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Sailing Skills and Seamanship 

 

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Sailing Skills and Seamanship is a comprehensive course that will prepare a sailor with the basic information needed to operate sail boats under a variety of conditions.  The course book has been  fully updated and the course is NASBLA approved.

Topics include: What is a sailboat; how a boat sails; sailboat maneuvering; legal requirements; aids to navigation; rigging; handling; tuning and heavy weather; navigation rules; marlinspike seamanship; sailboat engines; trailering; weather; radiotelephone; inland waterways, locks, and dams; and piloting.

Many insurance companies will offer discounts on boat insurance to individuals who successfully complete this course.   
Individuals who successfully complete the course and exam are awarded certificates.  
California
Sausalito-Tiburon 1-2
City Location Date/Time Contact
Sausalito, CA  Sausalito Cruising Club
 Bridgeway & Napa
 Sausalito,CA
Tuesday

03-FEB-09 through 05-MAY-09
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Margrit Keyes
margritkeyes@sbcglobal.net
415-924-3739
Cost $75:  
Silicon Vallley Flotilla 4-9
City Location Date/Time Contact
San Jose, CA Silicon Valley Center - Verizon Bldg.
2560 N. First St.
San Jose CA 95131
Monday
08-Sep-08 through 27-Oct-08
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Gerald McAlwee
flotilla49_d11n@yahoo.com
408-849-4886
Cost $55: Sailing Skills and Seamanship – become a well seasoned mariner! - take our newly updated & reintroduced SAILING oriented safe boating class. This one is approved by NASBLA - National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. Cost includes course book, CD, exam, and certificate. Pre-registration required. Course meets eight (8) consecutive Monday evenings - ending with exam on Oct. 27.
Alameda Island Flotilla 12-2
City Location Date/Time Contact
Alameda, CA  Oakland Yacht Club, Regatta Room
 1101 Pacific Marina
 Alameda, CA 94501
Tuesday

09-SEP-08 through 15-NOV-08
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Nancy Schimmelman
nancys@nature.berkeley.edu
510-601-6239
Cost $55:  Call or email to get address to send check to reserve seat, as enrollment will be limited.

 

For more information, contact:
Roger Haynes, DSO-PE 11NR
District Public Education Staff Officer
[DSO-PE 11NR]
 
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