Small Boat Navigation
DATE: Quarterly
MEMBER PRICE: $200
GENERAL PRICE: $250
INSTRUCTOR: CWB Sailing Instructors
LOCATION: South Lake Union
PREREQUISITES: None
THE DETAILS
Learn navigation and piloting skills for small boats. This class is ideal for small boat cruisers, kayakers and others who want to roam closer to nature.
This is a 10-hour course divided across two weekend days. The first day (4 hours) will teach you how to use nautical charts and other various publications to plan on the water trips for a day or for a month. The second day (6 hours) will focus on understanding how to use Tide and Current publications as part of your navigation toolkit. This is a critical skill for small boat skippers on Puget Sound where we have big tides and strong currents. These skills are transferable to electronic navigation so will form a valuable foundation for more advanced navigation skills. As an additional bonus, you will be introduced to many trip destinations around Puget Sound.
Navigation tools will be provided for the class work. The chart of Puget Sound will be yours to keep after the class.
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Session 3: September 20 - 21, 2025
Session 4: November 8 - 9, 2025
Other things to try!
Small Boat Cruising Clinic: Small boat cruising is a fantastic way to discover our local waters and provides to opportunity to explore countless lakes and waterways all over North America.
Thursday Night Racing: This race series is intended to be a fun opportunity to get out on the water and engage in friendly competition. It is a great way to meet other sailors as well as tune your sailing skills.
Centerboard Sailing Clinic: Use this class to become comfortable and confident on CWBs fleet of smaller traditionally rigged boats.
Sailing Refresher Clinic: This refresher is for Sailors who have a current Livery Card at The Center for Wooden Boats but have not sailed in a while and wish to sail with an instructor's supervision before going out on their own again.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation more than 30 days in advance: refund less a $50 administrative fee.
Cancellation 30-15 days in advance: 50% refund of the course fee.
Cancellation 14 or fewer days in advance of the course: No refund.
Cancellation requests must be submitted via email to: adultsailing@cwb.org.
Please Note: CWB reserves the right to cancel any course due to emergency or lack of enrollment. In such case, we will refund tuition in full. If traveling from out of area, we strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance in the event we must cancel this class.