Lesson Plan: Steer with Rudder, Body Weight & Sails


Instructor Lesson Plan Focus Skill


Steer with Rudder, Body Weight, & Sails Class Factors


Students: Number, Age, Skill Level, Boat-Type Time: Duration of class


Two Hours 10-14 MPH


12 students, 11-14 years old, Intermediate, Double-Handed Goal(s) What do you hope to accomplish?


Students will be able to steer a double-handed boat not only using the rudder and tiller, but also with bodyweight and sail trim adjustments from both the skipper and crew!


Setup • Whiteboard/Markers • Rigged boat on land Chalk Talk: Weather: Air & Water Temp, Wind Speed, Forecast Land Drill: 15 minutes


Materials needed to teach each step in the progression of learning, prep before students arrive.


On Water:


• Tree marks • Two floating objects


• Whistle


Progression of Learning - Chalk Talk Purpose Value Statement: Explain why this focus skill will help connect to their sailing knowledge.


Tere are many ways to turn our sailboat to change direction. We have been practicing steering with mainly the skipper using the rudder. Today we will learn that our body weight and sail trim as both a skipper and a crew can help turn our sailboat to change direction more quickly!


Prior Skill Knowledge: What skills you need to know before learning about this new skill (brief review)


Review Beginner Sailing Skills, Parts of the Sail & Control Lines. Artful Questions (1-2) to engage youth and help them connect to their prior experiences


When you skipper, what happens when you push or pull the tiller and rudder to turn the boat and it doesn’t turn quickly enough, or at all? When you crew, where does a sailboat pivot?


Content: Introduction:


Today we are learning how to steer our Club 420s more quickly and efficiently. Te skipper pushing or pulling the rudder and tiller isn’t the only way to turn the boat. Skippers and crew can also use bodyweight and sail trim to help quickly and efficiently change direction.


Talking point with detail: Body Weight Placement


Body weight placement helps you turn your boat just like the rudder. Weight to the right turns the bow to the leſt and weight to the leſt turns the bow to the right. It is opposite just like with the rudder!


Sail Trim


Sail trim helps you turn your boat just like a rudder too! Mainsail trimmed in helps you head up into the wind, while mainsail eased out lets you turn away from the wind more easily. Jib sail trimmed in turns the boat away from the wind, while jib sail eased out lets you head up into the wind more easily.


Main In, Jib Out Main Out, Jib In


Weight to Leeward


Wind Wind Wind


Weight to Windward


Wind


15 minutes


Check for Understanding: Ask questions that probe for understanding.


Activity: Work in pairs to find the answer, and come up to coach in pairs to give your answer one pair at a time. Question:


• If my crew and I were sailing on a beam reach and wanted to turn downwind to head back to the dock to sail in for the day, what combination of rudder movement, mainsail trim, jib sail trim and body weight would I use to turn away from the wind?


• If my crew and I were sailing on a beam reach and wanted to turn upwind to head back to the dock to sail in for the day, what combination of rudder movement, mainsail trim, jib sail trim and body weight would I use to turn towards the wind?


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