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Step 1: Preparation


Skipper: Look to windward and astern to check for traffic or obstacles. Hold the mainsheet in your forward hand. When the way is clear, ask your crew: “Ready to tack?”


Crew: When you hear “Ready to tack?” grasp the new


“inactive” jibsheet and continue holding the “active” leeward jibsheet. When you are prepared, respond by saying “Ready!”


Step 2: Turning Skipper: Say “Tacking” or “Hard-to-Lee.” Push the tiller firmly to leeward.


Crew: When you hear “Tacking,” watch for the jib to luff as the boat comes head-to-wind. Then release the “active” jibsheet as it goes slack.


Step 3: Changing Sides Skipper: As the boat passes through head-to-wind, the boom crosses the boat. Face forward and keep your head down as you step across the boat (leading with your aft foot). Steer with the tiller behind your back. Bring the hand holding the mainsheet back to the tiller/tiller extension (both are now in your aft hand).


Crew: Facing forward, move across the boat to help balance its heel while trimming in the new, active jibsheet.


Step 4: Finish Skipper: As the mainsail fills, center the tiller and steer to keep the telltales streaming. As you sit down, take the mainsheet from your tiller hand with your forward hand.


Crew: Adjust the active jibsheet to properly trim the jib for the new point of sail. Move to a position where you can keep the boat from heeling too much and sit down.


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For better execution on the water, practice maneuvers on land.


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