1. Oppy Regional /12/2018

2. Points of Sailing

3. The 5 Essentials Sail Setting – ensure sail is always set correctly
Balance – Sailing the boat upright, kiting downwind
Trim – front and back balace or ‘pitch’ of the boat- where our body weight is
Daggerboard – adjusted correctly for the point of sail and weather
Course – sailing the shortest, quickest correct route around the course

4. Windward Mark Rounding

5. Leeward Mark Rounding

6. Tacking Look over front shoulder to check it is clear
Push the ‘tack button’ and push tiller over half way
(Boat heads up and front/luff of the sail flaps)
Superman
Back foot across
Duck under boom and cross boat
Sit down
Straighten the tiller behind our back before swapping hands, sheet sail in if required and get sailing
Swap hands thumb to bum with our knuckles on the top of the tiller extension

7. Gybing
Ensure we are sailing downwind first with our sail out at 90 degrees to the boat and centre board up
Look under the sail to check it is clear
Sheet in 2-3 handfuls
Tiller towards you half way
Stand up with our back foot over the centreline of the boat
Pull falls of mainsheet to initiate the gybe
Duck
Sit down and straighten the tiller so we are still pointing downwind
Swap hands thumb to bum

8. Rigging Mast ties -1.5-2mm diameter twice round the mast
Boom ties mm diameter once round the boom
Sail ties gap between the spar (mast and boom) and edge of the sail is to be a maximum of 10mm
3mm thicker ties for the corners of the sail, end of boom and top of the mast

9. Depowering the boat
How can we depower the sail and boat when it is windy?
Sprit – ease the sprit to depower the top corner of the sail
Kicker – as much as possible to hold the boom down making sheeting in and out easier too!
Outhaul – pull tight to flatten the bottom of the sail along the boom making it less powerful
Centreboard- lift centreboard up 10-15cm upwind, lift centreboard up on reaches and runs to help prevent nosediving

10. Homework
We are not meeting until February now so you need to go out sailing lots in between now and then
Boat Maintenance
Does anything need replacing on my boat? Ie. Frayed or worn kicker, sprit, outhaul or sail ties
Do I have spare sail ties?
Do I have two bailers one for each side of the boat
Windward and leeward mark rounding
Use the diagrams above for windward and leeward mark rounds and break down each movement, use the numbers as a template

11. Homework 2
The previous picture is a surface pressure chart. what does it show?
What way does the wind go round the H and L?
What are the blue, red and pink shapes? What do they represent?
Which direction will the wind be in the UK-North Wales?
How windy will it be approximately? If you don’t know try asking others at your sailing club, parents or look online