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Goddard Sailing Association

Learn about required equipment, safety procedures, weather contacts, and sailing techniques for a smooth sailing experience. Prepare for strong winds, obey the speed limit, and follow proper docking procedures at Selby Bay Sailing Center.

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Goddard Sailing Association

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  1. Goddard Sailing Association Lecture 5 • Dock • Required Equipment • Checklist • Chartering

  2. Class Outline • Lecture 1 - Wind, Sails, Rigging • Lecture 2 - Boat theory, How to change tacks, Man Overboard • Lecture 3 - How to sail well, heaving-to, right-of-way, capsize • Lecture 4 - Weather, thunderstorm drill, anchors, navigation, water conditions • Lecture 5 - Dock, Required Equipment, Checklist, Chartering • Lecture 6 - Review, Test

  3. Home Port Selby Bay

  4. Required Equipment (Me Afloat) Lifejacket per person (Others Afloat) Throw-able floatation (seat cushion) (Audio) Horn or Whistle Flares (Visual) Fire Extinguisher (motor only)

  5. It is club policy that all persons wear life vests!! Feel free to bring your own if you find the standard type uncomfortable.

  6. Weather Contacts • Marine Forecast • http://www.nws.fsu.edu/B/buoy?tplm2 • 1-703-260-0505 or weather radio (162 MHz) • Tide conditions - Leaving & returning • http://www2.shore.net/~mcmorran/bin/stateloc.pl?state=MD

  7. Sailing in strong winds (But not Dangerous) • 15-20 knots • Prepare: • Wear life jackets • Reef the main sail • Stay close to port • Plan a safe course • Sail without jib

  8. Selby Bay Sailing Center • Bob and Mary Ellen Neff – Proprietors • This is a neighborhood • Hearing impaired children • OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT – Going slower than 15MPH is Greatly Appreciated • Keep LOUD noise down … have fun but remember you’re in a neighborhood

  9. NE WIND! Mud N

  10. Lower Centerboard a little • Fall off to port • Tack very quickly • Lower Centerboard • Port Tack Mud NE WIND! N

  11. Tie up to Mooring (or Pier post) • Rig and Raise sails • Fall off to Starboard • Port Tack Mud NE WIND! N

  12. Mud SE WIND! N

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