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Outline for: Basic Class #2
Once everyone is aboard, explain that today’s exercise will involve sailing the boat for the first time with the main sail only and then the jib. Explain there may be different sizes of jibs, why as well as when they are used. Have participants unsecure dock lines as directed. Start the group out with a good seamanship habit by having them properly coil lines and stow where they belong. Have participants remove fenders and stow them properly, according to the routine of the boat.
When the crew is ready, and the boat is pointed into the wind, hoist the main with one participant on the halyard and another participant “jumping” the halyard by the mast. A third participant should be ready on the main winch with a winch handle when the sail can no longer be hoisted by hand and tensioning as directed. assist a person to handle the main sheet. Remember to ensure that winch handles get properly stowed in their “pockets” on deck.
• Fall off on a tack and sail for a while, then demonstrate the procedure for tacking with mainsail only. Come about and prepare to lower the mainsail.
• Have a participant bring up a jib from below that is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions.
• Leave the jib ready to hoist, but secured to the deck with sail ties.
• Have someone bring up the jib sheets and begin to rig them. This may require instruction.
• Have participants unfurl the jib from its bag. Stow the jib cover/bag below and take the head to the forestay.
• Have someone loose the jib halyard and bring it to the head of the sail. Demonstrate how to attach and then place the jib in the feeder and forestay for hoisting. Show where the jib tack will be secured to the deck and how a person will be assigned to help guide the jib up as it is being hoisted by the jib halyard.
• Practice a hoist and douse if the wind speed and direction allow it.
• Hoist up the jib with the same routine with one exception. Have the helmsperson steer the boat about 30-45 degrees off the wind to reduce the risk of a flogging jib clew or sheet hurting the crew jumping the halyard.(Often your boat will be equipped with a roller furling headsail. Be sure to review how to safely and properly furl and unfurl the sail, properly managing the furling line and sheet against one another.)
• Fall off on a tack and have assigned participants pull in the jib with a couple of turns on the winch, with another standing by with a winch handle. Tell them when to stop and why (explain jib tell tales). If there are “line pockets” on the boat, have participants coil up the bitter ends of their sheets and place in pockets. Explain WHY (for safety reasons - not underfoot, avoiding tripping and make sure line is free to run without kinks when tacking).
• Explain what telltales are and what function they serve. Provide a brief discussion of the Windex and the difference between true and apparent wind.
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