SBD course ASA-118

Safe Boating and Docking course

This is a newly designed 2 day course. The lesson incorporates with classroom instruction and on the water exercises to teach you the boating safety and docking.
You will learn about the safety equipments and how to keep you and crew member’s safety as a skipper.
Docking in a narrow channel in a harbour is always one of a basic issue to maintain for beginning sailor. You will study docking using wind force and rudder effect with motor.
Upon successful completion of this course, students experience a significant increase in enjoyment in all of their sailing ventures because they will no longer fear docking at the end of the day. Spouses particularly enjoy mastering these skills because it helps them to become more proficient and confident as crew members.

• Day 1

0900 : Meet at class room 
Self introduction
Instruction and question
Demonstration about safety equipments
Basic manner and mooring skill at a marina
Rope work test on the deck
Terminology on the deck
Preparing for leaving dock

1200 : Lunch break
Turning theory and Docking procedure at a class room
Roll playing with docking as a skipper and a crew member
Propeller walk and standing turn practice
Sailing practice
Putting back the boat in order
Question & answer

1700 : Close class

• Day 2

0900 : Meet at class room
Instruction and question
Theory to leaving dock to weather side
Procedure to man overboard rescue
Leaving dock
Practicing leaving dock
Practicing man overboard rescue using engine
Sailing practice

1200 : Lunch break
On the water test Docking and undocking
On the water test Man overboard
Putting back the boat in order
Question & answer
Test written exam
Evaluation to the exam

1700 : Close class