Basic Small Boat -
Medicine Lake, Plymouth, MN -
French Regional Park
Basic Small Boat: Learn to Sail - ASA Course 110
Register for Basic Small Boat - ASA Course 110
Course Location
French Regional Park, 12605 Rockford Road, Plymouth, MN 55441
Description
Basic Small Boat is a two-session, 6-hour course. Classes are taught by ASA-certified instructors on Medicine Lake at French Regional Park. Medicine Lake is the 2nd largest lake in the western suburbs after Lake Minnetonka at 902 acres. It is located in Plymouth, Minnesota, ten minutes or less from New Hope, Maple Grove, Golden Valley, St. Louis Park, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.
Northern Breezes Sailing School offers learn-to-sail classes on Medicine Lake on our WindRider 17 Sailing Trimarans. This location is found west of the Twin Cities at French Regional Park located right off of the intersection of I-494 and Rockford Road.
Classes are limited to two students. This small seminar environment provides a great instructor to student ratio for very effective skipper and crew training. Each session starts with a briefing on the day’s lesson, getting underway, sailing exercises and ends with docking and securing the boat.
Each student receives the Let's Go Sailing textbook and they earn Northern Breezes Certification. Plus they receive an invitation to join the Northern Breezes Boat Club and continue sailing without the requirement to buy a boat; all while wearing your recently earned "skipper's hat!"
Students who purchase American Sailing Association Certification (ASA) will also receive an ASA Log Book, 90-day free trial American Sailing Association membership, seal for the Log Book, and an invitation to join the Northern Breezes Boat Club to continue sailing without the requirement to buy a boat; all while wearing your recently earned "skipper's hat!"
Course Outline
Session 1: Getting Underway, Tacking, Jibing, Points of Sail, Steering, Sail Trim, Docking, Securing the Boat.
Session 2: Review Day 1, Reefing, Crew Overboard Drill (COB), Solo Checkout,
Written Exam.
Classes are cancelled and rescheduled due to weather: no wind, too much wind, potential lightning or pouring rain. Sailing is not an endurance test. It is fun, safe learning of a lifelong skill set. Graduates meet all the prerequisites for more advanced courses and the Northern Breezes Boat Club.
Course Fee
ASA Certification: $239 singles. $429 couples (any two people signing up together) sharing materials.
Additional course textbooks may be purchased. Cancellation Policy
Family and Friends
Class size is limited to two students per boat. These are very family friendly. A family of six for example might put 3 people on each boat with an instructor but only certify one or two of them per boat. It is like taking your twelve year old on an educational sailing event without expectations but with lots of experiential learning! This is a great mother - daughter / father - son option. You pick the combination!
Instructor to Student Ratio is One to Two Maximum!
We are flexible. If you would like day classes, private lessons, rides, refresher, etc. Please call. This is especially applicable to this class.
Directions to French Regional Park Sailing Docks
French Regional Park, 12605 Rockford Road, Plymouth, MN 55441
From Interstate 494 (just north of Highway 55), take Rockford Road east (Rockford Road is also named Hwy 9 or 42nd Avenue,) 1/2 mile to French Regional Park entrance, which will be on your south or right side.
From Highway 169, exit west onto Rockford Road (Hwy 9 or 42nd Avenue). Proceed west 2 miles to French Regional Park entrance, which will be on your left or south side.
Follow the park roadway about a mile down to the lakeshore parking area.
Medicine Lake, MN courses:
2024 Class Schedule; 6 hour course.
Choose from Morning, Afternoon or Evening; and Weekday or Weekend.
Classes meet for two 3-hour sessions.
Evening Classes are scheduled to conclude by the end of Civil Twilight.
Schedule may need to be modified based on availability of instructors and boats.
S1 • M, T: 5/6, 5/7, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm FULL
S2 • Sa, Su: 5/11, 5/12, 2024: 9am-12pm FULL
S3 • M, T: 5/13, 5/14, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S4 • Sa, Su: 5/18, 5/19, 2024: 9am-12pm
S5 • Sa, Su: 5/18, 5/19, 2024: 12-3pm
S6 • M, T: 5/20, 5/21, 2024: 5-8pm
S7 • Sa, Su: 5/25, 5/26, 2024: 9am-12pm
S8 • T, Th: 5/28, 5/30, 2024: 9am-12pm
S9 • T, Th: 5/28, 5/30, 2024: 1-4pm
S10 • T, Th: 5/28, 5/30, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S11 • Sa, Su: 6/1, 6/2, 2024: 9am-12pm
S12 • M, T: 6/3, 6/4, 2024: 9am-12pm
S13 • M, T: 6/3, 6/4, 2024: 1-4pm
S14 • M, T: 6/3, 6/4, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S15 • Sa, Su: 6/8, 6/9, 2024: 9am-12pm
S16 • M, T: 6/10, 6/11, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S17 • Sa, Su: 6/15, 6/16, 2024: 9am-12pm
S18 • M, T: 6/17, 6/18, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S19 • Sa, Su: 6/22, 6/23, 2024: 9am-12pm
S20 • M, T: 6/24, 6/25, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S21 • Sa, Su: 7/6, 7/7, 2024: 9am-12pm
S22 • M, T: 7/8, 7/9, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S23 • Sa, Su: 7/13, 7/14, 2024: 9am-12pm
S24 • M, T: 7/15, 7/16, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S25 • Sa, Su: 7/20, 7/21, 2024: 9am-12pm
S26 • M, T: 7/22, 7/23, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S27 • Sa, Su: 7/27, 7/28, 2024: 9am-12pm
S28 • M, T: 7/29, 7/30, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S29 • Sa, Su: 8/3, 8/4, 2024: 9am-12pm
S30 • M, T: 8/5, 8/6, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S31 • Sa, Su: 8/10, 8/11, 2024: 9am-12pm
S32 • M, T: 8/12, 8/13, 2024: 9am-12pm
S33 • M, T: 8/12, 8/13, 2024: 1-4pm
S34 • M, T: 8/12, 8/13, 2024: 5:30-8:30pm
S35 • Sa, Su: 8/17, 8/18, 2024: 9am-12pm
S36 • M, T: 8/19, 8/20, 2024: 9am-12pm
S37 • M, T: 8/19, 8/20, 2024: 1-4pm
S38 • M, T: 8/19, 8/20, 2024: 5-8pm
S39 • Sa, Su: 8/24, 8/25, 2024: 9am-12pm
S40 • M, T: 8/26, 8/27, 2024: 9am-12pm
S41 • M, T: 8/26, 8/27, 2024: 1-4pm
S42 • M, T: 8/26, 8/27, 2024: 5-8pm
S43 • T, Th: 9/3, 9/5, 2024: 9am-12pm
S44 • T, Th: 9/3, 9/5, 2024: 1-4pm
S45 • T, Th: 9/3, 9/5, 2024: 4:30-7:30pm
S46 • Sa, Su: 9/7, 9/8, 2024: 9am-12pm
S47 • M, T: 9/9, 9/10, 2024: 9am-12pm
S48 • M, T: 9/9, 9/10, 2024: 1-4pm
S49 • M, T: 9/9, 9/10, 2024: 4:30-7:30pm
S50 • Sa, Su: 9/14, 9/15, 2024: 9am-12pm
S51 • M, T: 9/16, 9/17, 2024: 9am-12pm
S52 • M, T: 9/16, 9/17, 2024: 1-4pm
S53 • M, T: 9/16, 9/17, 2024: 4-7pm
S54 • Sa, Su: 9/21, 9/22, 2024: 9am-12pm
S55 • M, T: 9/23, 9/24, 2024: 9am-12pm
S56 • M, T: 9/23, 9/24, 2024: 1-4pm
S57 • M, T: 9/23, 9/24, 2024: 4-7pm
S58 • Sa, Su: 9/28, 9/29, 2024: 9am-12pm