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Learn to skipper a sloop-rigged auxiliary powered 25′-35′ keelboat by day in moderate winds and sea conditions. Learn cruising sailboat terminology, basic boat systems, auxiliary engine operation, docking procedures, intermediate sail trim, navigation rules, basic coastal navigation, anchoring, weather, safety and seamanship.
Classroom:
Greeting and course overview, docking forces, and how a boat responds under power.
On the water:
The morning is spent learning all about docking. Engine operation, vessel under power at the dock, securing the boat to the dock, leaving and returning to dock upwind, understanding and using prop wash and prop walk, spinning in place to starboard, docking to port. The afternoon is then spent sailing, tacking, and jibing.
On the water:
Continuation of docking skills, transitioning from motoring to sailing, anchoring, man overboard, and reefing.
Classroom:
Navigation, float plan discussion, grounding and tides, VHF and emergencies, taking a tow and salvage, and knot review.
On the water:
This is where the pieces are tied together with a short trip. With instructor observing, students take the boat out of slip, motor out to the bay, navigate to the anchorage, and anchor the boat. Then, we sail back to the classroom for a test.