BCC course ASA-103

Basic Coastal Cruising course

Prerequisite : BKB-101

Lesson fee : Yen 94,500./ person
Cruising fundermental book and a Nautical chart are purchased. Other course materials and ASA certification fee included.

Class location :  Yokosuka, Osaka, Aichi and Okinawa

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This 3 day course combines both classroom lessons and on the water exercises and builds on the skills learned in Basic Keelboat Sailing. This course includes more advanced sail trim, boat handling skills, safety, seamanship, reefing, sail change, navigation, anchoring and much more.
You’ll learn chart plotting, rule of the road, and man overboad drill, acting both as a skipper and a crew underway to destination.
Upon successful completion, you receive Basic Coastal Cruising Certification from the ASA and become qualified to charter on your own.
Prerequisite – Basic Keelboat or equivalent experience

• Day 1

0900 : Meet at class room 
Self  introduction
Instruction and question
Discussion bout your sailing plan on the first leg
Desition making on the sailing plan
Rope work test on the deck
Test terminology on the deck
Preparing for leaving dock

1200 : Lunch break
Instruction about tucking, gybing and heave too procedure at the class room
Preparing for leaving dock
Leaving dock practice
Sailing, tucking, gybing, heading up and heading down 
Steering as a helmsman and work as a crew member roll playing
Come back to the dock
Putting back the boat in order
Question & answer

1700 : Close class

 

• Day 2

0900 : Meet at class room
Instruction to point of sail and MOB, Figure 8 method, man overboard rescue procedure under sail
Question and answer
Preparing for leaving dock
Leaving dock practice
Sailing skill practice to tucking, gybing, heading up heading down
and MOB under sail

1200 : Lunch break
Sailing skill practice to tucking, gybing, heading up heading down
and MOB
On the water tests to MOB under sail
Come back to the dock
Putting back the boat in order
Question & answer
Test written exam
Evaluation to the exam

1700 : Close class