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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.

Contents

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