1 / 44

FVSPS Sail Course: Welcome to Sailing Adventure!

Join FVSPS for a unique sail course combining theoretical USPS instruction with hands-on OTW training. Dive deep into sailing knowledge, terminology, and practical skills. Enjoy classroom sessions, OTW training, and post-class sailing opportunities.

cartermargarita
Download Presentation

FVSPS Sail Course: Welcome to Sailing Adventure!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. FVSPS Sail Course, Class 1

  2. Welcome to This Course!FVSPS Sail Course with OTW Training We are Bringing Together: - Sailors with substantial sailing experience, sailors with little experience, maybe some powerboaters - Traditional USPS bookish instruction combined with OTW training

  3. What to Expect: - Those continuing from the Sailing in Portland Meetup Introduction to Sailing class: There will be some overlap, but more material, depth, and OTW practice. - Variety of people participating and making comments - Readings and questions to study, questions to go over in class - Opportunities to sail after class sessions - Exam at end of course

  4. Introductions 1) What is your boating background? 2) What USPS courses have you taken/taught? 3) What do you want from this class? • Leslie, Myself • Other Captains, People Assisting • People enrolled in Course

  5. Other Preliminaries • Your information in our records – check! • Pay for course, membership, if needed • Fill out membership application, if needed • Get your copy of USPS textbook (if paid) • Basic Keelboat book • Leslie’s house • Boater’s one-minute IQ test

  6. Yacht Club Bar Song Lin and Larry Pardey singing their song, “Yacht Club Bar”, from their “Storm Tactics” DVD.

  7. Yacht Club Bar Song, Chorus I love to sit around the yacht club bar and talk about the things we’re going to do. I love to sit around the yacht club bar because it doesn’t move. The swells are big and the winds are high but that don’t bother me. Cause I never get lost and my tummy doesn’t toss It’s a wonderful life on the sea.

  8. Yacht Club Bar Song, Verse 1 My boat it is a big one boys. My crew it is the best. We race around the entrance buoy, beating all the rest. We’re the first ones home with a bent elbow and a powerful salt spray thirst. We sit around and drink all night and see who comes in first.

  9. Yacht Club Bar Song, Chorus I love to sit around the yacht club bar and talk about the things we’re going to do. I love to sit around the yacht club bar because it doesn’t move. The swells are big and the winds are high but that don’t bother me. Cause I never get lost and my tummy doesn’t toss It’s a wonderful life on the sea.

  10. Course Approach Combine: - Concepts, from the classroom • Practice sailing, OTW training Rationale for this approach: • OTW without background from study does not work well. • Show video, new sailor confused at the helm. Note: OTW training is in the Sail course is optional. You can take the Sail course and exam without doing OTW Training.

  11. Specific Course Goals Learn Basic Sailing Knowledge and Skills - Basic Keelboat book - OTW training Learn Deeper Sailing Knowledge and Terminology - USPS Sail book

  12. FVSPS Sail class, Summer, 2017, Schedule

  13. Class Meeting Structure 10:00-12:00 Classroom (Order will vary.) - Cover material from the Sail book, go over questions. - Present sailing material oriented towards the OTW training - Brief on OTW training for that day. 12:00 Lunch 12:30/1:00 Leave for OTW Training

  14. OTW Training:General Issues and Safety Issues

  15. Should You Do the OTW Training? • Your decision – Can make each day. • Reasons notto: • Takes time, your Saturday afternoon. • You may not like sailing. • You may get scared, esp. heeling, in higher winds. • Conditions on a particular day (e.g. weather, winds) • To decide if you want to do OTW, consider the daily conditions and you. • Show video of contrasting reactions – sailing off of Newport.

  16. OTW Training: Possible Topics OTW 1 (On-dock only): Practice on, Inspect, Boats at the Dock Following OTW’s: Basic Skills in all Crew Positions Basic Skills Refinements Shortening Sail, Sailing with only Jib or Main Sail Balance, Heaving To Helm Tied-Off when Sailing to Weather and Tacking MOB Patterns Spinnakers

  17. Is Sailing Dangerous? USPS has a big focus on safety, promoting safety. How dangerous is sailing? Keelboats have thousands of pounds of lead ballast. - Monohull sailboats are designed to heel; no need to be scared. Compare sailing and powerboat death/injury rates. Compare sailing and powerboat liability insurance rates. Hull speed on these boats is about 7 knots.

  18. Is Sailing Dangerous, continued? • I know lots of sailors but do not know anyone who has been killed or even injured. My own injuries have been in other sports. • In the Perfect Storm, the sailboat - that the CG forced the captain to abandon - never did sink.

  19. Our Main Safety ConcernsWhen Sailing on the Columbia in Portland 1) Falling Overboard 2) Tugs, Tows, Ships (down-river) 3) Rarely - Fast Powerboats 4) Inadvertent Jibes My advice – Be wary of the big 4 above, but stop worrying too much about everything else!

  20. Training OTW – What Might Happen • Some captains might let you make lots of mistakes; other captains might micro-manage more. • Some captains might focus more on instruction; other captains might be more casual. • We will rotate through different crew positions. • We will use points of sail all the time when sailing. • We will take fewer people in stronger winds.

  21. Different Captain/Crew Attitudes • Captains: Micro-Managers vs. Expect Crew to Think • Crew: Just-Tell-Me-What-To-Do vs. Trying-Hard-to-be-Independent

  22. Crew Behavior during OTW Training - Wear non-marking shoes. No dark rubber soles. - Wear no clothes with hardware (buckles, zippers), especially on the back, that could scratch the boats. - You will have a life jacket. - Bring enough warm clothes, wind/rain parka. - No smoking, no alcohol during OTW. - Use bathroom just before leaving the dock. Wait if possible for return to use again. If head use needed during OTW tell the captain. Only liquids in head!

  23. END OFGeneral Issues Aboutthe OTW Training

  24. Why Sailing? • Why not do only power-boating instead? • “Life is too short for sailing” – a power-boating friend of mine. • How do power-boating and sailing differ? • Why do sailing? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of sailboats compared to powerboats?

  25. Basic Terminology:Parts of a Sailboat • Basic Keelboat, pp. 6-7 • Go to look at the boats

  26. Basic Terminology:Sails and Major Control Lines • Most sails have: • 3 corners, each with a name • 3 sides, each with a name • Sail, p. 33; Basic Keelboat, pp. 28-29 • Halyards – To hoist sails • Sheets – To trim sails • Inspect the boats to identify halyards, sheets

  27. Core Concept in Sailing How the Boat is Oriented to the Wind Implications: - Must keep track of wind direction. - We need terminology to describe boat’s orientation to wind. - Orientation of boat to the wind determines how we adjust (trim) the sails.

  28. Orientation to the Wind • Basic Keelboat, p. 15 • Sail, p. 115 • Can we sail in all directions? • General Terms: • Beating • Reaching • Running • Points of Sail gives us more specific terms.

  29. Points of Sail See Basic Keelboat, p. 15 See Sail, p. 115

  30. Terminology for Changing our Heading Always relative to the direction of the wind: “Head up”, “Heading up”, “Come up”, “Bring it up”, Sail closer”, “A little tighter” “Head down”, “Head off”, “Back off”, “Bear off”, “Bear away”, “Fall off”, “Not so close” • Basic Keelboat, pp. 16-17 • Sail, Glossary

  31. Even the Sails Act Differently Depending on the Point of Sail - “Pull Mode” vs. “Push Mode” - Basic Keelboat, pp. 8-9 - Sail, p. 79, par. 37, last sentence - Illustrate “Pull Mode”: Do Bernoulli Effect exercise with spoon under faucet.

  32. Sec. 1-2: Sailing Rigs/Plans • What are the ways that sailing rigs, sail plans, can differ?

  33. Sec. 1-2: Sailing Rigs, cont. • Variations in: • Spars • Sails • Look at pictures in Sections 1-2, Sail book

  34. Sec. 1-2: Terms • Catboat • Sloop – masthead, fractional • Cutter • Ketch • Yawl • Schooner • Spars, gaff-rigged

  35. Sec. 6: Running Rigging • Running Rigging vs. _______? Rigging

  36. Sec. 6: Running Rigging, cont. • What are the two most important types of lines in the running rigging, and what are their purposes?

  37. Sec. 6: Running Rigging, cont. • What are some other lines, equipment, that are part of the running rigging? • Give some names.

  38. Sec. 6: Running Rigging, cont. • Mainsheet traveler • Genoa blocks/cars • Boom vang • Main outhaul • Lazy jacks • Topping lift • Whisker, spinnaker poles • Cleats, line-stopper/clutches, winches

  39. Start by wrapping the line clockwise Pile the wraps up from the bottom to the top Make more turns for a heaver load The correct way to wrap a line around a winch. This will not jam.

  40. This is the incorrect way to lead a line to a winch. This will jam.

  41. Sail Section Questions,Assignments for Next Week Section 1 Section 2 Section 6

  42. OTW Briefing • We have two boats available today for inspection and practice of sailing skills. • If you already know about what we are going over today, please try to help others who need help.

  43. Boat Inspections • Boat Inspections: See “Boat Inspection Guide” handout* for items to inspect. • Sailing Skills: See “Sailing Skills” handout* for skills to practice on the boat or on the dock. *In “FVSPS Sail Class 1 OTW” document.

More Related