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3. Assign and Train your Staff
The Instructor (or Coach) is usually a paid employee who does the majority of training and has the closest interaction with the team of teenaged sailors. To follow the national training clearance given to this JBBS program from the Coast Guard, he or she as the Coach must be a certified US Sailing instructor in either the Small Boat or Keelboat Training Programs. Additionally, the selected Coach should have a good combination of the following skills:
• Experience and established competence teaching youth sailors
• Experience and established competence with 35 foot + performance cruisers (the most commonly used JBBS platform)
• Team oriented coaching approach (rather than a focus on individual instruction) • Enthusiasm for working with teens • Loads of patience and flexibility • Ability to work well as a teammate of the volunteer boat owner
A word about Proper Etiquette & Protocols for borrowed boats…
Sailors and instructors must understand that they are “guests” aboard a borrowed boat during the training and must treat the owner and boat with respect. It is paramount that safety is always the primary concern. As long as the captain/owner feels the situation is safe, he or she will cooperate with the Coach’s instructions.
Plan to get together with the volunteer owner ahead of time. Tour the boat and perhaps sail together so you become familiar with the boat and the owner gets to know you. It’s also an opportunity to check out the boat to make sure it has all the necessary equipment and safety gear and clarify that the owner has cleared the participation with his insurance company or the club has the operation covered with US Sailing’s borrowed boat insurance. Be sure to discuss limiting factors such as wind and weather when training will not be held.
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