Advanced
Advanced Course
Pre-requisites: Sailing diploma of Beginners from N.A.S.C. or other Sailing Club
Aim: Certification of advanced sailing skills, upgrade of previous diploma & proven training miles
THEORY
- Advanced learning of Trimming Main – Genoa – Spinnaker
- Equipment of a sailing boat – Incventory – Check in/out – Documents – planning a trip
- Sailing Safety – Seamanship – Emergency Situations – Docking with Sails – Crew attitude – Cruising techniques
- Advanced Navigation – Bearing – Techniques in current and waves
- Liferaft – First Aid on board – Man Over Board with engine/sails – GMDSS
- Advanced Course engine – propeller – sail drive – rudder – saft – electric system – hydraulic system – damages – solutions to the most common problems
- Racing Sailing – Rules – Special regulations – Rating
- Docking – Special single-hand techniques
PRACTICE
- Advanced trimming for cruises/races
- Using/trimming Symmentrical/Asymmetrical Spinnaker
- One man sails’ handling techniques
- Maneuvering techniques
- Docking with bow – stern – side single-handed/minimum crew
- Docking with Sails
- Mooring Buoy
- Heavy/light weather techiques
- Effect of propeler and rudder
- O.B with sails/engine
- Night Sailing
- Participation in sailing races
- Man on the mast
- Anchoring techniques and solutions to common difficulties
- How to use dinghy and outboard