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US Sailing Basic Keelboat - June 15/16 & June 29/30

  • 15 Jun 2013
  • 9:00 AM
  • 16 Jun 2013
  • 5:00 PM
  • Baltimore's Downtown Sailing Center
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Registration

  • The cost of this course includes the cost your Basic Keelboat Textbook, Logbook, and a year membership to US Sailing.
  • Consider joining as a crew level member. Benefits include up to 25% discount and participation in open sailing events. The cost of this course includes the cost of your Basic Keelboat Textbook, Logbook, and a year membership with US Sailing.

Registration is closed

This course will be over TWO weekends: June 15-16 and June 29-30


Students who successfully complete the written and practical on-the-water skills test for this course  will have "demonstrated the ability to responsibly skipper and crew a simple daysailing keelboat in familiar waters in light to moderate wind and sea conditions…[and] will be able to skipper a tiller-steered keelboat up to 27 feet in length."1 A US SAILING Basic Keelboat Certification course consists of two options: either a 4-day course of 8 hours day from 9:00 - 5:00 or two weekends of 8 hours days, 9:00 - 5:00. A US SAILING Keelboat Instructor and up to three students are on the water in a Sonar or J/22. Sonars are 23-foot keelboats and J/22s are 22-foot keelboats, both of which are safe (non-capsizable), comfortable and fun.

Topics covered include:

  • advanced boat handling
  • reefing
  • anchoring and mooring

Prerequisites: None required, but highly recommended to have had some time on boats even just to get oriented and see "if you like it".

Curriculum

  • Introduction to the DSC
  • Boat Control
  • Sail Trim
  • Quick-stop Overboard Recovery
  • Weather
  • Tides and Currents
  • Navigation
  • Reefing
  • Anchoring

Students will receive a copy of US SAILING's Basic Keelboat and a US SAILING Official Logbook of Sailing. Students must demonstrate a working knowledge of the concepts and skills in Basic Keelboat. One enrolled, your book will be available to you for pick up at the DSC.

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Est 1994
1425 Key Highway, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD 21230
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