Sailing Bareboat Charter – ASA 104

(Intermediate Coastal Cruising) Prerequisites: Basic Keelboat Sailing and Basic Coastal Cruising Certification
General Description: An advanced cruising Standard for individuals with cruising experience. The individual can act as skipper or crew of a 30 – 50 foot boat sailing by day in coastal waters. The Standard includes knowledge of boat systems and maintenance procedures.

This class will be held for 3 days from 9am to 5pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Schedule to take the ASA 104 test during normal office hours. All students will have read “Cruising Fundamentals” prior to start of class.

Consider taking Sailing Bareboat Charter – ASA 104 as part of our
COMPLETE SAILING COURSE

By the end of your training, you will be able to define, execute and perform ALL of the below skills.

Day 1

Welcome aboard 0830-1100

• Topside Orientation
• Identify the parts of the boat
• Running Rigging
• Standing Rigging
• Sails
• Anchor & windlass operation
• Below decks Orientation
• Cruising equipment on the boat
• Head
• Ice box
• Water and fuel tanks
• Capacity and consumption
• Through-hull fittings
• Electrical panel
• Navigation station
• Lights
• Radio

Carry out a check of the vessel’s gear and equipment in accordance with legal requirements and ASA recommendations. Upon return review diagrams and how each part works.

• Students stow provisions
• Food and beverages
• Stove
• Safe use of stove – solenoid
• Provisioning
• Proper containers
• Storage
• Do’s and don’ts of food and alcohol

Lunch 1100-1130

Dockside 1130-1300

• Prepare to leave the dock
• Auxiliary engine checkout
• Fuel Consumption and planning
• Cooling system
• Fuel system
• Navigation and Rules of the Road
  • Rules of the road
  • Stand-on and give-way for two sailing vessels
  • The chart
    • Basic familiarization
    • Chart tools
    • Plotting a course
    • Speed, time, distance

Underway 1300-1700

• Boat Handling Under Power
• Starting procedure for diesel auxiliary
  • Check oil
  • Check fuel
  • Check cooling water flow
• Departing
  • Assess wind and current
  • Prioritize release of dock lines
  • Positioning of crew and specific orders
  • Use of bow thruster
  • Use of engine
• Under sail – Assess student level
• Tacking, jibing, points of sail, steering, sail trim, safety
• Describe anchoring procedures and anchor

Dinner and review 1700-1900

Day 2

0800-0930

• Anchoring
  • Anchoring etiquette
  • Anchor in water more than 10 feet deep
  • Considering wind and current
  • Contour of the anchorage
  • Techniques for assessing whether the anchor is holding
  • Different anchoring methods
  • Raise anchor with boat ready and get underway
  • Making Fast and securing to a dock and mooring/leaving a dock or mooring
    • Use of dock lines
      • Spring lines
      • Bow line
      • Stern line
      • Breast line
    • Positioning fenders
    • Use of spring lines for maneuvering off a dock
    • Effects of wind and current
    • Use of engine to facilitate departure or docking

Underway 0930-1200

• Maneuvering under power
• Approaching a mark and stopping using reverse
• Executing a tight turn
• Approaching alongside a dock (within two feet) without the aid of lines and without the bow passing a given point at any time
• Approaching a Mooring
• Demonstrate a skipper’s actions/commands while under power to approach and stop at a mooring
• Use of wind and current to stop the boat
• Information from looking at other boats

Lunch 1200-1230

1230-1300

• Lines and Knots
• Tie within 15 seconds:
  • Bowline
  • Clove hitch
  • Reef knot
  • Round turn with half hitches
  • Sheet bend
  • Rolling hitch
  • Trucker’s hitch
• Tie within 7 seconds:
  • Figure eight
  • Cleat hitch
• Coiling and stowing lines

Underway 1300-1700

• Boat Handling Under Power:
  • Maneuvering under power
  • Approaching a mark and stopping using reverse
  • Executing a tight turn
  • Approaching alongside a dock (within two feet) without the aid of lines and without the bow passing a given point at any time
  • Approaching a Mooring
    • Demonstrate a skipper’s actions/commands while under power to approach and stop at a mooring
  • Use of wind and current to stop the boat
• Information from looking at other boats
• Boat Handling Under Sail:
  • Safe winch techniques
  • Points of sail
  • Function as helmsman and crew giving correct commands and responses while demonstrating proper techniques for:
    • Close hauled sailing
    • Reaching (all three points)
    • Running
    • Tacking
    • Jibing
    • Heading up
    • Bearing away
    • Luffing
  • Reducing heel on all points of sail
  • Use of tell tales to assess sailing performance
  • Reefing/heaving to:
    • Determining when to reef
    • Reduce sail by reefing:
      • Main
      • Jib
      • Staysail
      • Heave to and get under way again
  • Steering
  • Sail a specified compass course for 5 minutes without varying more than 10 degrees from the ordered course

Dinner 1700-1800

1800-1900

Sailing Knowledge:

• Bareboat Charter Planning
• Fuel tank capacity
• Factors that affect range
• Water capacity
• Crew minimum daily requirements
• Holding tank capacity
• Operating the marine head
• Dealing with seasickness
• Appropriate clothing
• Menu planning
• First aid kit – minimum contents
• Engine spare parts
• Documents and procedures for international borders
• VHF radio – demonstrate proper use
• Weather
• Sea breeze and land breeze effects
• Conditions and cause of fog

Day 3

0800-1030

• Navigation
• Achieve basic familiarity with the electronic navigation equipment
  • Knot meter
  • Depth sounder
  • Wind speed/direction
  • GPS
  • Chart plotter
  • Autopilot
• Use of a chart
  • Determine desired course to be sailed and estimate ETA
  • Read nautical chart and identify corresponding landmarks and aids to navigation
  • Determine depth above or below chart datum using tide tables
  • Plot position using navigation aids (fix)
  • Plot position using GPS
  • Plot position using hand bearing compass
  • Pilot boat into an unfamiliar anchorage or harbor by day using a nautical chart and tidal information
• Problem Solving and Trouble Shooting
  • Dragging anchor
  • Running aground
  • Emergency steering
  • Engine failure
  • Rigging failure
• Use of a Dinghy
  • Approaching a moored yacht
  • Safety procedures when using the outboard

Underway 1030-1500

• Finish or revisit any skills from the sailing portion of day 2 that were not completed or need to be re-taught
• Crew Overboard Recovery
• Alternative approaches
• Recovery methods

Two questions: students are told that they need to navigate and sail back to the dock.  They are allowed only two questions for this exercise.  Instructor is there for safety.

Dockside 1500-1630

• Clean and unload
• When boat is clean issue exam
• Score and review