ASA 101 Keelboat 1 Sailing teaches you to sail & skipper a sloop-rigged keelboat of approximately 20-27' in length by day in light to moderate winds.

2022年12月12日 · A keelboat has a keel, a fixed appendage on the bottom of the hull that provides the sideways resistance needed to counter the force of the wind on the sails. The keel also carries ballast, usually iron or lead, the weight of which counteracts the force of the wind that causes a sailboat to heel, or lean over.

Learn how to sail by taking Basic Keelboat through US Sailing. Beginners who want to learn the basics of operating a sailboat, register for a Basic Keelboat course at an accredited US Sailing school in your area.

The course is based on US Sailing’s Basic Keelboat textbook, which teaches the essential principles of safe sailing for beginners and is the foundation for US Sailing’s Certification Series – the national standard for excellence in sailing and cruising instruction in the United States.

Learn Basic Keelboat Sailing in Santa Cruz! This keelboat sailing course prepares you to sail and cruise safely in local waters as both skipper and crew on an auxiliary-powered sailboat of about 25-32 feet during daylight hours in moderate to strong wind and sea conditions.

A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open water, while modern recreational keelboats have prominent fixed fin keels, and considerable draft.

2023年1月3日 · ASA 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing will teach you how to sail and is step one of a sailing adventure that will last a lifetime. This is the first course in your sailing education.

2020年7月31日 · For the first sail of the season we wanted to do something different. With our usual northwest winds in Santa Monica Bay, we often wind up sailing in the same directions. From Marina Del Rey you can sail north towards Pacific Palisades, or you can sail south past the ES2 buoy towards …

2022年2月22日 · Beginning Keelboat. This is a great class for those students who wish to expand their knowledge of sailing. Students Learn: "Hands-on" rigging and docking practice; Sailing practice on the Monterey Bay; Sail trim, powering up vs. de-powering, sail theory; Person-overboard recovery techniques and drills; Boating safety, VHF usage, and rules of ...

The US Sailing Basic Keelboat course is an intensive course designed to teach you all aspects of handling a keelboat, including sailing technique, water safety (including rescuing a person in the water), knots, vocabulary, and an introduction to weather.