INTRODUCTION


Welcome to teaching Intermediate and Advanced youth sailors! You will continue your role as a instructor and build on the teaching skills you have mastered from your Small Boat Level 1 Instructor course. Although challenging and demanding, teaching others to sail is satisfying and fulfilling.


Intermediate Sailors have the greatest opportunity for growth. By evaluating their current skill levels and building upon them incrementally and sequentially, your students will quickly move to more advanced skills or master these new skills with confidence.


National Certification System


The Small Boat Sailor Skill Levels focus on building a strong command of basic sailing skills at a developmentally appropriate age. The focus is to strengthen each sailor’s foundational skills and then build incrementally and sequentially through Intermediate and Advanced Skill Lists. When students have mastered the foundational skills they can then begin to learn how to confidently sail in a variety of conditions, learn to race, or potentially move to high performance sailing such as foiling.


As instructors, it is your responsibility to document your students’ progress and check off each Focus Skill in the Skill Up app as your students complete them. You may need to go back to the Beginner Skill List to fill any skill gaps before teaching Intermediate and Advanced Focus Skills.


Small Boat Sailor Certification System


Generally, small boats are under 26 feet in length. They include a wide assortment of dinghies, daysailers, multihulls, and small keelboats. Because of their size and simplicity, many small sailboats can be sailed by just one or two people.


E Small Boat Beginner Sailor - Sailor should be able to sail out and back with a friend in a wide-open space, with support from instructor.


E Small Boat Intermediate Sailor - Sailor should be able to sail out and back by themselves or with a friend in a more confined space, with occasional support from instructor.


E Small Boat Advanced Sailor - Sailor should be able to sail in a confined space by themselves, with little to no support from instructor.


The US Sailing Small Boat Sailor Certification System provides a structured learning path for you to follow as you develop your sailing skills. Whether you sail dinghies or keelboats, you will find plenty of opportunities to establish and continue building your sailing credentials. By acquiring this US Sailing Official Log Book, you have taken an important first step in documenting your sailing skills.


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