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Advanced Coastal Cruising
Class
Location:
Lake Superior. 4 hours
north of Minneapolis/ St. Paul. Take 35W to Duluth. Take Hwy 2
East for approximately 55 miles to Hwy 13 and then proceed north
to Bayfield, WI. If you turn on Hwy 13 just east of Superior,
Wisconsin you will take a very scenic route, although it is about
20 miles longer.
Advanced
Coastal Cruising - ASA
Course 106
This is one of our favorite
courses because it brings together everything you've learned
before plus many new items such as night sailing and the rigors
of a twenty four hour transit at a much higher level. This course
teaches more advanced skills for the sailor with cruising
experience. This is a four day live aboard course held on a
cruising auxiliary sailboat on Lake Superior. Students will
navigate out of sight of land, maintaining a watch schedule while
underway day and night, preparing most if not all meals onboard.
Students will use navigation skills taught in Coastal Navigation
and utilize radar and/or advanced navigation techniques for
nighttime, restricted visibility, and heavy weather sailing.
Nighttime crew overboard and emergency procedure drills are
conducted underway.
In the Caribbean, Advanced
Coastal Cruising students will complete night passages. They will
perform nighttime COB (Crew Over Board), design and employ watch
keeping bills, cooking underway and advanced navigation
techniques, practice towing and advanced anchoring procedures.
This is a challenging
course which prepares you for longer overnight passages. On Lake
Superior, it opens the door to wonderful areas of the lake which
are rarely accessed by the average charterer or boat owner. In the
Caribbean, it opens the door to the Windward/Leeward island chains without
being stuck on one somewhat isolated island forty to sixty miles
from the next. Students are involved in navigation preparation
well before the course commences.
Students maneuver the boat
under power, dock and anchor in an unfamiliar harbor. Safe,
nighttime approaches are taught and practiced when possible.
Students will receive ASA Advanced Coastal Cruising Certification
upon course completion. Primary Instructors are Captain Thom
Burns, retired U.S. Navy Navigator/North Atlantic Crossing
Navigator, and Captain Steve Burns, North Atlantic and North Sea
crossings Navigator.
Course Materials: Students will receive Annapolis Book of
Seamanship.
Course Outline:
Prior to getting underway (which is often at night): Safety
Orientation, Boat Systems, Watch System, Nighttime
Navigation.
Day 1: Docking
& Getting Underway, Crew Overboard Drill, Anchoring, Watch
System, Navigation, Approaches, Seamanship.
Day 2: Docking
& Getting Underway, Crew Overboard Drill, Anchoring, Watch
System, Navigation, Approaches, Seamanship.
Day 3: Navigation, Emergency Procedures, Weather, Radar, Sail
Shape, Cruising Spinnaker, Nighttime Crew Overboard Drill.
Day 4: Heavy Weather Sailing, Towing, Engineering
Troubleshooting, Written Exam.
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Flexibility is the key to cruising. Other than items prior to
getting underway, every item in the above schedule including
destinations may be moved around to fit weather patterns or other
safe seamanship concerns. ***
Course Fee:
4 days including
underway meals: $895.
Meals provided
while underway from Thursday breakfast to Sunday lunch (we may
often grab a meal
ashore after an extended passage). Students should bring clothing
for all weather conditions, sleeping bag, towel, and navigation
instruments they received in Coastal Navigation.
2009 Season
Lake Superior Schedule: Course is conducted on Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday with boarding on Wednesday evening.
Includes book: Annapolis Book of Seamanship, exam and ASA
certification.
AC1 • June 24-28, 2009
AC2 • July 22-26, 2009
AC3 • August 26-30, 2009
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Additional Sections of this
course are often added. If you have a group, please contact us.
see Family & Friends, Advanced Coastal Cruising.
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Link to "Our Marina," at Pike's Bay, two
miles south of Bayfield, Wisconsin:
Pike's Bay
Marina
Links to Articles written by your
Instructors:
Instructor Article Links
2009
Caribbean Vacation Schedule: Course is conducted from
Wednesday
to Wednesday in the
British Virgin Islands to St. Maarten with boarding on
Wednesday.
Includes book: Annapolis Book of Seamanship, exam and ASA
certification. Course Fee: $1695. See Caribbean Vacation Courses
Feb 25-Mar 4, Mar 4-11, Mar 11-18, Mar 18-25 2009 start dates
for basic info. See:
Advanced Coastal Cruising
Caribbean
ACC - Caribbean • 2010 Dates To Be Determined
Call Northern Breezes
Sailing School at 763-542-9707 to register or with questions.
Prerequisites for
this course: ASA
Bareboat Charter Certification (ASA 104) and ASA Coastal
Navigation (ASA 105)
• Students with
extensive experience, but without ASA certifications may have the
prerequisites waived on a case by case basis.
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Many students have
repeated this course for the challenge and fun. They are always
welcome.

Northern Breezes
Sailing School
3949
Winnetka Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Call For Free Brochure (763) 542-9707
American Sailing
Association
Sailing School
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