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• RYA Level 1
• Start Sailing

Stuart Scrimgeour Chief Instructor RYA Senior
Instructor RYA Powerboat Trainer
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Domestics

• Fire Escape Routes
• First Aid Location
• Toilets and Changing Rooms
• Smoking Policy
• Wet and Dry Areas
• Course Times, Breaks and Leaving

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Sailing is a fantastic and diverse sport, with
activities to suit everyone. The RYA National
Sailing Scheme has been designed to help you
enjoy whichever aspect of the sport that appeals
to you. All the courses in the scheme can be
taken in a dinghy, keelboat or multihull so you
can have tuition in whatever type of boat you
wish. Good SailingDavid RitchieRYA Chief
Dinghy and Powerboat Coach

• The RYA National Sailing Scheme

Seamanship Skills
Day Sailing
Sailing with Spinnakers
Start Racing
Performance Sailing
Basic Skills
Start Sailing
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Start Sailing Level 1 Course Contents

• Rigging
• Ropework
• Sailing Techniques
• Launching Recovery
• Sailing Theory Background
• Meteorology
• Capsize Recovery

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Clothing Preparation

• Considerations
• Temperature
• Location
• Time afloat
• Type of boat
• Conditions
• Wind and spray
• Your health

• Possible Clothing
• Tracksuit/fleece/t shirts
• Spray suits
• Wet suit
• Dry suit
• Sailing jacket and trousers
• Trainers/plimpsolls/wet suit boots/wellingtons
• Hat and gloves

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Life Jacket vs. Buoyancy Aid
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Launching Recovery

• More damage occurs to sailing dinghies ashore
  than on the water
• Never step or jump into a boat when on dry land
• When moving a dinghy on a trolley, ensure the bow
  is tied down and if the rudder is fitted it is
  secured in an up position
• When moving a dinghy on a trolley be aware of the
  overhang of the stern, especially when turning in
  a crowded boat park.
• Consider the mast overhead obstacles
• Do not hoist the main sail when ashore
• Float the boat off its trolley, do not push it
  off.
• Once floated, store the trolley where it will not
  affect other water users or the public.
• When beaching a dinghy, pull it clear of the
  water, so as to avoid the hull grinding on stones
  or rocks, as the waves/water continuously move it.

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Time to go afloat
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Wind Awareness
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Wind Awareness

• Where do we find out where the wind is coming
  from ?
• Can you name 5 ways of finding out?

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Wind Awareness

• Sources of wind direction information
• Flags
• Burgee
• Smoke
• Back of the neck or face
• Sails
• Other boats
• Ripples on the water

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Stopping a boat
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Stopping a boat

• How do we stop a boat without brakes?
• Basic Hove to.
• Hove to.
• Move our weight to the stern.

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Basic Hove To!
WIND

• We want to slow down and stop.
• What do we do?

We let the sails go so that the wind blows
through them
Wind blows through the sails
The Boat Slows
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Hove To!
WIND
Boat Turns
Wind
Leave the Centreboard Down

• Back the jib and push the tiller away. Let the
  Main Fly.

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WIND
Wind takes over
Turn Stops
Boat Turns
Rudder takes over
The process starts again
Wind fills the sails
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Points of Sail
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Points of Sail
Tacking
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Close Hauled
?
Close Hauled
STARBOARD
?
No Go Zone
PORT
BeamReach
BeamReach
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Broad Reach
Broad Reach
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Dead Run
Gybing
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Parts of the Boat
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Burgee
BoatParts
Head
Batten
Luff
Mast
Main sail
Leech
Forestay
Jib / Genoa
Shroud
Tack
Main Sheet
Foot
Rudder
Boom
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Clew
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Rules of the Road
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Rules of the Road

• 3no Basic Rules
• Starboard Rule
• Windward Rule
• Overtaking Rule

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Rules of the Road
Starboard Rule
Who has right of way?
Boat B
A boat on STARBOARD tack (the wind coming over
the starboard side) has right of way over a boat
on port tack.
PORT TACK
STARBOARD TACK
A
B
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Rules of the Road
Windward Rule
Who has right of way?
Boat B
A
The boat nearest to the wind gives way.
Both boats are STARBOARD TACK
B
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Rules of the Road
Overtaking Rule
B
Both Boats are on PORT TACK
Who has right of way?
Boat B
A
Overtaking boat keeps clear