1. FVSPS Sail Course, Class 5

2. Today’s OTW Weather Outlook Boats Going Out Sign-Up Sheet

3. What Are We Doing In-Class Today? - Prior OTW, Discuss - Questions, Sec. 3, 4, 5 - Sail Book, Sec. 7, 8, 12 - OTW Assignment

4. 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.

5. Prior OTW, Discuss 1. What did you learn? 2. What went right? 3. What went wrong?

7. Questions/Clarification Sail Sections 3, 4, 5 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5

8. FVSPS Sail Course Sail Book, Section 12 Tuning the Rig (Section 12, Sail book)

9. Rig Tuning, Overview - Brion Toss quote, Rigger’s Apprentice, p. 272 - Rigging Issues: - Maintenance, Strength – Inspection/Tuning - Performance – Tuning

10. Turnbuckle, Chainplate

11. Rig Tuning, Tools - Diagnostic Tools: - Sight up the mast - Measure wire tension with gauge - When heeled over under sail – sight and check tension - Adjustment tools: - Wrench - Your hand

12. Rig Tuning, Procedures - Mast centered athwart ship - Mast vertical - Stays appropriately tensioned - Check under sail

13. Rig Tuning, Performance Implications - Mast bend - Flatten mainsail vs. add draft - Tension backstay (esp. on fractional rig) to flatten mainsail - Mast tilt - Aft rake increases weather helm

14. FVSPS Sail Course Sail Book, Section 7 Stability (Section 7, Sail book)

15. Stability - Will the boat, when heeling, come back up? - True or not: “Sailboats are made to heel?” - Compare Sailing dinghy vs. Keel Boat

16. Stability: Initial Stability - “Initial” or “Form” Stability - “Form” implies stability comes from the form of the boat, which has buoyancy that tries to right the boat - Can represent using Vectors in a Diagram - E.g. Sail book, p. 55

18. Form Stability - How related to beam of the boat? - How related to “sea kindliness”?

20. Stability: Ultimate Stability - How far can the boat heel and still come back upright? - “Limit of positive stability” - LOPS for the Pacific Seacraft 34 = 144 deg. - LOPS for the Hunter 41, Catalina 27 = 125 deg.

21. Ultimate Stability - How related to beam of the boat? - How related to ballast? - How related to offshore safety?

22. Stability: Final Comments - Compare Monohulls and Catamarans on Initial and Ultimate Stability.

23. FVSPS Sail Course Sail Book, Section 8 Balance (Section 8, Sail book)

24. Balance - What is Balance? - What affects Balance? - Center of Effort - Center of Lateral Resistance - See Sail, pp. 63-64

28. Balance Issues - Dynamic Centers of Effort/Resistence - Yawing Moment - Sail, p. 65 - Changes to make for Balance - Sail, pp. 65-66

29. Sail Section Questions, Assignments for Next Week Section 7 Section 8 Section 12

30. OTW Today Up-dated weather briefing? List of people who want to sail today Assignments to boats will be forthcoming shortly during lunch period. Any announcements from the captains?