RYA Start Sailing Stage Two
By the end of this course, cadets will have a range of sailing skills and background knowledge, and be well on the way to being a confident small boat sailor.
PRACTICAL
By the end of the course cadets can:
- Put a boat head to wind for rigging
- Rig a dinghy
- Understand how to manoeuvre a trolley clear of other boats and overhead cables
- Launch and recover a small dinghy in an offshore wind
- Tie a round turn and two half hitches and a reef knot
- Control speed, and stop by lying-to
- Get out of irons
- Go about (close reach to close reach)
- Crew a boat effectively
- Sail a shallow triangle across the wind under supervision (gybing optional)
- Understand the principles of the Five Essentials
- Understand the principles of returning to a beach or pontoon (offshore wind)
- Be scooped in during capsize recovery or right one type of dinghy
SAILING BACKGROUND:
- Understand the No Go Zone
- Understand what is meant by windward, leeward and gybe
Have knowledge of:
- spars and rigging
- parts of the sail
- sail controls and foils
- offshore and onshore winds
- telling someone ashore
- the dangers of man made hazards e.g. overhead power lines, weirs
- Port / Starboard rule
- Understand several ways of finding wind direction
- Choose and correctly adjust a personal buoyancy aid
- Understand what to wear