Sailing Education Adventures

Sail and skipper or crew a 16.5' sloop-rig keelboat, in Richardson's Bay, with moderate to heavy wind and sea conditions.

Cost: $345

Location: Clipper Yacht Harbor, Sausalito.
Prerequisites: Membership

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Sessions consists of four (4) Saturdays or four (4) Sundays 9 am to 4 pm and one evening classroom session running from 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm.

Session 1 - Sundays, April 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2010.  Includes one evening classroom session Thursday, April 1st.

Session 2 - Saturdays, May 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2010.  Includes one evening classroom session Thursday, April 29th.

Session 3 - Sundays, June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2010.  Includes one evening classroom session Thursday, June 3rd.

Session 4 - Saturdays, July 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2010. Includes one evening classroom session on Thursday July 8th.

Session 5 - Sundays, August 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2010. Includes one evening classroom session Thursday, August 5th.

Session 6 - Saturdays, September 11, 18, 25 & Oct. 2, 2010. Includes one evening classroom session Thursday, September 9th

1. Safety: Proper clothing and footwear, selection and use of personal flotation device (PFD), dock safety, prevention and treatment of hypothermia, water hazards and area awareness
2. Parts of a sailboat: hull, shrouds, stays, sheets, mainsail and jib, boom and mast, gooseneck, stern, headstay, standing and running rigging, etc
3. Functions of the following: Main and jib sheets, boomvang, halyards, outhaul, tiller, telltails, cunningham, etc.
4. Define terms: Port and starboard, astern, aft, heel, helmsman, transom, gudgeon and pintle, etc.
5. Seamanship: Without an instructor or direction: Hoist sails, demonstrate reefing the main, act as helm and crew tacking and jibing (with correct helm and crew communication; on upwind and downwind course), departure from and return to dock, getting into and out of irons, heading up and heading down, crew overboard procedures, sailing solo under light winds and seas
6. Navigation: Apply the USCG Navigation Rules for prevention of collision
7. Knots: Tie without assistance in less than 20 seconds: Bowline, figure 8, cleat hitch, reef (square) knot, round turn and 2 half hitches, sheet bend

SEA offers a range of adult classes. The goal of our series of courses is to help each student to become a competent sailing crewmember and skipper.

Please Contact Us for more information.