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Three to Five Day
Family / Group / Friends Vacation Certification Course
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Northern
Breezes
Sailing
School
named
"School Of
The Year."
Pictured:
Captain
Steve
Burns with
"Kirby."
America
Perez and
Sherry
Twelmeyer
flying the
asymmetrical
cruising
spinnaker
aboard
"Shanti."
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Class Locations:
Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.
Vacation Courses are held on cruising sailboats in the beautiful
Apostle Islands near Bayfield, Wisconsin. Students may pre-board
boat after 5 PM on the evening before the course starts.
Any Basic Keelboat Location.
We offer Family and friends versions of all our
courses, including Basic Keelboat. These classes are
scheduled like typical keelboat classes.
Link to Apostles Islands National Lakeshore:
Apostle Islands National
Lakeshore
Link to "Our Marina," at Pike's Bay, two
miles south of Bayfield, Wisconsin:
Pike's Bay Marina
Northern Breezes offers a unique instruction and
certification program to meet the needs of family and friends
interested in creating and sharing exciting sailing adventures.
We've designed the course to be personalized for your family or
group. We do this without compromising our high standards. Here
is how it works:
For example, many families have one or two members who are interested in being
Bareboat Charter certified. There may be one to four family
members who would like to become familiar with the boat,
contribute as crew, etc., but not have to meet the standards of
Bareboat Skipper. Often these are the very crew the prospective
Bareboat Skipper will have on their own yacht, whether chartered
or owned. The one or two members who are going to become Bareboat
Skippers in this course will be expected to meet all the national
and international standards of the American Sailing Association
for Bareboat Skipper. The crew will be taught on a personalized
basis based on age, interest and experience level. The crew will
accomplish many skill sets and feel empowered as sailors. They
will be the best crew they can be in support of their skippers.
Prospective skippers should meet
any prerequisite standard for the certification they are attempting. Call
us with your experience and/or course options so we can find the
right course for you. Every brochure or
flyer we publish contains the phrase, "We are flexible . . .
please call." We mean it and it probably applies to this class as
much as any other we do. After deciding which course to take, select your crew, whether
they are family or friends. Your instruction will focus on the
ASA standards and the team building / teamwork of your crew whom
you'll be chartering with in the future.
The number of crew allowed on the boat varies, depending on the course. Crew
should be well briefed. We leave it to the skippers to do this
with a little help from us.
For family and friends adventures in Bayfield, accommodations are comfortable aboard our 34-38 foot yachts.
Typically, groups arrive the evening before and sleep aboard the
yacht in the harbor. We are in the finest marina in the Apostle
Islands Area, Pike's Bay. You will need to bring your own bedding
and towels.
What will I learn? It depends on which certification you are taking the class for,
but it usually consists of one or two breif shore lessons and then practical use of
your new skills on the water.
Provisions are generally brought by you and your group where applicable. However
if this is a problem, we can and often do provision the boats for
you for a slight fee. Obviously, some coordination is necessary
on this point. If you provision the boat, please include the
Captain in your plans.
Successful completion of this course will empower you with the
knowledge and confidence to safely and comfortably skipper boats.
Start creating memories, realizing your own sailing
dreams and best of all doing it with your most likely sailing
partners, your own family and friends! Northern Breezes is here
to assist you!
Basic Coastal Cruising and Bareboat Charter Options:
The Three Day Option. The cost is based on the number of
Bareboat Skippers being nationally certified by Northern Breezes
to the American Sailing Association standards. One Bareboat
Skipper receiving the Basic Cruising (103 standard) and Bareboat
Charter (104 standard) is $1,899 plus provisions for the entire
group. Two Bareboat Skippers receiving the Basic Cruising (103
standard) and Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is $2,099 plus
provisions for the entire group. Remember that all crew members
receive valuable training and a Northern Breezes “Competent Crew
Certificate.” Two certifying students is the most you want to do
in three days.
The Four Day Option. Again the cost is based on the number
of Bareboat Skippers being nationally certified by Northern
Breezes to the American Sailing Association standards. One
Bareboat Skipper receiving the Basic Cruising (103 standard) and
Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is $2,399 plus provisions for the
entire group. Two Bareboat Skippers receiving the Basic Cruising
(103 standard) and Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is $2,599 plus
provisions for the entire group. Three Bareboat Skippers
receiving the Basic Cruising (103 standard) and Bareboat Charter
(104 standard) is $2,799 plus provisions for the entire group.
Four Bareboat Skippers receiving the Basic Cruising (103
standard) and Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is $2,999 plus
provisions for the entire group.
The Five Day Relaxed Option. Again the cost is based on the
number of Bareboat Skippers being nationally certified by
Northern Breezes to the American Sailing Association Standards.
One Bareboat Skipper receiving the Basic Cruising (103 standard)
and Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is $2,899 plus provisions for
the entire group. Two Bareboat Skippers receiving the Basic
Cruising (103 standard) and Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is
$3,099 plus provisions for the entire group. Three Bareboat
Skippers receiving the Basic Cruising (103 standard) and Bareboat
Charter (104 standard) is $3,299 plus provisions for the entire
group. Four Bareboat Skippers receiving the Basic Cruising (103
standard) and Bareboat Charter (104 standard) is $3,499 plus
provisions for the entire group.
To register, please return the form below with course fee to:
Northern Breezes Sailing School, 3949 Winnetka Avenue North,
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Phone: 763-542-9707 Fax: 763-542-8998
What will I learn?
There will be two ashore
seminar sessions of
approximately one to two
hours. The On-the-Water
Instruction includes the
following topics, the
complete standards are in
the links which follow:
Under Power/Docking
Dock Line Management
Testing Engine and
Transmission
Spinning
Backing
Approaches
Departures
Dinghy Handling
Under Sail
Securing for Sea
Raising and Setting Sails
Points of Sail
Tacking
Jibing
Heaving to
Reefing and Shaking Reefs
Sail Changes
Person Overboard
Recoveries (two methods)
Seamanship
Weather, Weather, Weather
General Safety Issues
Radio Use
Right-of-Way Rules
Basic Navigation
Crew Direction and
Management
Class Location:
Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
All courses start at Pikes Bay Marina in Bayfield, Wisconsin.
2010 Season Schedule:
Three to Five Day Family / Group / Friends Vacation Certification
Course
These courses are scheduled based on the group’s needs and
schedules. They often are an addition to or replace one of our
regularly scheduled vacation classes. We basically offer this
course from June thru the third week of September. If you
wish to schedule in an alternate month, please call
us at 763-542-9707.
2010 Season
Bayfield 1: Thurs - Sun: June 3-6
Family&Friends 2: Mon-Wed: June 7-9
Bayfield 3: Thurs - Sun: June 10-13
Family&Friends 4: Mon-Wed: June 14-16
Bayfield Special: Fri-Mon: June 18-21
Bayfield 5: Thurs - Sun: June 24-27
Family&Friends 6: Mon-Wed: June 28-30
Bayfield 7: Thurs - Sun: July 1-4
Family&Friends 8: Mon-Wed: July 5-7
Bayfield 9: Thurs - Sun: July 8-11
Family&Friends 10: Mon-Wed: July 12-14
Bayfield 11: Thurs - Sun: July 15-18
Family&Friends 12: Mon-Wed: July 19-21
Bayfield 13: Thurs - Sun: July 22-25
Family&Friends 14: Mon-Wed: July 26-28
Red Rock: Wed-Sat: July 28-31
Bayfield 15: Thurs - Sun: July 29-Aug 1
Family&Friends 16: Mon-Wed: Aug 2-4
Bayfield 17: Thurs - Sun: Aug 5-8
Family&Friends 18: Mon-Wed: Aug 9-11
Bayfield 19: Thurs - Sun: Aug 12-15
Family&Friends 20: Mon-Wed: Aug 16-18
Bayfield 21: Thurs - Sun: Aug 19-22
Family&Friends 22: Mon-Wed: Aug 23-25
Bayfield 23: Thurs - Sun: Aug 26-29
Family&Friends 24: Mon-Wed: Aug 30-Sep 1
Bayfield 25: Thurs - Sun: Sep 2-5
Family&Friends 26: Mon-Wed: Sep 6-8
Bayfield 27: Thurs - Sun: Sep 9-12
Family&Friends 28: Mon-Wed: Sep 13-15
Bayfield 29: Thurs - Sun: Sep 16-19
Family&Friends 30: Mon-Wed: Sep 20-22
Bayfield 31: Thurs - Sun: Sep 23-26
Links to complete
standards for
Basic Cruising (ASA 103)
and
Bareboat Charter (ASA
104).
Successful completion
of this course will
empower you with the
knowledge and confidence
to safely and comfortably
Bareboat Skipper. Start
creating memories with
your own sailing dreams
and experiences! Northern
Breezes is here to assist
you!
Northern Breezes
Sailing School
3949
Winnetka Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Call (763) 542-9707
American Sailing
Association
Sailing School
* We are flexible.
If you would like day classes, private lessons, rides, refresher,
etc. Please call.
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