What comes after Levels 1 and 2?
Level 3 Classes:
Students learn skills required for sailboat cruising. Applicants must show sufficient experience on their sailing resume application to be admitted, with 6 sails on level 2 boats 4 of which they were captain (signed out the boat) and paid their deposit for the class. Class begins with shore school in April, where students are presented with a set of real navigation problems that they must complete outside of class. Safety and emergency procedures, electronics (including GPS and VHF radio), and cruise planning are taught in shore school as well. In early spring, students have two hands-on maintenance days while they are on shore and a boat systems class at the dock. After launch, students have three or more full sailing days to learn boat handling, docking and anchoring on our 32’ cruising boat. If someone is not going onto Level 4 an overnight weekend sail to Canada will be arranged. Successful completion of Level 3 class results in members being eligible to time share our cruising boats locally and for overnights up or down the rivers or on Lake St. Clair – US or Canadian side. See the Sailing Boundaries Policy on the website for more details.
Sail to interesting ports in Lake Huron and the North Channel. Enter beautiful coves such as: Cover Portage Cove, Snug Harbor, Marianne cove, Browning Cove, Sturgeon Cove and the Benjamin Islands.
Learn advance navigation techniques and enhance your knowledge of GPS.
Do off shore sailing work
Advanced anchoring
Boat provisioning
Crew organization
Level 4 Classes:
This is ASI’s highest level of sailing. Upon completing Level 3, students who elect to participate in the week-long live aboard transfer cruise where our cruising boat is moved from Jefferson Beach Marina to Little Current on Manitoulin Island, may be rated at Level 4. This cruise requires students to apply all that they have learned to a real sailing adventure. The boats are staffed by an ASI instructor, but the students do everything to get them across Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to their summer home in the North Channel as well as visiting as many coves in the North Channel as time permits. Those who get rated Level 4 are required for their first Captain bid at the lottery to be a mentored week long time share of our 32’ cruising boat during the summer in the world’s most beautiful sailing country. Once these requirements are met, one is a full Level 4 member who may bid on a lottery week or two each year.
For more information for details contact our sail secretary at;
Voice: 248-393-4280
Fax: 248-393-4284
Email: secretary@sailasi.org
Or use the form here.
Or Keelboat_Classes@sailasi.org
