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Adult Sailing Programs
To register for any ASF course, click the icon:
You'll be guided through the sign-up process,
including a medical questionnaire and legal release. If there are questions on the medical release that you're unable to answer, just indicate that in the blank with a "DK."
Here is the ASF class calendar. Check this for the days and times of your class.
We now have these adult learn-to-sail options, described below:
Plus these additional options:
If you'd like to know more about the classes, E-Mail John Mayall or call 480.456.6932
Start Sailing Right
 Learn to Sail. Four classroom meetings of 2½ hours
each and four on-the-water classes of four hours each.
Fall 2010 Class Schedule: In doubt because of the Tempe Town Lake dam collapse. You'll find the ASF schedule here when it's announced.
Included in the class: your copy of the US Sailing Start Sailing Right book and sailing skills sign-off booklet. If you satisfactorily complete all the skills in the booklet, you'll be certified by US Sailing. Start Sailing Right students
sail in Catalina (also called Capri) 14.2s, which hold two or three people. The price for the complete class of four days is $350.
At the end of your Start Sailing Right class, you'll know how to sail and be ready to practice what you've learned in our Sailing Skills Development course or by sailing your own small boat. Some of the things you'll learn: sailing
theory, boat handling, tacking, jibing, safety, right-of-way, knots, and docking.
 The instructors are US Sailing certified. On the first on-the-water class we normally put one instructor in each student boat to speed understanding. As you gain confidence and skills, you'll sail with just one other student. Classes are designed for ages 12 and older. Classes average
36 years of age, and we've had students in their 70s.
You'll need to provide your own PFD (type III "life jacket")
and you'll need to demonstrate that you can swim 50 yards in sailing clothes. Here's a good beginner's consumer's guide to PFDs, from REI. The main point: make sure it fits and allows you to move freely. We don't advise an inflatable-style vest for this class because you'll be in the water, requiring an expensive re-charge of the inflation system each time you use it. What are sailing clothes? In Arizona, those can be shorts, T-shirt, and shoes. The swim test is conducted in the evening in a heated, indoor swimming pool in Scottsdale a day or two before the class begins. You'll swim without your PFD and then put it on and swim some more. Any stroke is acceptable, since we're really trying to make sure you won't freak if you find yourself in the lake.
Questions: E-Mail John Mayall or call 480.456.6932
"I thought this class was AWESOME! Every volunteer was helpful, fun, funny, and really a great coach to the newbees, which I admired." —Vikki & Jason Majors, SSR graduates
Sailing Skills Development
 A great chance to practice. For graduates of Start Sailing Right (or sailors with similar experience) who would like to get some "stick time" under the supervision of a US Sailing certified ASF Instructor. On four Saturdays you'll be at the tiller of a Sunfish or similar boat, practicing tacks and jibes in a variety of wind conditions that TTL serves up. Price: $195. Saturday afternoons 1-5.
Fall 2010 Schedule: In doubt.
Introduction to
Sailboat Racing
If you've ever considered crewing or competing
in a sailboat regatta, learn how to do it through this introductory course.
Two classroom sessions and two on-the-water sessions will prepare you
for some competitive sailing action. Click
here for more information.
Here is the ASF Calendar.
Contact: E-Mail John Mayall or call 480.456.6932
The mission: The Arizona Sailing Foundation, Inc., will provide fun,
safe, community-based education in the art of sailing on a non-discriminatory
basis.
The Arizona Sailing Foundation, Inc., admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin. |
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