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Basic Crewing/Sailing Course - Tacoma, Experience Sail #4

Field trip: Basic Crewing/Sailing Course

Basic Crewing/Sailing Course - Tacoma, Experience Sail #4 - Intrepid, Chinook Landing Marina

Experience sails for students of Tacoma's Basic Crewing/Sailing Course. NOTE NOTE NOTE- This sail will leave out of Gig Harbor!!!! See address below

Contacts

Patrick Robinson
Patrick Robinson
Primary Leader
  • For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
  • Mileage: 12.0 nm

NOTE NOTE NOTE!

This sail will be on the J-35 "Black Dog" out of Gig Harbor Washington.  Instructor will still be Pat Robinson and his Wife Melinda Robinson, but we will be hosted on Bill Pessemier's J-35 in Gig Harbor

Meet at the boat at 1:30,

Boat leaves dock at 2:00

The boat location is:

Gig Harbor Marina, B Dock.  3117 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor.  

Pat Robinson 

Cell 253-350-2256

NOTE NOTE NOTE- this sail will leave out of Gig Harbor Washington.  See notes above for address. 

This is for the fourth of four sails included in the Tacoma Branch's Basic Crewing/Sailing Course.  Students of the course can sign up for two Experience Sail activities.

An outline of topics that will be covered during this training sail is shown below.  Please review the related material in your course text book before the sail and make sure you ask any questions necessary for you to understand the concept being covered.

Sail activities will take place rain or shine.  The activity may, however, be canceled due to high wind.  Call you skipper 1 hour before the start of the activity to make sure it is still a go.  Please show up on time.

Route/Place

Intrepid, Chinook Landing Marina

Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

 

At The Dock

  • Knots demo: bowline, round turn and 2 half hitches, clove hitch, figure 8;
  • Review process for preparing boat to leave the dock - safety brief, crew positions, difference between “prepare to” and “do” cast off.

Under Power

  • Outline your process for stowing fenders and dock lines and making boat ready to sail;
  • Discuss any right-of-way situations you encounter;
  • Where is the wind?  Discuss onboard, water and land signs for identifying wind direction;
  • Review all steps of hoisting/setting sails.

Under Sail

  • Review all concepts covered in training sails - during the sail, mention names of all running and standing rigging and parts of the boat;
  • Discuss sail shape and trim as you turn through all points of sail;
  • Rotate crew through positions for tacks and jibes;
  • Demonstrate overboard rescue methods - quick stop method, quick turn method, life sling if you have one;
  • Demonstrate heaving to, if your boats does it well;
  • Discuss and demonstrate shortening sail: changing or rolling head sail, reefing main sail.
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