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ASA-101 Basic Keelboat
ASA-103 Basic Coastal Cruising
ASA-104 Bareboat Charter- Monohull
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ASA-106 Advanced Coastal Cruising
ASA Radar Endorsement
Navigation Rules Class
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Bradenton, Florida
ASA-101 Basic Keelboat
March 1-2, 2010 (Includes overnight accomodation on board training vessel)

2010 Dates: 
Sandy Hook, NJ-
Summer 2010:
ASA-101 Basic Keelboat
Weekend courses:
April 30-May 2
May 21-23
June 18-20
June 25-27
July 9-11
July 23-25
Aug. 6-9
Aug. 20-22
Sept 3-5

Weekday courses:
July 5-7
Aug. 2-4

Course Instructor: Captain Andrew Seligman

Captain Andrew Seligman actively partakes in racing and cruising sail boats, teaching sailing for Tracey School, and teaching sailing to new sailors at his sailing club.  Andrew also instructs students to get their United States Coast Guard licenses.
Andrew has several licenses and certifications including various ASA Standard student certifications, and ASA Instructor certifications.  Andrew has a USCG Masters license with commercial towing and sailing endorsements.  Boating since he was eight years old and sailing for 13 years; "I was introduced to the sea before I could walk," Andrew says, whose grandparents and uncles were avid sailors.
An environmental scientist working for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Andrew works to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
 

 
 Basic Keelboat: 3 Day 

ASA-101 Basic Keelboat Sailing 3 Days- $495 (4 Students per class)
Please note that there is a mandatory additional one time Administrative/Set-up fee payable to the ASA of $39 which includes a one year membership in the American Sailing Association.
Prerequisites: None

New:
We have added 101 courses in Sarasota, Florida this winter AND both weekend and weekday courses in Sandy Hook, NJ for the summer of 2010!

ASA-101 Basic Keelboat course is taught on a 22' Seaward monohull w/tiller and outboard.

Overview:
This is the beginning of your sailing adventures.
In this course you will learn about the sailboat, the language of sailing, the Navigation Rules, how to sail safely, how to dock, anchor and moor the boat and the responsibilities of the Captain and crew.
Most importantly, you will learn how to sail.
From the foundation of this course you can build a lifetime of sailing knowledge and pleasure. These basics will be used every day, every time you go sailing for the rest of your life.  At the Tracey School, no course is more important to us than this one. How well you learn the basics is the keystone to your confidence and comfort.
Our motto is simple: "Sailing is magical". This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge to safely enjoy the magic of sailing. 
Successful completion earns a National Safe Boating Certificate recognized by the NASBLA and the U.S. Coast Guard. 

Detailed course description.
The basis and most important of all courses we teach. A full three days of sailing instruction that will make you a sailor. Written tests are offered at your convenience after passing the practical, on the water portion of this course.

    Day 1

  • Classroom O900-1100
                Introductions to Sailing     (Pg.11)
                Overview: The sailboat and the wind (Pg.12)
                Sailing knowledge (Pg.14)
                            All about boats     (Pg.15)
                            The basic boat     (Pg.17)
                            Responsibilities of the skipper and crew     (Pg.24)
                            Alcohol and drug abuse     (Pg.25)
                            Federal requirements for recreational boats     (Pg.27)
                            Review questions     (Pg.33)
  • Lunch 1100-1130
  • Dockside 1130-1230
             Sailing skills
                                Dock lines and their uses     (Pg.124)
                            Boarding     (Pg.36)
                            Sailing Checklist     (Pg.37)
                            Attaching the sails     (Pg.37)
                            Rigging checklist     (Pg.40)
                            Using winches     (Pg.41)
  • Underway 1230-1530
                Outbound- under power
                               Handling a vessel under power (Pg.156)
                                        Power exercise
                                        Figure eight at ½ and full throttle exercise
                                        Fast Stop exercise
                    Sailing
                                Raising the mainsail     (Pg.41)
                            Getting the boat moving     (Pg.45)
                                            Getting the boat moving exercise
                            Getting out of irons     (Pg.46)
                            Coming about or Tacking mainsail only     (pg.49)
                                            Coming about exercise
                            Jibing     (Pg.49)
                                            Jibing exercise
                            Anchoring     (Pg.127-129)
                                            Vessel and crew preparation exercise
                                            Recovering the anchor exercise
                            Mooring     (pg.134)
                                            Mooring exercise
                            Ending the sail     (Pg.60)
                            Stowing the sails     (Pg.61)
                    Inbound- under power
                            Landing at an upwind dock exercise
                            Docking     (Pg.63)

    End of Day One

    Day 2

Classroom 0900-1100
      Sailing knowledge (Pg.66)
                        Sail trim (Pg.67)
                        What makes a boat sail (Pg.70)
                        Points of sail (Pg.72+44)
                        Rules of the road under sail (Pg.77)
                        Review questions (Pg.80)
                        Day sail planning (Pg.111)
                        Chart symbols (Pg.112)
                        Aids to navigation (Pg.113)
                        Anchors and their uses (Pg.119)
                        The Anchorage (Pg.121)
                        Knots (Pg.123)
                        Dock lines and their uses (Pg.124)
                        Review questions (Pg.125)

Lunch 1100-1130

Underway 1130-1530
            Outbound under power
            Sailing
                        Raising the mainsail (Pg.41)
                        Raising the jib (Pg.54)
                        Reaching with mainsail and jib (Pg.55)
                                        Reaching exercise
                        Coming about with mainsail and jib (Pg.55)
                                        Coming about exercise
                                        Sailing a figure eight
                        Jibing with mainsail and jib (Pg.58)
                                        Jibing exercise
                        Communications (Pg.83)
                        Sailing close-hauled (Pg.83)
                                        Sailing Close-hauled exercise
                        Sailing on a run (Pg.85)
                                        Running exercise
                        Sailing on a reach (Pg.86)
                                        Reaching exercise
                        Stopping the boat (Pg.87)
                                        Stopping exercise
                        Sail trimming exercise (Pg.106)
            Inbound- under power
End of Day Two

Day 3
 

Classroom 0900-1100
            Sailing Knowledge
                        The safety harness (Pg.91)
                        Deck safety (Pg.91)
                        Hypothermia and clothing (Pg.93)
                        Seasickness (Pg.98)
                        Review questions (Pg.99)

Lunch 1100-1130

Underway 1130-1630

Preparation
            Practical Exam- Group-
                        Boarding (Pg.36)
                        Sailing Checklist (Pg.37)
                        Attaching the sails (Pg.37)
                        Rigging checklist (Pg.40)
                        Engine operation-Outboards (Pg.153)

Outbound (and Inbound) under power
            Practical Exam- Individual-
                        Handling under power (Pg.156)

Sailing
            Practical Exam- Group
                        Setting sails
            Sailing a triangular course (Pg.101)
                        Triangular Exercise
            Practical Exam- Individual
                        Sailing a triangular course
            Rescuing a man overboard (Pg.105)
                        MOB exercise
            Practical Exam- Group
                        Rescuing a man overboard
            Sailing in confined waters (Pg.106)
                        Coming about in a confined area exercise
            Heaving To (Pg.129)
                        Heaving to exercise
            Practical Exam- Group
                        Freestyle- understand verbal instruction
                        and helmsman issue commands to the crew:
                                        Tack / Jibe / Stop the boat / Get the boat
                                        moving / Sail to mooring / Anchor / Put
                                        the boat on any prescribed point of sail
                                        Ending the sail / Stowing the sails /
                                        Preparing for docking / Docking
 

 
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731 Holmdel Rd.
Holmdel, NJ 07733
Phone: 732-546-4103
Email: traceysailingschool@gmail.com



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