Keelboat Skipper Course (2022.084)

The Club's Keelboat Skipper course expands your sailing knowledge and experience, and adds skills required to be a successful lake sailor in Calgary - including sailing away from and to the dock and trailering skills(*).

This Skipper course puts you in charge of the boat and crew through all sailing manoeuvers.

Successful completion requires consistent demonstration of abilities on the water.

• The Start Keelboat Sailing course is a prerequisite for this course.
• This course is required to be a skipper on the Club's co-op keelboats. 
• Here are the Basic Cruising Standard Performance Objectives covered during the Keelboat Skipper course. 

Basic Cruising Skills Book

For this course, the Basic Cruising Skills book is required reading.

Students can purchase Basic Cruising Skills at a discounted price when registering for this course.

Revised in 2019; illustrated; 208 pages covering all the skills and language of the rigging and safe operation a sailboat.

Course Information:

• Afloat sessions for this course are aboard the Club's SanJuan 21 keelboats.
• Student Standard for this Course - this course covers all Performance Objectives of the national standard except manoeuvring under power. Outboard motors can not be used on lesson sailboats on the Glenmore Reservoir. 
• Students achieving all Performance Objectives covered during this course will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Club (not the Basic Cruising Standard).
• Instructor Standard (qualifications of instructors for this course).
• Alberta Sailing Association and Sail Canada Course Levy applied during course registration.

Questions? Email us.

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* Trailering Skills Note
Students whose vehicle is capable of towing 2,500+ pounds and who have a 2" hitch ball on a hitch insert with a top of ball height of approx. 17" will be coached on trailering skills. This is not mandatory for this course, but is highly recommended for individuals planning to join the co-op boat program and sail the co-op keelboats.