BVI Sunsail Sailing School ASA 101,103, and 104

Wholly cats was that a lot of information to absorb in a weeks time!  But doable.  Having 2 1/2 years of what I might call more than average charter sailing experience under our belt probably helped somewhat, and being farmers helped tremendously when it came to the mechanics and workings of the boat.  We have both forgotten, or maybe I never knew, what it is like for kids nowadays to be doing homework, preparing for tests..  I had no clue!  I will guarantee you that if you take these courses you will be a bit exhausted and relieved after each test.  Three tests, 100 questions and 80 correct to pass, one for each course, not so difficult to get 80%, but still, a person wants to do well.. and especially if your wife is taking the same tests!

We had a mix of personalities on the boat, and still all went really well.  The instructor was good at divvying up the responsibilities and getting everyone involved with the boat.  We all agreed that our instructor, Matt Holt, with Sunsail BVI (we highly recommend Matt), was probably the best instructor a group could have asked for!  Sandy and I were the most experienced of the students as we have put quite a few miles under us the past 2 and 1/2 years.  Even at that, we learned a lot.  It was good for us to do, and really improved our communications on our own boat.  Of course, we've always been a pretty good team with Sandy at the helm while anchoring or mooring, but I've pretty much taken care of the sail trim.  We kind of mix it up a bit more now.

This is some of the crew aboard Barnabe IV, a 47' Beneteau, our boat for the ASA course

With the ASA courses out of the way, it's booking time for Croatia, Greece, and maybe Turkey.  Maybe we do Turkey close to thanksgiving.