Zero to Bay Skipper
Get a Jump Start into sailing!
M Reg.$2395 SALE $1995 + membership
Waives Initiation, saves additional $575
BK1 + ASA 101 + ASA 103 = Freedom
to charter boats on SF Bay
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3 courses: BK1 Competent Crew
ASA 101 Basic Keelboat 1 + ASA 103 Coastal Cruising
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3 exams: written test + on the water evaluation
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3 certificates: 1x Afterguard (Competent Crew)
2 with ASA (101 + 103)
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ASA Official Logbook
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3 months trial membership with ASA
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6 mo or 1 year membership with Afterguard
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7 or 12 Sunday club practice sails
* Course time = 72h
2d (BK1) + 1 lec + 2d (ASA 101) + 2 lec + 4d (ASA 103)
includes 3 ground school briefing sessions (lectures, knot tying and introduction to navigation)
½ day group practice sail (ASA 101 graduation sail)
½ day group charter sail (ASA 103 graduation sail)
For details, questions and enrollments, contact the office.
Schedule is flexible. Sign up for dates as you are ready.
Get a solid foundation for your sailing adventures! If you give us your best, Afterguard guarantees your completion of the course. Need to read, focus and put in good effort. If you do this, no extra cost for any extra time if needed to complete the courses. We stay with you till you have achieved your sailing goals for certification and feel confident in the the skills for each course.
Learn from experienced instructors, and fellow members at Afterguard. Enjoy being part of our family for a full year! Details on our membership page.
What to Expect
Schedule and Crew:
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Meet at Afterguard Sailing Academy, 1285 Embarcadero (Oakland, CA 94606)
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Regular class time is 9.30am-4.30pm. Classroom lectures start at 6pm. Opt can go long on Saturday if coming in on Friday is difficult due to traffic.
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The written exams are scheduled the last day of each course after skill check-off.
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From 2 to 4 participants per boat, with 1 instructor.
What Boats are Used:
Keelboats 23'-25 for BK and 101. ASA 103 is from 27-34'.
What to wear:
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Layers! Look up the weather for that weekend or weekday series. Dress in layers according to the weather predictions. Vests are a good under/over layer. Use a base layer per the weather and add to it up to a wind-breaker. If raining - bring a waterproof over layer for top and bottom.
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Footwear: Soft soled shoes for traction on the deck. Non-marking required or could be scrubbing decks to remove black marks dark soles can leave behind. No bare-feet or flip-flops. Broken toes are painful and your responsibility.
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Headware: Recommend a brimmed hat with a keeper that will not blow off your head when on the water. If cold - bring a warm hat or perhaps a warm ear covering or headband.
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Hands: Garden gloves with rubberized palms and with cut off finger tips are a plus.
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If cold, warm gloves or full fingertip gloves.
What else to bring:
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Bring a lunch, including water or other liquids to stay hydrated. If you bring a refillable bottle, please make sure you take it with you at the end of your course. Next to sunglasses, they are the most popular item in our Lost & Found pile!
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Always bring sunscreen, chapstick and sunglasses. Keepers for glasses, hats and cell phones used as cameras can save you lots of money.
Additional info:
There are bathrooms at our facility and on the boats. Go to a land bathroom before getting aboard. Once aboard have your teacher show all how to use the 'head 'on the boat, before leaving the docks. May get splashed or rained on but will not get wet from the boat tipping over. Can put a duffel bag below of your layers for when/if needed.
Where will you sail?
This depends on the weather and wind. You will gradually explore the Oakland estuary in BK1. Out to Yerba Buena in ASA 101. To the Bay Bridge, SF City Front, or Treasure Island in ASA103.
Our goal is for you to be safe, enjoy yourself and be able, with a qualified first mate aboard, reach your sailing goals. If that is to rent a boat or own and sail your own boat.