Intermediate Sailing with Chee, Jun 5-8 (evenings + Saturday)

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 and Vanguard, with additional training one can progress further on our skiffs or catamarans.

Note: you must first have been granted "ready for Intermediate" status by an instructor, or have previously passed an intermediate or higher course. Please refer to this drawing for boat progression.

Prerequisites:

• JSCA and UBCSC member in good standing for the current season
• wetsuit
• "ready for intermediate" status, or having previously passed an intermediate or higher course

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: 15 hours over 4 sessions:

• the first session is land-only, focused on rigging. No wetsuit required for that one.
• come 1+ hour early on sessions 2, 3, 4, so that you have time to get changed and rig your boat before the lesson begins
• three 3-hour sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
• one 6-hour session split in two half-sessions on Saturday
• note: on Tuesday evening before your first lesson, you are encouraged to take part in JSCA's Tuesday Night Racing series, either as skipper on a Quest, or as crew on another boat.

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.