Custom ASA Certification Courses to Accommodate Your Schedule | Modern Sailing

Custom ASA Certification Courses to Accommodate Your Schedule

Looking for an ASA course that meets the demands of your busy schedule? Modern Sailing offers Custom ASA Courses to those interested in receiving the benefits of private instruction while earning ASA certification. Invite your partner or friends to share exclusively in the fun of an ASA course, or receive individual training towards ASA certification, one-on-one, with a talented Modern Sailing School instructor.

Custom ASA Courses with Modern Sailing follow the same curriculum as our regularly scheduled courses and adhere to ASA standards. Custom Course pricing is based on number of students, number of days required, and whether any preferred dates fall on a weekend or weekday.* Class sizes are limited to four students for ASA 101, 103, 104, and 106. Students must be at least 16 years old to receive certification from American Sailing Association. Students 16 and 17 years old must enroll in the course with a parent.

To maximize success, we recommend scheduling your Custom Course dates as close together as possible. When you're ready, please fill out this Client Request Form. A $50 deposit must be made for all custom requests, refundable if we cannot book your course, clinic or expedition. 

Please review the Custom Course Cancellation Policies and Custom Clinic and Expedition Cancellation Policies.

Interested in learning more? Call our friendly office at (415) 331-8250 or email us!

If you are interested in hands-on instruction but do not require ASA certification, you may prefer the format of a Private Lesson, tailored to your experience level and individual sailing goals.

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  • Salesforce (Ashley H.)

    Our team at Salesforce did the Corporate Regatta Team Building activity (August 2026). What a blast!! HIghly recommend for your next team activity. It's fun to be out on the water, but the skippers also did a great job of teaching us all the sailing basics. The race is set up well so that we all had a chance to try out different roles. We did it with 11 people across two boats but having more boats is also doable and would lead to even more competition.

  • Ellen Bator

    Informative and professional

  • John Kratochvil, Oregon

    I would like to compliment Stan Lander for his coaching, counseling and teaching Heavy Weather Offshore Sailing. Stan was very accommodating to all of the student's interests and shared his many years of insight on handling the boat in heavy seas. I would certainly recommend Stan and this course to sheltered waters sailors. My confidence in handling a boat of this size was certainly enhanced by the experience.

  • Emma & George Stubbs, Sausalito

    We just took our ASA 106 at a school in Rhode Island as we prepare for 6 months of cruising in the Caribbean. The class was great, but more than anything it made us really appreciate the quality of teaching and rigor at Modern Sailing. Even though we were the newest to sailing, the group seemed to think that we had the best fundamentals. We felt very well prepared and we see why Modern Sailing has the reputation it does.

  • Andrew Goble, San Francisco

    It has been wonderful sailing with MSC over the years. Please extend my thanks to the owners, management, and staff for unrequited professionalism and high standards in a charter fleet. I have sailed with several in my years and none nearly hold a candle to the quality of business and staff at Modern Sailing.

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