Home » ASA Sailing School

ASA Sailing School

ASA Certified Sailing School
Redbud Marina & RV Park
Oologah Lake

 

Redbud Marina has been serving the Oklahoma sailing community for almost 40 years. Being an accredited American Sailing Association training facility has allowed us to share years of personal experience and provide formal training which only enhances our customers boating experiences.

Email Ashley at sail@redbudmarina.com for upcoming course dates or see the “Events” section of our Facebook business page “Redbud Marina and RV Park”

 

ASA101 Basic Keelboat Sailing

Tuition $430

Private $600

Prerequisites: None

2 Day class (16 Hours)

Description:

You will learn to skipper a sloop-rigged keelboat of approximately 20 to 27 feet in length by day in light to moderate winds and sea conditions.You will also gain knowledge of basic sailing terminology, parts and functions, helm commands, basic sail trim, points of sail, buoyage, seamanship and safety including basic navigation rules to avoid collisions and hazards. Auxiliary power operation is not required.
Note: The United States Coast Guard has granted approval for ASA101 Basic Keelboat Sailing to satisfy certain merchant mariner credential examination requirements and safe boating training requirements.

Our ASA 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing is the beginner’s course. Tuition is $430. Tuition includes everything; instructor fee, text books, ASA membership dues, ASA Logbook, and boat time. Our ASA 101 is a Saturday-Sunday class from 9AM-5PM with a break for lunch. Half of each day is spent on the water sailing and the other half in the classroom. Sometimes, if it’s predicted to rain all of one day, you might do all your sailing on one day and all your classroom on the other so just come prepared for anything. Be sure to bring your text book and log book with you to class. Our instructional season is from March through November (weather permitting). Usually we take July and August off.
To sign up, you pay a deposit of $100 (applies toward your tuition, of course), and if you pay your deposit in person, we give you your study materials right then. If you call and pay your deposit over the phone, we mail your packet to you at no extra charge. Even if you don’t have a set date in mind, it’s always a good idea to pay your deposit and go ahead and get your study materials because our instructors require their students to read the book before coming to class. When you pay your deposit, it’s a good idea to have blacked out weekends and desired weekends in mind and we invite you to share those dates with us. This will prevent unnecessary calls back and forth asking you if you can get in this class or that class.
We do our best to schedule students on their desired weekends. You will always know, approve, and confirm the class date you are scheduled for. Once you are officially on a roster, we require 2 weeks notice if you have to reschedule. Our instructors’ income is based on the number of students in their class, and once a roster is full, we have to turn students away, so if a student cancels without proper notice, they take money out of the instructor’s pocket.
Upon completion/passing of a physical skills test and written test, you will be certified to sail through the American Sailing Association. Upon passing the course, we also give our students a gift certificate for 2 free hours sailing one of our rental boats.
All it takes for a roster to open up is a 3 student minimum and an available instructor. Rosters are capped at 6 students.

 

 


ASA103 Basic Coastal Cruising

Tuition $400

Private $550

Prerequisites: Basic Keelboat Sailing (ASA101) certification

2 Day Class (16 Hours)

Description:

You will learn to skipper a sloop-rigged auxiliary powered (outboard or inboard engine) keelboat of approximately 25 to 35 feet length by day in moderate winds and sea conditions. You will also gather an increased knowledge of cruising sailboat terminology, basic boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, docking procedures, intermediate sail trim, navigation rules, basic coastal navigation, anchoring, weather forecast interpretation, safety, and seamanship.

 


ASA104 Bareboat Cruising

Tuition $525

Private:800

Prerequisites: Basic Keelboat Sailing (ASA101) and Basic Coastal Cruising (ASA103) certifications.

2 Days 1 Night

Description:

You will learn to skipper a sloop-rigged, auxiliary powered keelboat (or catamaran, if course is conducted on such) of approximately 30 to 45 feet in length during a multi-day cruise upon inland or coastal waters in moderate to heavy winds (up to 30 knots) and sea conditions. The course is conducted as a live-aboard cruise of at least 48 hours. You will gain a knowledge of provisioning, galley operations, boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, routine maintenance procedures, advanced sail trim, coastal navigation including basic chart plotting and GPS operation, multiple-anchor mooring, docking, health & safety, emergency operations, weather interpretation, and dinghy/tender operation.

 

ASA105 Coastal Navigation

Tuition $399 (Includes Tools)

Prerequisites: None

2 1/2 Day Class (Classroom Only)

Description:

You will be able to demonstrate the navigational theory required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters. There is no Sailing Skills part to this Standard and practical application of this sailing knowledge is found in the Advanced Coastal Cruising Standard.

 

 

  Not understanding any of the coarse material?  Need some help to feel comfortable on the water?  For 100$ an hour you could spend the time you need 1 on 1 with an experienced instructor . 

All of our instructors are insured and have years of experience.

 *Packages cannot be split.

* Does not include rental of boat, taxes, and fees.

* Private lessons are not certification classes.

C
Cookie Control X

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better.

You can use this tool to change your cookie settings. Otherwise, we’ll assume you’re OK to continue.

Some of the cookies we use are essential for the site to work.

We also use some non-essential cookies to collect information for making reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form.

To control third party cookies, you can also adjust your browser settings.

Information and Settings read less About our cookies