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American Sailing Association (ASA)


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trans9x9.gif (820 bytes)The American Sailing Association (ASA) is a group of sailors, sailing instructors, sailing schools, and charter fleets.  Our purpose is to bring organization and professional standards to the sailing industry.  The association is dedicated to boating safety through education, to ensure that every sailor learns to sail properly and is able to prove the ability to sail.
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trans9x9.gif (820 bytes)The heart of the ASA program is a comprehensive set of sailing standards, which are detailed in the ASA Sailing Log Book.   These performance objectives allow sailors to be evaluated on their sailing knowledge and seamanship skills.  But more importantly, through certification to these standards, the ASA provides the individual with a way to prove these abilities to rental and charter fleets throughout the country and around the world.
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Progression of Training
  • Basic Sailing (ASA 101).
  • Basic Coastal Cruising (ASA 103).
  • Bareboat Chartering (ASA 104).
  • Coastal Navigation (ASA 105).
  • Advanced Coastal Cruising ((ASA 106).
  • Celestial Navigation (ASA 107).
  • Offshore Passage Making (ASA 108)
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