Boat
Handling is designed
to teach all
common boat-handling maneuvers, including entering and leaving a slip,
docking
and undocking, anchoring, and tying up to and leaving a mooring.
The
student would learn the effects that wind and current forces have on
their
boat, and how to apply this understanding to the basic boat handling
maneuvers. One of the objectives of this course and the other
advanced Keelboat courses is grooming skippers – providing them the
training and
practice needed to skipper the Keelboat and other similar sized
boats.
Consistent with that objective, taking this course is an opportunity to
demonstrate the ability to meet one of the major criteria for being an
Keelboat
skipper, namely, the ability to maneuver the boat under power and
execute the
common boat-handling maneuvers cited above. The instruction is
both in
the classroom (5 hours) and on the Keelboat (9 hours). The only
prerequisite is SEAS Basic Sailing or equivalent experience. For
more
course detail see the course syllabus.
Includes a soft-cover handbook of boat handling
maneuvers
(“Dockmanship”, by David Owen Bell), and classroom handouts. To
register
or get more information
contact Ray Kimber at raykimber@comcast.net or call
the SEAS Monmouth
telephone number (732-759-4404). The total class size is limited
to 8,
and water sessions are limited to 4 students.
See the 2008 schedule on this website for dates.
Advanced Sailing will concentrate on advanced sailing topics on the Keelboat, including sail trim, reefing, gibing, and use of all the boat’s sails. The student will learn to perform common boat maneuvers under sail including tying up to and leaving a mooring, and anchoring. Sailing-related rules of the road will also be reviewed. This course, complementing the Boat Handling course, is designed to provide prospective skippers with the training and practice to maneuver the boat under sail, as well as to sail effectively under various conditions. The only prerequisite is SEAS Basic Sailing or equivalent experience. For more course detail see the course syllabus.
Consists of two 2.5-hour weekday evening classroom sessions and 3 water sessions (one 4-hour Saturday session and two 2.5-hour weekday evening sessions; see the 2008 schedule on this website for details.
To register
or get more information
contact Ray Kimber at raykimber@comcast.net or call
the SEAS Monmouth
telephone number (732-759-4404). The total class size is limited
to 8,
and water sessions are limited to 4 students.
The Mini
courses are a series of
2.5-hour Wednesday evening “hands-on” Keelboat water sessions focused
on
teaching a particular aspect of boat handling or sailing. Each Mini
course is self-contained and independent from the others. The
cost of
each is $25. Registration will be coordinated by the
individual Mini
course instructors, whose names and email addresses are listed below
(Phil Macri is listed for courses currently without a designated
instructor). The Mini courses offered for 2008 are the
following: