Intermediate Sailing with Cecilia, July 17-20 (weekdays daytime)

Note: If this class is full, you are welcome to join our waitlist on this Signal app group.

This course is for sailors who have a good handle on the basics and would like to progress beyond our beginner sailboat fleet. Once competent on the Laser, with additional training one can progress further on our skiffs or catamarans.

Note: the first 3-hour part of this course will be a test of your knowledge and skill on the RS Quest. Failing that test, you will be removed from the rest of the course.
This allows the course to be conducted safely and effectively for members who ensured they achieved a sufficient level before registering. You will have to demonstrate the following as skipper and as crew:
- rigging, ramp and beach handling, launching
- positive control at all times, basic maneuvers including proper sail trim on all points of sail, tacking, gybing, heave-to
- recovery from abnormal situations: man overboard, capsize
- landing, beach and ramp handling, cleanup and de-rigging

Prerequisites:

• wetsuit
• comfortable and competent taking a guest on the RS Quest:
• • reading wind and tide indications and forecasts
  • knowing all basic names for parts of the RS Quest
  • tying basic knots: bowline, figure-8
  • ramp and beach handling, launching, landing, in up to 15 knots of wind
  • tacking, gybing, heave-to, sail trim, recovery from capsize and man overboard
  • knowing right of way rules

Course content:

• become competent on the Laser, the only single-handed sailboat in our fleet, and on the Vanguard
• improve your skills on the water on a more nimble and unstable boat: sail trim and body weight position for better performance, roll tack, rudderless steerage, how to move in no wind
• learn sailboat racing basics, so that you can take part in the races hosted by Jericho on Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons

Schedule: 18 hours over 3 sessions :

• three 6-hour sessions (10am to 4pm) on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
  
• note: on Tuesday evening you are encouraged to take part in JSCA's Tuesday Racing series

To pass the course:

• you can rig, de-rig, and take good care of the equipment from the beginning to the end of your session
• you are in control at all times and do not endanger yourself or others, from launching to racing close to other boats to landing
• you demonstrate competent control of the boat, including capsize recover, sail fanning in no wind, rudderless steering in light wind
• you have a good sense of the weather and sea conditions for your skill level.