Learn to Sail Texas will send all of your class materials when you register. There will be assigned reading and excesises to complete prior to the class plus forms you must sign and return.
We limit the time spent in the classroom, your here to be sailors! Class is conducted from 9 - 5, (0900 to 1700), each day. First, a classroom session each day, usually less than 90 minutes, followed by a short break. We then meet aboard our training vessel, (Training Won), and conduct another hands on review. A quick lunch, 1100 to 1200, and we shove off for the rest of the afternoon. We return from Corpus Christi Bay and head back to the marina around 4:00 and take the first part of the ASA 101 written test. If the weather is comfortable we'll test on the boat. The second day is similar, short morning classroom session, a day on the water, then complete the written test. Over this two day period you will learn, understand and practise the following:

• Basic Safety Afloat; PFDs, proper gear and clothing, communications, Rules of the Road (Right of Way), and sound signals
• Sailing lexicon; sailboat parts, sail parts, sail types, types of sailboats
• Running and standing rigging identification and function
• Sailing terms and commands used while underway
• Basic marlinspike; There are 6 knots you must master
• Points of sail; There are 7 points of sail if you include "sailing by the lee" and "in irons". You will learn to recognize and understand each
• USCG Required safety equipment
• Figure 8 man overboard recovery method, (Advanced classes learn at least 2 methods).
• Reefing methods, (reducing sail).
• Tacks, Jibes, and Hoving to
• Legal responsibilities
• Float plans
• Departure and arrival techniques
• Waste disposal and dumping regulations
• Basic Aids To Navigation (ATONS)
• Elementary nautical chart usage

Yes it seems like a lot of material and, yes there is more, a lot more! Reading the assignments and working the exercise at the end of the assigned chapters prior to the start of class will enhance and facilitate your learning experience on the water. This is the beginning of an experience and a quest for knowledge and skill that can last a lifetime. You might start racing or single hand a boat across the bay just to get away, perhaps take your family to a near-by port or across an ocean. Its all possible. I've been sailing keelboats for nearly 20 years and and after tens of thousands of miles on the water, I am still learning. Come On, Join Us, Lets Learn to Sail Texas in Corpus Christi!
Fair Winds
Captain Chris