Pacific Yachting and Sailing

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Whether you're new to sailing or are an experienced boat owner seeking to improve your sailing or navigation skills, Pacific Yachting and Sailing will provide you with optimum sailing instruction. Previous sailing experience is not necessary. All you need is the desire to accomplish your sailing goals and we'll do the rest.

Pacific Yachting and Sailing offers sailing courses ranging from Basic Sailing and Seamanship to Offshore Passage Making. We'll teach you everything you need to know to safely skipper a sailing yacht as a **bareboat-certified captain or competent crewmember. Our hands-on approach to instruction cultivates the potential in each student. After you master the fundamentals of sailing you'll open the door to the new and exciting world of the sailing lifestyle!

All courses are held onboard the instructional vessel and include both lecture sessions and on-the-water practice. Ourclass size of 3-4 students assures you of plenty of individualized attention. Our curriculum, refined over the past 20 years, is thorough and efficient. Each class naturally progresses to the next level of instruction.

Weather permitting, our classes are offered every weekend throughout the year based on 3-4 students per class. On request, we can close the class at two students for an additional charge (see specific class description). For those students interested, we organize six or eight day consecutive courses, combining the Basic Sailing & Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising, Intermediate Coastal Cruising & Bareboat Chartering classes from two to four times per month. If you are single and have a particular date that you want to start a consecutive course, just send us an e-mail (sail@cruzio.com) and we'll work on recruiting 1 to 2 more students on that particular date to make it happen.

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Students who complete the Eight Day Instruction Program can, in most cases, complete the requirements for the ASA Intermediate Bareboat qualifications during course time. You can challenge all of the testing requirements for ASA certification at any time.

Q: What is the difference between the Six-Day and the Eight-Day Courses?

A: The Six-Day Course is designed so that a student with a dedicated desire can become proficient in sailing an 27-30 foot sailboat. However, completion of the Six-Day Course prepares students to take the ASA Basic Coastal Cruising or US Sailing Basic Cruising Certification. Pacific Yachting & Sailing requires that a student pass the requirements up to Bareboat Chartering to take a boat out as a Bareboat Captain. This typically takes 8 days.

Most students that complete 3 week-ends or 6 consecutive days- which include the Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising, need a 4 hr review & 2 hr check-out to satisfy the ASA practical requirements for the Basic Coastal Cruising level certification. In other words, you may be able to take out a boat as a bareboat skipper, with experienced crew, after 7 days, including the review-check-out.

The Eight-Day Course provides the student with an additional two days of practice to learn more advanced sailing & boat handling skills. Completion of the Eight-Day Course prepares you to take the ASA Bareboat Chartering or US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification. When a student has completed eight consecutive days or 4 week-ends, and they have done exceptionally well, our USCG Licensed Captain can certify them to the ASA Bareboat level without a review /check-out. We incorporate the review-check-out into the 8th day.

The ASA package for the 2 text books(Sailing & Cruising Fundamentals), log book, and 2 written exams- Basic Sailing & Seamanship and Basic Coastal Cruising is $100. You can take the ASA written exams after you pass the practical check-out. Once you've chartered 3 times you can additionally take the ASA Bareboat exam($25.00)

The 4hr review & 2hr check-out is based on 2-3 students- six hours for $250. You can privately take a 2hr review & 2hr check-out (4hrs) at the same price $250. during week-days only.

Because students learn at different paces, we cannot guarantee you will be certified within any time period. However, if you prove to pick up the essential skills that show you are comfortable with all aspects of boat handling & sailing, you will likely get certified.

To earn the ASA Basic Coastal Cruising Certification, it is required that you pass two written examinations (Basic Keelboat & Basic Coastal Cruising), in addition to the practical qualifications. Cost of the ASA exams, two textbooks and log book: $100.00. For those students that want to challenge the ASA Intermediate Bareboat exam the extra cost is $25.00.

For those who choose not to take the ASA or US Sailing Certification exams, we can give qualified -bareboat graduates our Pacific Yachting Coastal/Ocean certificate signed by our US Coast Guard Licensed Skipper. We require that the sailor maintain documented sailing time at least once every three months to keep our certificate valid. If you are Bareboat certified through Pacific Yachting and have taken our practical check-out and passed it, there is no charge for our certificate

Note: Our courses are designed so that most students who cover 8 days of instruction can adequately learn the skills needed to sail on the Pacific Ocean with adequate crew.

**Bareboat means that the charter company does not provide the boat with a skipper, thus the boat is bare. By going through proper sailing instruction & training, most people can become a bareboat skipper. Certain charter companies may require a performance and practical check-out before chartering, even if you have ASA or US Sailing certification.

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Please don't hesitate to e-mail us at sail@cruzio.com or call at: 1-831-423 sail(7245) or 1-800-374-2626 if we can further explain any of our sailing courses to you and sign you up directly.

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Class Size And Price Information: please scroll down for group prices

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Two Students Private-

2 Students- Private: 6 consecutive days- $910. per student / (click) Member $819. -

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising

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2 Students- Private: 8 consecutive days - $1,425.25 per student/ (click) Member-$1,282.50

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising, Intermediate Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering Course.

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2 Students- Private: 3 weekends- $1,215. per student /if 2 students commit to 3 week-ends and pay for all 3 courses in advance- $1,154.25 (click) Member $.$1093.50

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising

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2 Students- Private :4 weekends-$1,690. per student /if 2 students commit to 4 week-ends and pay for all 3 courses in advance- $1,605.50 (click) Member $.$1,521.

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering Course.

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Group Courses: Note- single students are fine. Please fill out the secure application and let us know what date you want to start a 6 or 8 day consecutive course or a week-end course. We'll place you in a group course. Click here to fill out secure application

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3-4 Students(group course): 6 consecutive days:$769.50 / (click) Member $729.-

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising

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3-4 Students(group course):8 consecutive days-$1,078.25ea. / (click) Member -$1,021.50

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering Course.

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3-4 Students(group course):3 separate week-ends : (non- consecutive is ok)

$810. ea.or advance pmt.-$769.50 - (click) Member-$729.00-

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising,

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3-4 Students(group course):4 separate week-ends : (non- consecutive is ok) $1,135. ea. - /or advance pmt.-$1,078.25 (click) Member-$1,021.50.-

Includes- , Basic Keelboat Sailing and Seamanship, Basic Coastal Cruising , Intermediate Coastal Cruising , Bareboat Chartering Course.

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Written exams, log book, and textbooks for certifications are extra:

American Sailing Association: $100 extra per person includes the textbooks- Sailing Fundamentals, Cruising fundamentals, ASA Logbook, and the two written exams- Basic Keelboat and Basic Coastal Cruising. If a student goes 8 days they can take the ASA Bareboat exam at $25.00 extra.

Members get the 2 textbooks, Sailing Fundamentals &Cruising fundamentals at no charge, thus their ASA exam package is only $60.00 extra.

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