Hand Signals
• E Safety Position - Cross arms overs chest and then spread them wide open. Using the baseball sign “safe.”
• E Follow Me - Raise your arm and point back towards the motor of the safety boat. Repeat.
• E Circle Me - Make circles in the air over your head with one arm
• E Switch Positions - Make a fist with both hands and repeatedly bump them together to signal the crew and skipper to switch positions.
• E Sheet In or Sheet Out - Stretch your right hand all the way out and exaggerate the action of grabbing the main sheet or jib sheet and pulling it in or letting in out.
• E Okay - Hold your hand out and above your head and give a thumbs up. How to Set Marks
• E Double-check that all knots and attachments are secure. Use an extra locking hitch on bowlines connecting anchor to mark and mark to anchor.
• E Look around and make sure there is enough space for your course, including bail-out room for sailors; this is especially important in stronger breeze and near jibe and windward marks.
• E Identify where the wind is coming from by using a wind indicator. You must be stopped for this to be accurate.
• E Be sure your safety boat is stopped and facing head to wind before lowering the anchor into the water.
• E Always check that the anchor has hit the bottom (you will feel slack on the line) and then tie a bowline on a bight to be sure that the mark’s anchor line goes straight up without much scope (unless it is very windy).
• E If you are setting a windward/leeward course, start with the leeward mark and then motor directly upwind to your windward mark location.
• E If you are setting a reach-to-reach course, set one mark, motor to the location of the second mark (in terms of distance), face head to wind. and then motor a short distance to windward of where you want the mark to sit. This allows for your drift back downwind while the anchor is being lowered; the more wind, the more you will drift.
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