ASA Courses Offered
Learn to sail in just one-two-three days!

Sail the world in one-two-three ASA courses!

Our ASA 101, ASA 103, and ASA 104 are three-day courses.

 Our classes are from 9:00am to approximately 5:00pm each day.  Here is our general schedule, which may change depending on the weather: 

• Friday:  First, we will do introductions. Then we will cover the principals of sailing and parts of the boat in Chapters 1 & 2. Next we will cover the basics of sailing including points of sail, boarding, rigging, winches, tacking and jibing in Chapters 3 & 4. We will go over our knots; then lunch. After lunch we will cover more sailing techniques and docking in Chapter 5. In Chapter 6 we will cover navigation rules, safety requirements, and aids to navigation. Finally we will cover man-overboard drills in Chapter 7.
• Saturday:  In the morning, we will take the exam. You will learn how to start an outboard motor. After lunch, we will go sailing beginning with docking drills and then tacking and jibbing, sailing until around 5:00 pm.
• Sunday:  We will practice our skills learned the day before adding in heaving-to and wing-on-wing. After lunch we will perform our MOB Drills. Finally we will return to the classroom at Old Hickory Blvd. for the signing of logbooks and our class photographs.  
• After lunch you will have a 100-question exam to take. A score of 80 or above is a passing grade. It is multiple choice.  The questions are like those in the back of the textbook chapters. 

Our ASA 110 Small Boat Sailing course is a two-day course from 9:00am to approximately 5:00pm each day.

Here’s our general schedule, which may change depending on the weather:  

• First Day:  First, we’ll do introductions. We’ll go over Chapters 1 & 2, then discuss the Points of Sail. We will go to the sailboat to orient you to it, learn to start the outboard, then come in for lunch. We will then go sailing until around 5:00pm.
• Second Day:  We will discuss Chapters 3 & 4, review where we are. We will discuss Man Over Board(MOB) and capsize drills in detail, then go out and perform them, and anything else we need to repeat. We will come in for lunch.  We will go over last-minute questions or anything you wish to discuss.  
• After lunch you will have a 100-question exam to take. A score of 80 or above is a passing grade. It is multiple choice. The questions are like those in the back of the textbook chapters. 

ASA structures its courses sequentially from beginning sailors to advanced.
SailNashville offers three ASA courses, which will enable you to go from zero knowledge or experience
sailing, to being able to charter and successfully skipper a 45-foot sailboat in the British Virgin Islands,
the Bahamas, anywhere in the world.

Approximately half your time will be classroom instruction, while the other half will be on the water training and
skills development.

During the three days you will be observed and rated as to your sailing skills. At the end of the course, you will
take a written examination. Upon successful completion of both, you will earn your ASA certification.