This Course is designed to equip the sailor with enhanced skills and awareness of the surrounding environment. It builds on the skills and knowledge gained in the Start Sailing 2 Course and will enable you to manoeuvre the boat efficiently in light to moderate conditions on all points of sailing.
Length
12 hours
Outcomes
You will receive a Better Sailing certificate and be able to sail a boat efficiently in light to moderate winds
Pre-requisites
Start Sailing 2 or equivalent experience.
What to do afterwards?
Continue training in Small Boat Sailing through the Start Racing Courses
SYLLABUS:
1. Plan and prepare
Identify qualities of a suitable trapeze harness
2. Rigging
Complete rigging without assistance
Rig trapeze and spinnaker
3. Sailing Techniques and Manoeuvres
Roll tack, Roll gybe, spinnaker handling and trapeze on a triangle course in light to moderate conditions
Controlling boat speed by sailing backwards, stopping and starting
4. Launching and Recovery
Care of equipment including spinnaker and trapeze
Bring boat alongside a fixed / moored / anchored structure with minimum assistance
5. Sailing Theory and Background
Observation of Local Bouyage requirements
Common buoyage methods and meanings
Identify sailing risks due to environmental hazards
Methods of injury prevention
6. Meteorology
Identify sources of weather information
Read weather reports and maps
7. Winds, Tides and Currents
Lifts and knocks
The "Twelfths Rule" and its relationship to tidal flow
