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| 667.1 | A little info on A.S.A. | WR2FOR::BOLTONJA | | Thu Oct 15 1987 17:32 | 29 |
| A.S.A. is a national organization which is attempting to raise the
level of sailing instruction and certification to a professional
level. (This will eventually help in your efforts to make bareboat
chartering easy.) The goal is that with an A.S.A. certification,
you can go into any part of the country that rents/charters sailboats
and prove your level of sailing competency simply by showing your
card. In order to achieve this, A.S.A. has set down standards for
each level of certification (e.g. In order to achieve a Basic Coastal
Sailing Certificate, you must be able to pass the written exam,
and show proficiency with the boat in winds of at least 15(?) knots.
The various levels of certification include Offshore and ASA will eveb
certify your ability in Celestial Navigation if you choose to pursue
it.
The reality is that not all sailing clubs/charter companies will
honor the A.S.A. certification. For example, I sail in San Francisco
Bay, where it blows 25 knots daily in the summer. The sailing club
that I rent from will not honor an A.S.A. certification from anywhere
else because of the high winds. They do however encourage everyone
associated with the club to take the ASA exams.
Eventually, ASA should gain the recogition it is striving for. This
should be good for any of us who rent/charter. In the meantime,
ASA is a good way to understand your own level of knowledge and
capability.
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| 667.2 | Thanks | DPDMAI::RESENDEP | Topeka is in Texas | Fri Oct 16 1987 15:06 | 5 |
| Sounds like the A.S.A. is a worthwhile organization and it would be
worth the bucks to buy a membership. Thanks for the information!
Pat
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| 667.3 | How to contact A.S.A. ? | IND::WYATT | Rich Wyatt, NY SIC @ NYO, 333 - 6680 | Mon Dec 28 1987 10:56 | 5 |
| Could someone please list here how to contact the A.S.A.? In
particular, membership info. Thanks,
Rich
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| 667.4 | A.S.A. information | BMT::WYATT | Rich Wyatt, NY SIC @NYO 352 - 2162 | Wed Jan 27 1988 09:16 | 24 |
| The information supplied by and posted here with the permission
of Pat Resende.
American Sailing Association
13922 Marquesas Way
Marina Del Ray, CA 90292
Phone: (213) 822-7171
Membership:
$25 one-year individual
$40 two-year individual
$15 additional family member, per year
$50 one-year family
$85 two-year family
$250 single lifetime membership
$500 family lifetime membership
They take checks, Master Card, VISA, and AmEx. Hope this helps! Good
luck!
Pat Resende
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| 667.5 | No membership required! | RIPPLE::KOWALSKI_MA | | Thu Aug 31 1989 16:56 | 10 |
| BTW, you don't need to join the organization, or even take a course
from any school associated with ASA, to become certified. All you
need to do is pay an examination fee for the certification level
test you wish to take and pass the exam. When you pass the exam,
you receive a log book and a certification sticker which you put
in your log. The log describes in detail what you must know to
achieve each level of certification (although, as in S.F. in a
previously reply, each locale may need extra attention for some
special conditions).
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| 667.6 | not quite that simple?? | DNEAST::PEASE_DAVE | I said Id have to think about it | Fri Sep 01 1989 11:32 | 10 |
| >> All you
>> need to do is pay an examination fee for the certification level
>> test you wish to take and pass the exam.
Just a nit, but when I went to take the coastal cruising exam,
they said that ASA required me to take the basic sailing written exam first.
Dave
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| 667.7 | Right, start at the bottom | RIPPLE::KOWALSKI_MA | | Fri Sep 01 1989 11:49 | 6 |
| Yup...in general, the certs are in levels and require that you start
at the bottom. I think the cost of the basic exam is $15 and the
cc exam is less ($10?) (because you don't get another log book?).
Mark
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