Basic Keelboat - ASA Course 101 - White Bear Lake

Basic Keelboat is taught by ASA-certified instructors on White Bear Lake.  Qualified graduates will become charter certified for day sailing on 22-25' keelboats.

Northern Breezes Sailing School offers a terrific Learn to Sail Program with the combination of the finest school and a superb fleet of 23' to 26' cabin sailboats located on beautiful White Bear Lake.

This is a three or four-session, 12-hour course taught by Northern Breezes Sailing School instructors certified by the American Sailing Association (ASA). Classes meet weekday evenings, weekday afternoons or weekends for three or four-hours and are limited to three students. This creates a small seminar environment which provides for great skipper and crew training. Each session starts with a briefing on the day’s lesson, getting underway, sailing exercises and ends with docking and securing the boat.

Each student will receive the Sailing Fundamentals book and video/DVD, Federal Regulations booklet, Log Book and Pre-Test.

Class Location

White Bear Lake: 3 miles north of I-694 on Hwy 61. Turn right on White Bear Ave N, then left by the shopping center parking lot onto Lake Ave South.
Course Outline

Session 1: Outboard Engine, Getting Underway, Tacking, Points of Sail, Boat Balance, Trim, Docking, Securing the Boat

Session 2: Review, Tacking & Jibing, Sail Trim

Session 3: Review, Controlling Angle of Heel, Heaving to, Reefing

Session 4: Review, Crew Overboard Drill, Solo Checkout, Written Exam

Classes are cancelled and rescheduled during storm advisory or rain days. A Certificate of Completion and ASA logbook with Basic Keelboat seal will be issued upon completion. Graduates qualify for a Northern Breezes Awards Package. This certification or its equivalent are pre-requisites for the Northern Breezes Boat Club and more advanced courses.

Course fee: $395. $39 discount for couples (any two people signing up together) who wish to get two sets of materials or $79 discount for couples who wish to share materials off total course fee.

Instructor to Student Ratio is One to Three Maximum!

Call Northern Breezes Sailing School at 763-542-9707 with questions.

* We are flexible.  If you would like day classes, private lessons, rides, refresher, etc.  Please call.

The Ensign is an ideal family and friends boat. Our boats are equipped with roller furling genoas and mainsails with adjustable topping lifts for ease of use. They also have reliable 4-stroke outboard engines.

2012 Season
3-hour weekday evening sessions, 5:30-8:30 PM, or
4-hour Sat/Sun morning sessions, 8AM-Noon, or
4-hour weekday afternoon sessions, 12-4 PM

K1 • Su, Sa, Su: 4/22, 4/28, 4/29
K2 • M, T, W: 4/23-25, Afternoons
K3 • M, T, W: 4/30-5/2, Afternoons
K4 • Sa, Su, Sa: 5/5, 5/6, 5/12
K5 • M, T, W: 5/7-9, Afternoons
K6 • Su, Sa, Su: 5/13, 5/19, 5/20
K7 • M, T, W: 5/14-16, Afternoons
K8 • W, Th & M, W: 5/16, 5/17, 5/21, 5/23
K9 • Sa, Su, Sa: 5/19, 5/20, 6/2
K10 • M, T, W: 5/21-23, Afternoons
K11 • Th, & W, Th, & M: 5/24, 5/30, 5/31, 6/4
K12 • T, W, Th: 5/29-5/31 Afternoons
K13 • Su, Sa, Su: 6/3, 6/9, 6/10
K14 • M, T, W: 6/4-6 Afternoons
K15 • W, & ,M, W, Th: 6/6, 6/11, 6/13, 6/14
K16 • M, T, W: 6/11-13 Afternoons
K17 • Sa, Su, Sa: 6/16, 6/17, 6/23
K18 • M, T, W: 6/18-20 Afternoons
K19 • M, W, Th & M: 6/18, 6/20, 6/21, 6/25
K20 • Su, Sa, Su: 6/24, 6/30, 7/1
K21 • W, Th, & M, Th: 6/27, 6/28, 7/2, 7/5
K22 • Sa, Su, Sa: 7/7, 7/8, 7/14
K23 • M, T, W: 7/9-11 Afternoons
K24 • M, W, Th, M: 7/9, 7/11, 7/12, 7/16
K25 • Su, Sa, Su: 7/15, 7/21, 7/22
K26 • M, T, W: 7/16-18 Afternoons
K27 • W, Th, & M, W: 7/18, 7/19, 7/23, 7/25
K28 • M, T, W: 7/23-25 Afternoons
K29 • Th, & M, W, Th: 7/26, 7/30, 8/1, 8/2
K30 • Sa, Su, Sa: 7/28, 7/29, 8/4
K31 • M, T, W: 7/30-8/1 Afternoons
K32 • Su, Sa, Su: 8/5, 8/11, 8/12
K33 • M, T, W: 8/6-8 Afternoons
K34 • M, W, Th, & M: 8/6, 8/8, 8/9, 8/13
K35 • M, T, W: 8/13-15 Afternoons
K36 • W, Th & M, W: 8/15, 8/16, 8/20, 8/22
K37 • Sa, Su, Sa: 8/18, 8/19, 8/25
K38 • M, T, W: 8/20-22 Afternoons
K39 • Th & M, W, Th: 8/23, 8/27, 8/29, 8/30
K40 • Su, Sa, Su: 8/26, 9/8, 9/9
K41 • M, T, W: 8/27-29 Afternoons
K42 • T, W, Th: 9/4-6 Afternoons
K43 • W, Th, & M, W: 9/5, 9/6, 9/10, 9/12
K44 • M, T, W: 9/10-12 Afternoons
K45 • Sa, Su, Sa: 9/15, 9/16, 9/22
K46 • M, T, W: 9/17-19 Afternoons
K47 • Su, Sa, Su: 9/23, 9/29, 9/30
K48 • M, T, W: 9/24-26 Afternoons
K49 • M, T, W: 10/1-10/3 Afternoons
K50 • Sa, Su, Sa: 10/6, 10/7, 10/13
K51 • M, T, W: 10/8-10 Afternoons
K52 • Su, Sa, Su: 10/14, 10/20, 10/21
K53 • M, T, W: 10/15-17 Afternoons
K54 • M, T, W: 10/22-24 Afternoons
 

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Northern Breezes Sailing School
 3949 Winnetka Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN  55427
Call For Free Brochure (763) 542-9707
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The Ensign is easily controlled by two and it moves in light air!The Ensign is a great family and friends sailboat.  


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