Cruising Catamaran on Lake Superior

Cruising Catamaran: ASA Course 114

Course Location

Pikes Bay Marina, 84190 Pikes Bay Road, Bayfield, WI 54814

Link to Apostles Islands National Lakeshore: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Link to "Our Marina," at Pike's Bay, two miles south of Bayfield, Wisconsin: Pikes Bay Marina

Description 2-Day

Cruising Catamaran (ASA 114) is a two-day, liveaboard, advanced cruising course for sailors with cruising experience. Graduates are certified to act as skipper and crew of a 30-50 foot multihull sailboat by day in coastal waters. Students will learn all aspects of skippering a cruising catamaran and sleep aboard the boat at our marina and sail in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior.

Vacation courses are held aboard Calico, our Fountaine-Pajot Athena 38 cruising catamaran in the beautiful Apostle Islands near Bayfield, Wisconsin. Students pre-board the boat after 5 PM the night before the course starts.

Includes textbook: Cruising Catamarans Made Easy, published by American Sailing Association, class notes, exam and ASA certification.

Course Fee Cruising Multihull 2-Day

$795 per person; includes textbook, exam, ASA certification, sleeping accommodations, and two lunches. $25 discount for couples sharing materials (any two people signing up together).

Cancellation Policy

Instructor to Student Ratio is One to Four Maximum! This is based on sleeping arrangements. We will easily accommodate these combinations for total students in the class: 3 singles, 2 singles and 1 couple, or 2 couples.

We are flexible. If you would like day classes, private lessons, rides, refresher, etc. Please call.