Lesson Plan: Points of Sail
Instructor Lesson Plan Focus Skill
Points of Sail Class Factors
Students: Number, Age, Skill Level, Boat-Type Time: Duration of class
12 students, 10-13 years old, Intermediate, Optimist, Single-handed
Two Hours 10 mph, with forecasted gusts to decrease to 5 mph
Weather: Air & Water Temp, Wind Speed, Forecast Setup
• Whiteboard/Markers • Magnetic boats
Chalk Talk: Land Drill: • Rigged boat on land 10 minutes
Materials needed to teach each step in the progression of learning, prep before students arrive.
On Water: • Tennis ball Goal(s) What do you hope to accomplish?
Sailors will be able to identify all the points of sail, their angle to the wind, and execute the corresponding sail trim.
Progression of Learning - Chalk Talk Purpose Value Statement: Explain why this focus skill will help connect to their sailing knowledge.
Tere are more points of sail than we originally showed you. Tey can be divided into 3 sections. Upwind Sailing, Across the wind, and Downwind Sailing. Knowing all the points of sail, and making small and continuous adjustments to our trim will allow us to sail any direction with speed and efficiency.
Prior Skill Knowledge: What skills you need to know before learning about this new skill (brief review)
Beginner Points of Sail. .
Artful Questions (1-2) to engage youth and help them connect to their prior experiences
Can anyone assign angle degree numbers to the points of sail they already know? How do we know which tack or side of the wind clock we are on, when sailing?
Content: Introduction:
Te points of sail are In Irons, Close-Hauled, Close Reach, Beam Reach, Broad Reach, Run, By Te Lee. Talking point with detail:
Points of Sail Identify all points of sail describing both sail trim and degrees from true wind:
• No-Go Zone (0 to 45 degrees) Sails Luffing. • In Irons (0 degrees) Sails Luffing. • Close-Hauled (45 degrees) Sail in all the way. • Close Reach (85 to 50 degrees) Sail let out a quarter of the way. • Beam Reach (90 degrees) Sail let out half way. • Broad Reach (95 to 135 degrees) Sail let out three quarters of the way.
• Run (170 to 180 degrees) Sail let out almost all the way. • By the Lee (greater than 180 degrees) Sail let out all the way to the stopper knot.
Broad Reach Demonstrate
Adjust your course and sail trim to demonstrate all points of sail with proper sail trim.
• Sailing by the lee is also the same angle as a broad reach, just on the other side of the wind clock. Only sail boats that can let out their sails a lot can sail by the lee safely! One must be very careful to not gybe when sailing by the lee.
Run
• Review the appropriate sail angles for each point of sail. Emphasize how sailing by the lee requires the sail to be let out past all the way in order to prevent gybing.
Check for Understanding: Ask questions that probe for understanding. Question:
What do you have to be careful of when sailing by the lee? If you are sailing on a beam reach on port and the wind shiſts to the leſt, which point of sail are you on now, and what should you do with your sails? Draw this situation to aid understanding.
Y_SB_031_JUN22_INT_8_PointsOfSail In Irons No-Go Zone
Close-Hauled Close Reach
Beam Reach
15 minutes
By the Lee
110
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