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HIGH SEASON: $1,495
SHOULDER SEASON: $1,395
Discounts for groups of four or more.
Rates subject to 5% GST + 4% insurance.
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5 nights live aboard accommodation, instruction & course material, towels, pillows, sleeping bags, foul weather gear and 5 hearty breakfasts, lunches, and 4 dinners!
Sailing Courses
Choose from ASA, ISPA or Sail Canada
Coastal & Bareboat
This 5 day course, designed for the graduate of the Day Skipper program and marked Coastal Navigation program or people of equivalent experience, will expand your experience by navigating some of the stronger current passes. This course touches lightly on the basics as a review and continues on to more advanced levels of anchoring, sail trim, use of a cruising chute, heavy weather tactics, cruise planning, navigation and night passages. This level is commonly a prerequisite to bareboat chartering.
Prices include:
- 5 nights live aboard accommodation (linens)
- 4PM on Sunday, Instructor carries out Orientation, you visit town, have dinner and sleep aboard
- Instruction & course materials for the certification of your choice, recommend ASA
- breakfast, lunch and supper and snacks etc
- You learn the art of sailing
- cooking aboard, navigator, skipper and keeping the yacht tidy.
- a few nights at anchor and in docks of the teams choice.
- Return to dock on Friday around 2PM, clean up, complete exams and all documentation.
- Off you go with some real good sailing skills and ready for your next level of training.
- Ask about IPC logbook for international recognition.
- Should you prefer private instruction for yourself and your crew, contact our office for private cruise and learn details
Additional Costs:
- ASA Certification Fee: $80 per person (Includes certificate & 1 year membership )
- IPC Fee : $60 - International Proficiency Certificate
- ASA Exams: $20 per exam (ASA-105 $45)
As a sailing school, we provide the highest level of instruction, from beginner to offshore, by using the most comprehensive and modern methods of instruction, the most personable and knowledgeable instructors and the finest yachts. To ensure optimum personal attention, there is a limit to the number of students per course.
We have chosen certification for international recognition, unsurpassed beginner to offshore modular workbook system, and the quality of instructors developed by the clinics. Our certification also qualifies the holder for significant insurance discounts on privately owned vessels and meets the requirements for the Canadian Coast Guard Operator Licensing Standard.
Prerequisites: Basic Keelboat Sailing (ASA101) and Basic Coastal Cruising (ASA103) certifications.
Description: Demonstrated ability to skipper a sloop-rigged, auxiliary powered keelboat (or catamaran, if course is conducted on such) of approximately 30 to 45 feet in length during a multi-day cruise upon inland or coastal waters in moderate to heavy winds (up to 30 knots) and sea conditions. Course is conducted as a live-aboard cruise of at least 48 hours. Knowledge of provisioning, galley operations, boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, routine maintenance procedures, advanced sail trim, coastal navigation including basic chart plotting and GPS operation, multiple-anchor mooring, docking, health & safety, emergency operations, weather interpretation, and dinghy/tender operation.
Coastal Skipper -The holder is certified as the skipper and navigator the be responsible for the safety of his/her vessel and crew, for coastal passages within 50 miles of a safe harbor in coastal/tidal waters where navigational hazard exist day or night with good visibility competent to navigate a cruising vessel safely, in coastal/tidal waters, within 25 miles of safe harbor, by day, using charts, a hand bearing compass, GPS, and navigational aids.
Prerequisites: Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Navigation Standards; First Aid with CPR Certificate and a VHF radio certificate
Coastal Skipper courses begin at 1600 hrs on the first day returning at 1600 hrs on the last day. High season is July & August.
Intermediate Crew Standard - To be able to cruise safely in familiar waters as both skipper and crew of a sailing yacht of 9 to 12 meters, sloop rigged with an inboard engine, in moderate wind and sea conditions by day. The standard emphasizes on-the-water skills at a level acceptable for bare boat chartering for extended cruises in coastal waters.
Intermediate Cruising Standard - To be able to cruise safely in familiar waters as both skipper and crew of a sailing yacht of 9 to 12 meters, sloop rigged with an inboard engine, in moderate wind and sea conditions by day. The standard emphasizes on-the-water skills at a level acceptable for bare boat chartering for extended cruises in coastal waters.
Gulf Islands 5 Days & Nights
Level 4 with practical for level 3
Coastal Skipper - ISPA
Bareboat Cruising 104 - ASA
We are currently planning more course dates, so please call us to discuss the dates that interest you.
Course Dates
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If these dates do not suit your calendar, call us and check if we can accomodate your preferred dates and group size. Level 4- ISPA
Please call us on 250-656-7070 for further details! Groups of 4 or more can choose dates! |
Please call us on 250-656-7070 for further details!
Groups of 4 or more can choose their dates!
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