• $30

Introduction to Sailing

  • Closed
  • Course
  • 33 Lessons

The lessons in this course cover basic sailing principals, basic sailing maneuvers, and basic seamanship. The featured boat for this course is a Flying Scot which includes both a mainsail and jib and is sailed with at least two people. Many lessons include videos so you can see concepts in action and get a better picture. This course includes many bonus videos that help introduce intermediate boat handling topics.

Contents

Welcome!
Preview
Quick Reference Guide.pdf
Life Jackets
What to Bring
Wind and Weather Awareness
Quiz #1
Boat Orientation
Featured Training Boat: Flying Scot
Steering
Points of Sail
Quiz #2
Sail Trim & Sail Controls
Directional Terms
Water Movement
Upwind Sailing
Tacking
Downwind Sailing
Jibing
Quiz #3
Rig the Mainsail
Rigging the Jib
Launching
Raising the Sails
Getting Underway
Starting and Stopping
Quiz #4
Landings
Lowering the Sails
Knots and Coiling
Capsize Recovery
Preview
Quiz #5
Supplemental Training Videos
Course Survey