ADULT INTERMEDIATE SAILING COURSES
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Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012
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INTERMEDIATE SAILING
LEVEL ONE
$225 member, $275 non-member
| DAY ONE * Attendance * Introduction & Goals * Test… Parts of the boat, Right of way * Interviews/Why are you here? * Test Revue * Wind direction * Tack vs. Jibe * Right of way * Land drills- right of way * Capsize drill Lunch * Knots….Square, Figure Eight, Bowline, clove hitch, cleat hitch * Rigging the boat * Simulator time... (In flying scot on the strip go over tacking and jibing maneuvers) * De-rigging |
DAY TWO * Test…Parts of the boat, right of way knots * Hand signals to be used... Sheet in, Sheet out, go to safety, circle the marks, figure eight tacking, aside * Land drills… Man overboard, Safety position, Right of way, Depart the dock, Docking Lunch * Rig the boat, * Depart the dock * Tack * Jibe * Safety position * Man overboard |
INTERMEDIATE SAILING, LEVEL TWO
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND PREREQUISITES
$225 member, $275 non-member
This course is designed to provide the sailor that has basic skill sets in place the exposure to a Sloop rigged centerboard boat. You will learn the boat handling skills to start and stop the boat at will, put the boat in safety position, tack and jibe, recover from a capsize, sail with good trim on all points of sail.
We will develop a plan to depart the dock and sail through the harbor. Once outside we will sail to a small course where we will perform boat handling drills including close quarters right of way, man overboard, stopping in safety position, stopping in irons, restarting from stop and square course sailing to practice trim. Then we will sail back to the dock and practice docking using the start stop skills we have practiced.
Safely dock the boat.
The goal of the course is to provide you with the skills needed to leave the dock, sail to a point and return and dock safely.
The prerequisites for this course include:
- The confidence to helm the boat without an instructor in the boat
- A basic comfort with the use of a tiller extension
- Knot tying skills
- Basic understanding of wind direction and points of sail
- The understanding of the difference between a tack and a jibe and basic ability to execute same
| DAY ONE * Introduction, Orientation * Interviews * Course overview and discussion of skill sets * Discussion of right of way * Right of way test * Discussion of Water drills including hand signals and communication ---Departing a dock ---Sailing out of the moorings ---Start/ Stop ---Safety position ---Tack Jibe ---Docking * Land drill right of way * Capsize recovery drill Lunch |
DAY TWO * Right of way review * Right of way test * Right of way land drill * Rig boats * Discussion of departure and docking plan * Launch * Sail out * Water drills right of way, start/stop * Sail in Lunch |
NEW: SPINNAKER SKILLS
SPINNAKER SAILING DEMISTIFIED
Thirty years ago I purchased a 16 foot boat with a spinnaker. I took a friend out that said he knew how to use it and we set it in 15 knots of breeze. While watching him work on the foredeck during the set I let the boat get a little sideways and we immediately broached. We recovered went back to the dock and waited for a lighter day and tried it again. Once I felt I had it mastered it was time to show off. A group of my friends had the same boat, but none had spinnakers. We set off for Lake Geneva. We were going to sail the length of the lake have lunch and sail back. When we launched the wind was blowing down the lake. It was going to be a spinnaker run the entire way. Every one was watching with cameras ready as I set the sail---Sideways! Spinnaker sailing can be a little challenging and the results of a mistake can be embarrassing or expensive. With the proper training and practice in winds appropriate to your experience you can quickly learn to stay out of trouble and then truly enjoy that aspect of sailing.
This course is designed to provide you with the basic understanding of spinnaker sailing. It will provide you with the terminology, step by step procedure, and troubleshooting techniques to master and enjoy this exciting aspect of sailing. If you own a boat with a spinnaker now this will help you feel confident using it. If you don’t it might inspire you to get one or at least allow you be helpful when sailing on someone else’s boat when they would like to fly one. I truly cannot imagine not having that option and often fly my spinnaker on my Flying Scot single handed or on my 36 footer with 2 or 3 people. On a light air day it brings the boat back to life. In a brisk breeze it adds a major element of excitement.
The course is broken down to 2 individual 1 day courses. You may take one or both.
Day 1: will start with learning the parts of the boat required, and how they are used. Following that will be step by step instructions covering the packing, the set, the jibe, points of sail and trimming, and the take down. There will be a simulator with a real spinnaker set up in the class room that will allow everyone to witness these functions as they actually happen and then experience them with a real spinnaker.
Price for day 1: $75 per student for Members/ $100 for non-Members
Day 2: will be on the water practice on Flying Scots. On a long windward leeward course we will practice all of the maneuvers switching positions with each cycle.
Price for day 2: $75 per student for Members/ $100 for non-Members
Price for both days: $150 per student for Members/ $200 for non-Members
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BUD PRICE, Sailing Instructor, Email Bud
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