See
our Sailing School Yachts:
Caribbean, Bahamas, Pacific NW
Prerequisites:
None
A
certified student can sail a boat up to 20' in light to moderate winds and sea
conditions in familiar waters without supervision - no auxiliary power or navigation
skills required. Includes a National Safe Boating Certificate approved by NASBLA
and the U.S. Coast Guard to it meet all requirements for mandatory education and
licensing for every US state.
Includes a written test (takes most students
about 45 minutes)
I.
Sailing Knowledge
-
Identify parts of a sailboat and describe their functions.
- Define
"points of sail" and other sailing terms.
- Apply
Navigation Rules to prevent collision. Identify the "stand-on" and "give-way"
boats in various situations.
- Describe
actions appropriate near commercial shipping and how to maintain proper look-out.
II.
Sailing Skills
- Select
and properly use a personal flotation device and clothing for various weather
conditions.
- Set
basic sails with appropriate luff tensions, coil and hang halyards and other lines.
- Act
as helmsperson/skipper and crew and use proper commands and responses while sailing
under various wind directions. Sail a windward-leeward course, tack, jibe, and
steer by the lee without jibing.
- Lower,
fold and stow sails properly.
- Describe
and demonstrate the actions to be taken by a helmsperson/skipper if a person falls
overboard. Describe how to get an exhausted person aboard.
- Properly
secure a sailboat to a dock with limited movement and fenders.
- Describe
the function of and tie 6 basic knots within time limits.
See
our Sailing School Yachts:
Caribbean, Bahamas, Pacific NW
