RYA Start Sailing Stage Three
Stage 3 is equivalent to Level 2 in the National Sailing Scheme. Having completed Stage 3 cadets will be able to sail in any direction and rig and launch a boat. Their skills and knowledge mean that they can be regarded as a sailor, not a beginner.
PRACTICAL
By the end of the course cadets can:
- Rig, launch and recover in an onshore wind
- Reef a dinghy ashore according to weather conditions
- Store a dinghy ashore
- Tie a bowline, clove hitch and rolling hitch
Demonstrate the basic principles of:
- the five essentials - sail setting, balance, trim, course made good and centreboard
- sailing on all points of sailing on a triangular course
- tacking upwind
- gybing from a training run
- righting a small capsized dinghy as helm/crew
- coming alongside a moored boat
- prepare for/take up tow from power craft
- pick up a mooring
- Understanding the racing course and starting procedure
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
- Understand how to recover a man overboard
- Understand the points of sailing
- Understand how a sail works - basic aerodynamic theory
- Knows basic terminology for use afloat (windward, leeward, bear away, luff up)
- Understand the importance of clear communication aboard
- Understand lee shore dangers and sailing in close company with other water users
- Understand advice to inland sailors for coastal sailors
- Knows the importance of personal safety and telling someone ashore
- Understand the dangers of hypothermia and the importance of first aid training
- Know the basic rules of the road - Port/Starboard, windward boat and overtaking boat
- Know how to obtain a weather forecast
- Understand Beaufort Wind Scale
- Know when to reef
Understand the importance of
- personal safety equipment
- boat buoyancy
- basic safety equipment e.g. anchor, paddle, bailer