FVSPS Sail Course, Class 2

What Are We Doing Today? OTW Preliminaries: - Briefing - Sign-ups In Class Schedule: - Me, Basic Sailing Concepts, Procedures - Steve, Questions/Clarification, Sail Sec. 1, 2, 6 - Leslie, Overview, Sail Sec Me, OTW Assignment

Yacht Club Bar Song, Chorus I love to sit around the yacht club bar and talk about the things we’re going to do. I love to sit around the yacht club bar because it doesn’t move. The swells are big and the winds are high but that don’t bother me. Cause I never get lost and my tummy doesn’t toss It’s a wonderful life on the sea.

Yacht Club Bar Song, Verse 2 I took her out one Sunday, we got about five miles out The wind it was a screaming, right dead out of the south. The waves they must have been two feet high, the swells at least one more. I’m so lost and my tummy is tossed, I’ll never get back to the shore.

Yacht Club Bar Song, Chorus I love to sit around the yacht club bar and talk about the things we’re going to do. I love to sit around the yacht club bar because it doesn’t move. The swells are big and the winds are high but that don’t bother me. Cause I never get lost and my tummy doesn’t toss It’s a wonderful life on the sea.

Basic Terminology: Parts of a Sailboat Basic Keelboat, pp. 6-7

Basic Terminology: Sails and Major Control Lines Most sails have: 3 corners, each with a name 3 sides, each with a name Basic Keelboat, pp ; Sail, p. 33 Halyards – To hoist sails Sheets – To trim sails Inspect the boats to identify halyards, sheets

Core Concept in Sailing How the Boat is Oriented to the Wind Implications: - Must keep track of wind direction. - We need terminology to describe boat’s orientation to wind. - Orientation of boat to the wind determines how we adjust (trim) the sails.

Orientation to the Wind Basic Keelboat, p. 15; Sail, p. 115 Can we sail in all directions? General Terms: Beating Reaching Running Points of Sail gives us more specific terms.

Points of Sail See Basic Keelboat, p. 15See Sail, p. 115

Terminology for Changing our Heading Always relative to the direction of the wind: -“Head up”, “Heading up”, “Come up”, “Bring it up”, “Sail closer”, “A little tighter” -“Head down”, “Head off”, “Back off”, “Bear off”, “Bear away”, “Fall off”, “Not so close” Basic Keelboat, pp ; Sail, Glossary

Even the Sails Act Differently Depending on the Point of Sail - “Pull Mode” vs. “Push Mode” - Basic Keelboat, pp Illustrate “Pull Mode”: Do Bernoulli Effect exercise with spoon under faucet.

How you Trim the Sails Differs Depending on the Point of Sail Basic Keelboat, pp General Guidelines –Pull Mode –Push Mode Using Telltales in Pull Mode –Basic Keelboat, pp

Turning the Boat so that the Wind is on the Other Side With wind in front: Tacking, or Coming About With wind in back: Jibing

Tacking (Coming About) Commands: Ready about? (or ready to tack?) Ready! Tacking (or hard alee, or helms alee)! Basic Keelboat, pp , Sail, pp

Jibing Commands: Ready to jibe? Ready! Jibe ho! Basic Keelboat, pp , Sail, pp

Sailing Preparation - Sails Basic Keelboat, pp Headsail, hank-on: Hank luff to the forestay. Tie jib sheets to the clew using bowline knot. Headsail, roller furling: nothing Mainsail: Remove cover Attach halyard Run mainsheet (if necessary)

Sail Control Equipment Basic Keelboat, pp

Tiller Steering Basic Keelboat, p. 37

Crew Positions and Responsibilities: Overview Basic Keelboat, p. 36

Helmsman Responsibilities - Keep Watch (Helmsman has primary responsibility; others share the responsibility). - Boats, Barges, Deadheads, Buoys, Shallow Water - Stay on Point of Sail - Sailing Downwind: Guard vs. Inadvertent Jibe - Responding to Wind Shifts (Basic Keelboat, pp ) - Sometimes commands Tacks/Jibes

Crew Responsibilities: Tailing and Grinding - Self-Tailing Winches vs. Non-Self-Tailing Winches - Use of Winch Handles - Handling Working Sheet and Lazy Sheet - Tying off Working Sheet

Mainsheet Trimmer Responsibilities - Sail Trim - Pulling in Mainsheet prior to Jibing - Adjust Mainsheet Traveler

Other Crew Activities, Departing Remove canvas, instrument covers Hank-on headsail Tie/run jib sheets Run main sheet Attach halyards Untie dock lines Stow fenders Close life-line gate

Other Crew Activities, Returning Open life-line gate Deploy fenders Positioned to step quickly off onto dock Tie Boat to the dock, Basic Keelboat, p. 49 Fold/bag headsail Remove/coil jib sheets Flake mainsail, stow lazy jacks Stow main sheet Position canvas, instrument covers

True vs. Apparent Wind: Quick Definition - True Wind - Boat Wind - Apparent Wind - Implications for Sailing – Will consider more on another day.

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