Learn to Sail Part 2
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Getting started

Always doublecheck the weather
Recommended sailing gear
Parts of a sailboat
The physics of sailing
Points of sail
Wind awareness
Rules of the road
Masthead flotation
Consider a NASBLA-approved boater safety course
6 knots you want to know
Launch and Recovery

Landing at the Dock
Douse the Jib
Douse the Main
Roll and Store the Jib
Roll and Store the Main
Beginner 1

Backwind the jib to get out of the no-go zone
Adjust sails when steering up or down
Look up at the leech when trimming your sails
Hold tiller like a microphone
Keep bow on target when moving inside boat
Tiller towards the tattling telltale
Walk the line when sailing downwind
Minimal jib luff
Push tiller smoothly to lee with full extension when tacking
Control the boom through the jibe
Beginner 2

Backwind the main to slow down and back up
Manage boat heel with body weight
Manage boat heel with tiller
Manage boat heel with the mainsheet
Shifting gears
Backwind the jib while tacking
Transfer tiller smoothly behind back while keeping eyes forward
Steer without the tiller
Keep the boat heeled throughout tack
720 (without spainnaker)
Intermediate 1

Heel the boat to leeward to start tack
Heel boat to windward when rounding windward mark
Heel boat to leeward when rounding leeward mark
Keep sails working when rounding the windward mark
Keep sails working when rounding the leeward mark
Gunnel in the water when tacking
Level the boat together
Heel the boat to windward to initiate the jibe
Tacking
Jibing (without Spinnaker)
Intermediate 2

Light wind adjustments
Feathering
Boom Vang
Hoisting the spinnaker
Trimming the Spinnaker
Jibing the Spinnaker
Dousing the Spinnaker
Tactical rounding
Park at the boat
Bow down to start
Rock Star

Read the sailing instructions
Move like a cat
Mainsheet handling
Trim the mainsail like a pro
Tack like a pro
Jibe like a pro
Sail the spinnaker like a Rolex Yachtman of the Year
Call the wind shifts
Call the velocity shifts
Call OCS
Call the puffs
Call the lanes
Call cross or duck
Call tactical vs. seamanlike rounding at leeward mark
Spinnaker douse + tactical rounding inside zone
Paddle the boat at the dock
Intro to Racing

10 Basic Rules
Starting Sequence
Starting the Race
Windward Mark
Leeward Mark
Finishing the Race
Setting a mark
Leaving the dock (powerboat)
Take into account windage
Pivot turn using directed thrust
Gradual stop on boston whaler
High speed stop
Transporting a Flying Scot

Travel kit for Flying Scot
Connecting the trailer
Secure the centerboard for travel
Lower the mast
Bottom Cover
Top cover
Strap
Tire pressure monitoring system
Checking your hubs every time you stop for gas
Remove top travel cover
Raise mast on a Flying Scot (without master helper)
Attach rudder (with rudder lift kit)
Attach mainsheet to rudder
Insert mainsail into boom slot
Rig the jib (continuous jib sheet)
Rig the Spinnaker
Tent cover
Tuning the Flying Scot

Measure the mast from side to side
Measure the mast rake
Measure forestay tension
Adjust forestay tension
Adjust rake and tension at sidestay plate

The physics of sailing

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