1. Royal Burnham Yacht Club CADETS Saturday 29th April 2017
The Five Essentials
Royal Burnham Yacht Club CADETS
Saturday 29th April 2017

2. Spot the difference – and what is the next step?
From straight off the pond
To Optimist National Champion

3. The Five Essentials of Sailing
Balance
Trim
Centreboard
Sail setting
Course made good
But what does they actually mean?

4. The Five essentials
Balance – a dinghy should be sailed flat, not healing over, though this is good fun
Trim – sit too far back and you’ll do a wheelie, too far forward and you’ll be pushing water
Centreboard – this allows the boat to sail ‘upwind’ but we need it less and less as we head downwind, pull it up half way on a reach and 3/4 on a run
Sail setting – Remember “if in doubt let it out” and “a flappy sail is an unhappy sail”. You should be constantly adjusting your sails to ensure that they are working optimally
Course made good – don’t forget that whilst you are getting the other 4 essentials correct, you need to steer where you want to go. Whilst steering is affected by all the 5 essentials the rudder has a great impact especially in a dinghy.

5. FROM POND TO RIVER – It’s time to sit on the side!!!!!!
Balance – a dinghy should be sailed flat, not healing over, though this is good fun
FROM POND TO RIVER – It’s time to sit on the side!!!!!!

6. Trim – sit too far back and you’ll do a wheelie, too far forward and you’ll be pushing water
One of these is a sofa, the other is an Optimist!!!!!

7. Too far the other way

8. Centreboard – this allows the boat to sail ‘upwind’ but we need it less and less as we head downwind, pull it up half way on a reach and 3/4 on a run
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9. Sail setting – Remember “if in doubt let it out” and “a flappy sail is an unhappy sail”. You should be constantly adjusting your sails to ensure that they are working optimally
These boats aren’t going anywhere

10. Course made good – don’t forget that whilst you are getting the other 4 essentials correct, you need to steer where you want to go. Whilst steering is affected by all the 5 essentials the rudder has a great impact especially in a dinghy.

11. The Five Essentials of Sailing
Balance
Trim
Centreboard
Sail setting
Course made good
You will hear these again and again and again ….

12. How are we going to achieve this? So what are we going to work on today?
From straight off the pond
To Optimist National Champion

13. Sitting on the side … and if we can, use of the tiller extension

14. Let’s go outside and practice on dry land
Let’s go outside and practice on dry land We know what the five essentials are (we will talk about these again and again). But today, you can stand in your boat, sit on the side, but the days of treating it like a sofa have gone ….

15. Let’s do it …