Beginners
Beginners Course
Pre-requisites: Knowledge of swimming & age over 18
Aim: Obtaining offshore sailing diploma, internationally recognised for sailing boat up to 24m for offshore sailing – no miles limits
THEORY
- Terminology – parts of a sailing boat
- Aerodynamic – trimming of sails
- International Regulations of Avoiding Collisions at Sea
- Moorings – Anchoring
- Navigation – Maps
- Comunnication – Emergencies – Security at Sea – Meteorology
PRACTICE
- Learning the sailing boat outdoor – interior – rigging
- Handling the sailing boat upwind – downwind – reach
- Trimming the sailing boat upwind – downwind – reach
- Reef – reduse sail area
- Course with compass
- Moorings in bay / in port – anchoring
- Approaching with the side
- Man Over Board
- Knots
- Using instruments of the sailing boat
- Plot a course
- Using VHF
- Using rescue equipment