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Part 4: The Tiller

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  • 16 Lessons

Whether we are sailing a practice course or racing casually at beer can events, everyone on my boat gets to drive the at least once. Here's what you need to know before you take the tiller.
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Contents

Welcome to Part 4
    Skippers should know the parts of the boat and directional terms
    • 207 KB
    Tiller and mainsheet handling (and footwork)*
      Leaving the dock*
        Pre-start drill
        • 440 KB
        Which side of the starting line if favored?
        • 40.3 KB
        Starting drills
        • 331 KB
        Beating to the windward mark
        • 405 KB
        Overstanding the layline at the windward mark
        • 338 KB
        Should we bear way or jibe around the mark?
        • 222 KB
        Rounding the windward mark (bear-away)
        • 416 KB
        Rounding the windward mark (jibe)
        • 449 KB
        Sailing downwind (tiller supplemental)*
          Rounding the downwind mark
          • 507 KB
          Landing at the dock*
            Tiller Test