, in light to moderate winds and sea conditions. No experience needed.

Taught by an experienced educatorYour instructor, Kate, is an ASA-certified sailing instructor and an elementary PE teacher (in Anchorage). She knows how young people learn best: active, hands-on, and with plenty of encouragement.

What you'll learn

• Sailing terminology and the parts of a sailboat

• Helm commands, points of sail and sail trim

• Crew overboard recovery

• Safety and seamanship

Daily schedule (both days)

• 9:30 am–5 pm: Classroom in the morning, a lunch break (pack a sack lunch), then sailing in the afternoon

• ASA 101 written exam on Day 2

• What to bring: sack lunch, water, warm layers, rain gear, and life jacket (or borrow a Kids Don't Float jacket at the top of the ramp).

For parents

• Drop-off/pick-up location: Seward Mariner's Memorial.

• Parent/guardian signs the waiver for students under 18

What's included

• Included: Instruction, use of the boats, sales tax, exam fees, & logbook

• Not included: ASA Textbook, bring your own lunch, meals and lodging in Seward Saturday night.

Required textbook (not included)
Bareboat Cruising Made Easy, available at americansailing.com or Amazon. We highly recommend reading it before your course.

• Local to Anchorage or Seward? You can buy the book from us.

• Prefer to listen? It's available on Audible.

• ASA offers free online prep courses that cover the textbook material: americansailing.com
  2027 Dates: