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We offer a wide range of sailing courses and boats to fit your needs.
Bluewater Sailing offers an entire spectrum of group sailing courses and private lessons from beginning to advanced; racing, ocean crossing skill development; and boat sizes ranging from 14' to 50+'. Our comprehensive collection of choices is designed to provide our friends with a wide variety of interesting, enjoyable and challenging sail and power options throughout their time on the wonderful waters (usually warm and sunny) of Southern California.
AMERICAN SAILING ASSOCIATION
GROUP COURSE INFORMATION
 Bluewater Sailing, an ASA Gold Star School, offers certification and membership by the American Sailing Association (ASA). This certification provides you with a tangible means of representing your skill level in a charter checkout situation. It also furnishes you with a universally recognized standard of measure for your own confidence. The certification package includes: an official logbook to record certification levels and experience achieved; reference materials; special Bluewater Sailing supplemental training materials. Membership may also offer discounts on first-time charters with organizations such as Sunsail, Moorings, or Sun Yacht Charters.
INTERNATIONAL YACHTMASTER® TRAINING
Bluewater Sailing offers certification by International Yachtmaster® Training. We are the first school on the West Coast to offer IYT courses.
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All course, book & certification prices, as well as terms and conditions subject to change without notice. |
| BASIC KEELBOAT |
These essential fundamentals form the solid foundation for a lifetime of safe and enjoyable sailing.
Introductory course includes sailing theory and extensive practice; terminology and parts of the sailboat; sail trim / adjust / shape; points of sail, rudder control & commands; rigging for sail; docking and undocking under sail and power; basic seamanship; knots; crew coordination; safety skills including rules of the road, federal equipment, lights, crew overboard prevention and recovery techniques.
Basic Keelboat also provides an introduction to sail shaping, the international navigational buoyage systems, lights and anchoring.
This great course is specifically designed for individuals with little or no prior sailing or boating experience and for those people who may be a bit 'rusty' or have never had prior formal training.
View Basic Keelboat (BK) Standards
Please Note:
a) 50% Non-Refundable deposit requested to reserve class times.
b) Once scheduled, classes may not be changed or canceled without loss of deposit, unless we can fill your spot in the course.
c) Please see Bluewater's Deposit Policy for more details. |
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ASA Level 101 · BK
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| Prerequisite: |
None; No Prior Experience Required! |
| Target Skill Level: |
Safely Skipper or Crew a 14' - 25' sailboat in familiar, near shore or protected waters and fine weather with light to moderate winds / sea conditions without supervision. Prepare yourself for marina sailing or boating in the blue pacific in fair winds! |
| Training: |
Classroom and ( mostly ) On The Water.
23 hours over 3 - 4 days.
• Regular: three 5-hour days and one 8 hour day
-- typically a Saturday and Sunday
of one weekend, and a
Saturday and Sunday
of the subsequent weekend
• Intensive: three 8 hour days
-- typically a Saturday, Sunday,
and Monday over a
3 day holiday weekend
• Notes:
a) Each Course has enough time
to become comfortable & safe
out on the water
b) Each Individual Class Session
is long enough to accomplish
significant training
out on the water
TUITION INCLUDES:
- 23 Hours of Instruction
( only 3 - 4 persons per group class )
- One Year Membership in Bluewater's Bareboat Charter Club.
- Access to Bareboat Rentals during membership!
- First Weekday 1/2 Day Rental Free! ( please call for details )
- One Year Membership in American Sailing Association
( with ASA certification )
- West Marine 10% Discount Card
=> New ! ! !
PLEASE NOTE:
- Bluewater Sailing's Instructors average more than 20 years experience on the water.
- Bluewater was the first facility in the world certified to offer courses by both the American Sailing Association and International Yacht Training.
- Bluewater is one of the very few ASA schools qualified to teach BOTH students and instructors at ALL ASA LEVELS witn on-site personnel / Bluewater employees.
- No Monthly Dues ! !
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| Tuition: |
$ 399 |
| Textbook: |
$ 25 ( if provided by BWS ) |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
$ 95 ( optional ) |
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| BASIC COASTAL CRUISING |
Intermediate program, which builds upon Basic Keelboat skills and knowledge to enjoy longer trips North & South along the coast under stronger wind conditions & preliminary navigation.
Includes advanced sail trim; intermediate boat handling at buoys, docks and slips; anchors and anchoring; small craft warnings and heavy weather sailing; reefing; fog conditions; crew coordination; gasoline outboard and diesel inboard engine operation; docking and undocking under sail and power; boat handling at buoys, docks & slips under the “5 forces”; fuels & refueling procedures; boat systems; operation of tiller and wheel; introductory navigation, compass and charts; radiotelephone; emergency procedures, flares and hypothermia.
This class includes and prepares you for longer trips / navigation North and South along the coast of Santa Monica Bay.
View Basic Cruising (BCC) Standards |
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ASA Level 103 · BCC
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| Prerequisite: |
Basic Keelboat Certification |
| Target Skill Level: |
Skipper a 25' - 31' sailboat with auxiliary power / diesel inboard in near shore, coastal waters and good weather with moderate winds and sea conditions. Cruise safely in local and regional waters up and down the coast as both skipper and crew. Prepare yourself for California sailing! |
| Training: |
Classroom and on the water.
24+ hours over 3 - 4 days.
• Regular: two 5 hour days and two 7+ days
( typically a Saturday and Sunday of one weekend, and a Saturday and Sunday of the subsequent weekend )
• Intensive: two 8-hour days and one 8+ hour day
( typically a Saturday, Sunday, and Monday over a 3-day holiday weekend )
TUITION, TESTING & CERTIFICATION INCLUDES:
1. One Year Membership in Bluewater's Bareboat Charter Club.
2. Access to Bluewater Sailing Charter Rental Fleet.
3. National registry with American Sailing Association.
PLEASE NOTE:
Discounts Available for Combinations!
( please contact us for details )
a) Multiple Courses and / or
b) Multiple People
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| Tuition: |
$ 499 |
| Textbook: |
$ 25 (waived for ASA Course; same as Basic Keelboat textbook) |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
$ 65 ( optional ) |
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| BAREBOAT CHARTERING |
This course prepares you for bareboat chartering live aboard by learning about larger, heavier boats with more complex mechanical and electronic boat systems and equipment packages.
Includes large boat handling and seamanship; trip planning; packing and provisioning; meal preparation and sleeping aboard; maintenance procedures; passage making and standing watches; coastal navigation & landfall at sea with bearings, fixes and time, speed distance calculations; making landfall, mooring and anchoring. Also covers fresh water, sewage, electrical, through-hulls systems, entry into foreign ports; diesel engine maintenance & troubleshooting; large bot handling & seamanship; mooring & anchoring.
This live aboard course and the Coastal Navigation class are virtually a requirement for anyone who wishes to go vacation cruising to Tahiti, the Caribbean or elsewhere.
View Bareboat Chartering Standards |
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ASA Level 104 · BBC
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| Prerequisite: |
Basic Cruising Certification required and 5 days logged as skipper.
Coastal Navigation suggested. |
| Target Skill Level: |
Skipper up to a 40' sailboat in near coastal waters and weather below small craft advisory level, traveling to overnight destination before returning to home port. Multi-day or multi-week live - aboard sailing vacation in Southern California are or at some exotic tropical destination. |
| Training: |
At the dock and underway.
55 + hours over 4 days, including:
• Planning: Pre-Departure Trip Planning Session ( evening )
• Sailing: 3 day / 2 night trip to Catalina Island with two overnights on mooring or at anchor.
TUITION, TESTING & CERTIFICATION INCLUDES:
1. One Year Membership in Bluewater's Bareboat Charter Club.
2. Access to Bluewater Sailing Charter Rental Fleet.
3. National registration through American Sailing Association.
INTERNATIONAL PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATE ( IPC )
Bluewater is proud to offer the first International Proficiency Sailing Certificates available in the United States.
This certificate may be useful when chartering in European / Mediterranean waters. It can serve as additional proof of bareboat charter competency for international chartering companies, some of whom may require the proficiency informatation in a different format than seen in the ASA Log Book.
As countries differ in their requirements, travelers should always check witheir destination prior to attempting to charter. In addition, the IYT Coastal course automatically includes similar certification / qualification.
IPC Prices:
$ 95 When added to Combination III
( BK, BCC, CN, BBC ) discount package
$ 125 If taken any Bluewater On the
Water ASA Course ( no package )
$ 145 Purchased if Not taken any
Bluewater Sailing On the Water
ASA Course
PLEASE NOTE:
Discounts Available for Combinations!
( please contact us for details )
a) Multiple Courses and / or
b) Multiple People |
| Tuition: |
$ 579 ( year round ! ) |
| Textbook: |
$ 25 ( if provided by BWS ) |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
$ 65 ( optional ) |
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| COASTAL NAVIGATION |
Navigate North and South
along the beautiful coast
To / From Marina del Rey,
Los Angeles, Malibu,
Santa Monica, Venice,
Playa del Rey,
Manhatten Beach,
Redondo Beach,
Long Beach and beyond ! !
This Coastal Navigation Course covers position determination and plotting, advanced coastal and navigational piloting skills, deduced reckoning; chart symbols, running fixes; tide and current sailing; set and drift, compass deviation as well as GPS and other electronic aids.
Our goal is for you to be able to demonstrate and consistently apply the navigational theory required to safely navigate sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters. We utilize special course materials uniquely designed by Bluewater Sailing which provide real world plotting challenges within Southern California waters.
We start with the fundamentals of paper charts and hand bearing compasses but also include GPS module.
View Coastal Navigation Standards |
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ASA Level 105 · CN
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| Prerequisite: |
Basic Cruising Certification preferred but not required. |
| Target Skill Level: |
Coastal Navigation and Coastal Piloting:
Navigate safely in Santa Monica Bay, Southern California, Carribbean, Tahiti or any other nautical environment along the coast.
( Please see Our Celstial Navigation
Courses for navigating offshore ! ) |
| Training: |
Classroom plus At Home Work Package.
14+ classroom instructional hours over
four ( 4 ) evenings
( typically 2 evenings in each of 2 adjacent weeks )
Topics Include:
Charts & Chart Reading
Plotting / Fixes
Running Fixes
Estimated Position
Bearings and Danger Bearings
Compass Variation & Deviation
Set and Drift / Leeway
Tides / Currents / GPS
TUITION INCLUDES:
- Option to take course a Second Time
" Pay Once / Take Twice ! ! "
( please call for details )
PLEASE NOTE:
- This is an instructional course,
NOT just home study.
- Bluewater utilizes a unique work package
Specifically Taillored to
Southern California,
not simply a 'canned' course.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE:
Discounts Available for Combinations!
( please contact us for details )
a) Multiple Courses and / or
b) Multiple People |
| Tuition: |
$ 249 ( Pay Once/Take Twice! ) |
| Textbook: |
$ 65 |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
$ 60 (optional) |
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| ADVANCED COASTAL CRUISING / INTERNATIONAL YACHT TRAINING - COASTAL |
This course is designed to polish the skills of experienced sailors as skipper and navigator. It covers advanced seamanship and navigational techniques, wide spectrum of weather conditions, day and night sailing further offshore, additional emergency procedures and boat engineering. Additional experience is developed with trip planning, safety equipment, advance procedures, provisioning, boat systems and personal gear necessary for longer offshore, ocean passages.
This course provides the opportunity for certification in BOTH American Sailing Association AND International Yacht Training Coastal.
This is a high end course for serious recreational sailors and can also be utilized for entry level into professional sailing.
See International Yachtmaster Training for more information.
View IYT Advanced Coastal Cruising Standards |
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ASA Level 106 · ACC / IYT
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| Prerequisite: |
Bareboat Cruising Certification required and Coastal Navigation preferred.
• 30 Days at Sea
• 800 Miles at Sea
• 12 Hours Night Sailing
• 2 Days Watch Captain
(* Some of these skills may be accomplished during the course) |
| Target Skill Level: |
Ability to safely act as skipper and crew of a sailing vessel about 30 to 50 feet. This is a day and night time course in coastal and inland water, in any weather. Coastal piloting and navigation in all conditions. |
| Training: |
• Classroom Instruction;
2 Full Days includes:
Advanced Navigation
Detailed Rules of the Road
Extensive Weather
• Sailing / Underway Instruction:
3 - 4 Days: Day and Night
sailing with navigation,
casualty drills,
night landfall and
crew overboard training
• Full Day: Underway
On the Water Evaluation
by an Outside IYT Examiner
P L E A S E N O T E:
a) Bluewater is the first facility in the World qualified to offer both American Sailing Association ( ASA ) and International Yacht Training ( IYT ) certified courses.
b) Our Managing Director was the first person in the world certified as an ASA Instructor Evaluator and IYT Examiner.
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| Tuition: |
$ 1,899 (IYT) |
| Textbook: |
$ 65 |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
IYT: Included; ASA: $ 60 (optional) |
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| CELESTIAL NAVIGATION |
These exciting classes are designed to introduce you to the joys of navigating by the stars. Electronics, GPS or batteries can fail, whereas humans have been steering their vessels while utilizing these beacons in the sky for thousands of years. Learning to understand the "clockwork of the heavens" is a profoundly satisfying experience in addition to providing an extra level of navigational safety and confidence. We utilize a combination of classroom theory, use of a sextant, nautical almanac, HO 249 Volume I and II Tables as well as calculation of sample problems and sextant sightings with subsequent sight reductions via HO 249 and plotting lines of position. Emphasis is on the practical application of taking sextant sightings and reducing them to a navigational position utilizing, simple forms developed exclusively for Bluewater Sailing.
Celestial Navigation I: Sun Lines, Local Apparent Noon (Sun), Moon Shots
Celestial Navigation II: Stars, Planets, Polaris
View Celestial Navigation Standards |
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ASA Level 107 · CELESTNAV
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| Prerequisite: |
Coastal Navigation |
| Target Skill Level: |
Demonstrate Celestial Navigation theory required to safely navigate a sailboat on an offshore passage. |
| Training: |
Classroom and Practical Sextant Sightings on the beach.
Celestial I: Sun & Moon
15+ hours
4 Evenings + 1 Mid-Day
Celestial II: Stars, Planets, Polaris
15+ Hours
5 Evenings
Celestial Combined: Celest. I & II
28+ Hours
7 Evenings + 1 Mid-Day
Celstial Intensive: Celest. I & II
28+ Hours
4 Days and Nights
PLEASE NOTE:
Bluewater is one of the very few facilities which offers Celestial Navigation Training for both Students and Instructors. |
| Tuition: |
$ 399 - $ 599 ( based on course ) |
| Textbook: |
Multiple: Please Call |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
$ 65 (optional) |
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| OFFSHORE PASSAGE-MAKING / INTERNATIONAL YACHTMASTER TRAINING - OFFSHORE |
This course is designed to polish the skills of experienced sailors as skipper and navigator. It covers advanced seamanship and navigational techniques, wide spectrum of weather conditions, day and night sailing further offshore, additional emergency procedures and boat engineering. Additional experience is developed with trip planning, safety equipment, advance procedures, provisioning, boat systems and personal gear necessary for longer offshore, ocean passages.
Bluewater Sailing is the first facility in the United States qualified to offer both ASA and IYT certified courses. This course provides certification for ASA Offshore, IYT Offshore and will also assist in preparation to take U.S. Coast Guard licensing exam.
See International Yachtmaster Training for more information.
View IYT Offshore Passage-Making Standards |
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ASA Level 108 · OPM
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| Prerequisite: |
All prior previous ASA Keelboat and Navigation Standards or equivalent experience.
• 50 Days at Sea
• 3,000 Nm at sea
• 30 Hours Night Sailing
• 2 Passages as Watch Captain
• 5 Passages with Rhumb lines exceeding 60 Nm
• Current medical exam & eyesight |
| Target Skill Level: |
Able to safely act as skipper and crew of a sailing vessel on offshore passages requiring celestial navigation. |
| Training: |
• 7 Days Shore-Based Theory including rules of the road, navigation, stability, power plants, maritime law, pre-departure trip planning.
• 5 Days STCW ( USCG Standards of Certification & Watchkeeping ), including personal safety & social responsibility, basic fire prevention & fire fighting ( with live fire training ), personal sea survival (including in pool life raft training and first aid)
• 4 + Days Underway Instruction: 24 hours / day.
• 1+ Day Underway On the Water Evaluation by an Outside IYT Examiner. |
| Tuition: |
$3,699 (IYT) |
| Textbook: |
Please Call |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
IYT: Included; ASA:$ 65 (optional) |
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| INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATION CLINICS |
A very special group of sailors feels the need to share their knowledge and love of sailing with others through instruction. In the past, a good sailor became a sailing instructor simply by beginning to teach and declaring himself or herself an instructor.
The American Sailing Association was organized to establish national standards for instructor certification in the United States. We take experienced instructors and expert sailors and give them the tools they need to become certified instructors.
ASA Instructor clinics test existing skills and knowledge while teaching a structured curriculum and proven presentation techniques. ASA certified instructors have proven they measure up to a national standard which is used by more than 90% of the commercial sailing schools in the country. Take the challenge and attend an ASA Instructor Certification Clinic.
This is an opportunity to continue with additional certifications as well as establish a potential career as a professional sailor. |
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IQC
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| Prerequisite: |
ASA member in good standing;
Significant sailing experience;
Prior teaching experience or can demonstrate an aptitude for clearly communicating sailing concepts to the novice to intermediate level sailor. |
| Target Skill Level: |
Capable of safely performing the standards described within the ASA International Log Book at the appropriate level under all conditions. |
| Training: |
Evaluation of Instructor Skills, including:
Classroom Teaching
Written Examinations
On the Water Instruction
Solo Sailing
3 - 7 days ( depending on teaching level to be achieved ).
P L E A S E N O T E:
Bluewater Sailing is one of the few ASA schools certified to offer Instructor Qualification Clinics ( IQC ) at all instructional levels with on-site staff who also teach students at all levels.
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| Tuition: |
Please Call |
| Textbook: |
Chapman's, USCG Rules, ASA, Annapolis Book of Seamanship |
| Testing and Certification Fee: |
Please Call |
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