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Yachting Australia Corporate Partner
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Yachting Australia
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Better Sailing
| Overview |
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.
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| 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
- Sea breeze and land breeze formation patterns
