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Advanced Coastal Learn-N-Cruise

Advanced Coastal Cruising (ASA 106) and option for Coastal Navigation (ASA 105)

Prerequisite For Course:  ASA 104 Bareboat Charter Certification (or equivalent experience) plus additional cruising experience.

The goal of this course is to achieve ASA Advanced Coastal Cruising competence by skippering at night as well as during the day, in all weather conditions suitable for sailing.  This offshore preparatory class is intense, challenging, and rewarding!  Topics covered on this cruise include:  standing night watch, use of radar and chart plotters, weather analysis, handling emergency situations, night navigation and piloting, spinnaker rigging and use, advanced anchoring techniques, performance tuning, reefing and heavy-weather sailing.  Optional Coastal Navigation Certification also covers detailed aids to navigation, fog procedures, and calculating current, leeway, set and drift.

Spring Option A:  Spring Standard Advanced Coastal Learn-N-Cruise (One Week)  

    Depart Bellingham for your one week, round trip class and explore beyond the San Juan Islands while taking advantage of myriad more advanced cruising experiences found in the waters of the "greater" Pacific Northwest.  Your course cruise plan will be determined by weather and to maximize learning opportunities.  Classes start Saturdays (11AM), return Fridays (3PM), and are offered April through June and late September through October. 

    Tuition:  $1395, plus ASA certifications ($20 each), texts ($66 for ASA 105 and $45 for ASA 106). Budget for one meal ashore.

Spring Option B: Spring Broughton Islands Group Advanced Coastal Learn-N-Cruise (One or Two Weeks)

    Journey with us on a trip of a lifetime to the remote Broughton Islands Group inside the northern tip of Vancouver Island.  These one-way, one or two-week classes are offered either northbound or southbound between Bellingham (WA), Campbell River (BC), and Port McNeill (BC), via Desolation Sound and the Broughton Islands Group.  Among other experiences you will find extreme currents and tidal changes, tidal rapids, and varied mooring challenges. 

    One-Week Option Dates:  Call for 2009 course dates.

    Tuition:  $1495 (One-Week Course).  Tuition includes ASA certifications, textbooks, and provisioning.  Budget for one meal ashore.

    Two-Week Option Dates:   Call for 2009 course dates.

    Tuition:  $2,950 (Two-Week Course).  Tuition includes ASA certifications, textbooks, and provisioning.  Budget for two meals ashore.

    Click here for further details on the Broughton Islands Itinerary

    Click here for transportation options to/from Port McNeill or Campbell River

Fall Option:  Fall Desolation Sound Advanced Coastal Learn-N-Cruise (One or Two Weeks)

    These one-way Advanced Learn-N-Cruise opportunities allow you to discover Desolation Sound, exploring further and offering more variation than the standard round-trip advanced class does. The goal of this week-long cruise is to achieve the ASA Advanced Coastal Cruising standard by skippering a 33’ to 42’ sailboat at night as well as during the daytime, in all weather conditions suitable for sailing.

    This offshore preparatory class is intense, challenging and rewarding! Some of the topics you will cover on this cruise include: watch systems and rotations, use of radar and chart plotters, weather analysis, handling of emergency situations, night navigation and piloting, spinnaker rigging and use, advanced anchoring techniques, performance tuning, and reefing and heavy weather sailing.

    If you are planning to take this advanced course but would like to extend your time onboard, we are offering cabin rentals for the week of September 27 through October 3. During this week the boat will be exploring the islands of Desolation Sound along with the rest of the San Juan Sailing Fall Flotilla. The cabins are reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis. This week will provide you with extra experience in cruising/cruise planning in a beautiful and fairly remote cruising ground. This cruising week is “by the stateroom”. $1,400 per stateroom, so bring along a second person for no additional cost!  A $250 flotilla fee will be split by all on board for the middle week only.

    Dates: 

            September 20-26, 2008  (northbound course begins in Bellingham, WA and ends in Campbell River, BC)

            October 4-10, 2008 (southbound course begins in Campbell River, BC and ends in Bellingham, WA)

            Non-Course cruising week available to students of either class, September 27 - October 3.  This week is round trip from Campbell River, BC.

    Course tuition:  $1,395, plus ASA certs ($20 each), texts ($66 for ASA 105 and $45 for ASA 106). Budget for one meal ashore.

    Itinerary: Please click here for a detailed, day-by-day itinerary. Please note that the itinerary may change according to weather and/or time constrictions.

    Click here for transportation options to/from Campbell River

(Advanced Coastal curriculum)         (Coastal Nav curriculum)        (packing list)         (student survey)         (LNC Preparation Checklist)

Contact us at 800-677-7245 or school@sanjuansailing.com to register or if you have additional questions.

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