Sailing Instruction on Tampa Bay Aboard Minimum Balance

Capt. Allen Fiske is a US Sailing Certified Instructor and is available to teach you the finer points of sailing aboard his yacht on an individual or group basis, or just "show you the ropes."

We can start with the basics using U.S. Sailing's text Basic Keelboat. I offer a non-certification, twenty-hour, four-hour a day, five-day class designed for a couple to learn together. The rate is $750/couple.

• Different types of sailboats
• What to wear
• Personal Flotation Devices
• Parts of the boat
• Rigging the boat
• Locating the wind
• How a sailboat uses the wind to move
• Points of Sail
• Tacking
• Gybing
• Crew position and responsibilities
• Leaving and returning
• Reefing (reducing sail)
• Anchoring
• Man Overboard

We can get more advanced at a rate of $50/hr.

• Navigating (including paper charts and use of a GPS or Chart Plotter)
• Basics of operating the boat under power.

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