• Letter to Parents, 1 March 2008 (Click Here - Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Sea Bag List (Click Here - Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Photo Albums from previous Advanced Sail Training weeks:
  (Note: a web album of thumbnail images will open. Clicking on any thumbnail image will open up a new page with a high resolution image suitable for printing)
  Week 1, 5-11 August 2007 (SA-RI) - select this link.
  Week 2, 12-18 August 2007 (SA-R2) - select this link.

The 2008 NSCC Advanced Sailing School in Rhode Island will be offered in four one-week courses - each week identical in scope and achievement.

Request for Training Authority (Cadet) - download, fill out the appropriate form available below, print, sign (parent/guardian and unit Commanding Officer both sign), mail with $150 money order (payable to US Naval Sea Cadets) to:

INST Doug Somers
47 Enfield Avenue
North Kingstown, RI 02852

The cost for Sail Training is $150 per Cadet. Cadets may elect to participate in multiple weeks. Questions on the training can be emailed to training@riseacadets.net.

SA-RI - Sunday, 29 June through Saturday, 05 July [Click for orders]
SA-R2 - Sunday, 06 July through Saturday, 12 July [Click for orders]
SA-R3 - Sunday, 13 July through Saturday, 19 July [Click for orders]
SA-R4 - Sunday, 20 July through Saturday, 26 July [Click for orders]

Candidate Cadets must be E-3 or above OR have previously completed a Seamanship Academy or a qualifying sail training course. If you are unsure on the qualification standard, contact the COTC, listing your qualifications and sailing experience, via email at training@riseacadets.net.

Sail training in Narragansett Bay offers fast paced experience aboard small sailing craft, tall ships, and sailing yachts, and includes tall ships experience and hands-on operations aboard power vessels of varying sizes. Training will be conducted in association with the American Sail Training Association (ASTA), and will include various ports of call exploring maritime heritage, remote islands, and historic naval installations in and around Narrangansett Bay, the birthplace of the United States Navy. An understanding of the ecology and ecosystems of Narragansett Bay will be part of the program. Cadets will be billeted in Quonset Huts maintained by the Seabee Veterans of America at Quonset Point, RI.

Sail training is physically demanding and rigorous - to qualify cadets must be in excellent physical condition and exhibit a high degree of self discipline. This advanced training program puts extraordinary value on leadership and teamwork; the Cadet training contingent will be required to rapidly organize themselves into a working crew in this muscle-intensive activity.