Learn to Sail with SunRise Sail

Learn to Sail in Atlanta! We are proud to be an ASA Certified Training Facility offering Learn to Sail and Advanced Sailing courses through our local US Coast Guard Licensed Captains, ASA Certified training instructors and facilities. Sign up for your Lake Lanier sailing lesson today!

The American Sailing Association is the world’s foremost organization dedicated to training, teaching and certifying schools, sailing instructors and sailing enthusiasts. When you join the American Sailing Association, or work with an ASA certified sailing school, you know you’re learning to how to sail and getting the most rigorous, safety-first education and the best sailing instruction available.

Sunrise Sail is a Lake Lanier Sailing Academy that offers easy sailing lessons on Lake Lanier to our members as well as the public. We are proud of the fact that our students and members really learn to sail. Sunrise Sailing Academy offers Private Lake Lanier Sailing Classes at the same price or less than the other Sailing Schools charge for group lessons. We do offer group lessons and group discounts for two or more students. Group or Semi-private lessons are limited to 3 students; you will never share a class with more than two others. Classes may be scheduled with as few as one person and generally, on the date you desire. Other school multi-student classes, where the focus is on getting the entire class through the course, as opposed to focusing on you, one on one, at your pace, not the slowest student in the class. We offer discounted multi-student class rates and limit to three students per boat. We make Lake Lanier sailing lessons affordable for you and your friends or family!

Sunrise Sailing ASA Classes include:

ASA 101 Basic Keelboat

ASA 103 Basic Coastal Cruising

ASA 104, Bareboat Cruising

ASA 105 Basic Coastal Navigation

ASA 114 Cruising Catamaran

ASA 118, Docking Endorsement.

Sailing Certification

We guarantee our ASA 101 Basic Keelboat students Certification. In the event a student doesn’t pass our ASA 101 course within the scheduled course completion date, we will provide additional instruction until you have passed the course and certified, at no cost to you.

Call 770-271-7444 for more information.

Watch

Watch one of our members out on Lake Lanier, GA.

Benefits of ASA Training from SunRise Sail

Demonstrated ability to skipper a sloop-rigged keelboat of approximately 20 to 27 feet in length by day in light to moderate winds and sea conditions. Knowledge of basic sailing terminology, parts and functions, helm commands, basic sail trim, points of sail, buoyage, seamanship and safety including basic navigation rules to avoid collisions and hazards. Auxiliary power operation is not required.

Demonstrated ability to skipper a sloop-rigged auxiliary powered (outboard or inboard engine) keelboat of approximately 25 to 35 feet length by day in moderate winds and sea conditions. Knowledge of cruising sailboat terminology, basic boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, docking procedures, intermediate sail trim, navigation rules, basic coastal navigation, anchoring, weather forecast interpretation, safety and seamanship.

Learn how to sail a sloop-rigged, auxiliary powered 30′-45′ sailboat during a multi-day cruise upon inland/coastal waters in moderate/heavy winds and sea conditions. Learn about provisioning, boat systems, auxiliary engines, advanced sail trim, coastal navigation, anchoring / mooring, docking, emergency operations, weather, and more.

Able to demonstrate the navigational theory required to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters.

Learn to skipper an auxiliary-powered sailing cruising catamaran of approximately 30-45′ feet in length during a multi-day liveaboard cruise upon inland or coastal waters in moderate to heavy winds (up to 30 knots) and sea conditions.

Learn basic docking skills for boats with single inboard or outboard engines. Discover the basic theory and hands-on techniques needed to dock and undock boats in an efficient manner and without damage or injury.