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Sailing Levels |
Regatta Participation |
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Beginning Opti - Morning |
RP Green Fleet - Eligible after Completion of Opti: Level 2 |
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Opti: Level 1 - Morning |
JSA Green Fleets - After Completion of Beginning Racer |
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Opti: Level 2 - Morning |
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Beginning Racer - Morning |
Junior Instructor Eligibility |
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Advanced Racer - Afternoon |
Advance Racer for 2 Years |
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Master Sailor - Afternoon |
Significant Racing Experience |
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Expert - Afternoon |
Sails either a Blue Jay, Laser or a 420 |
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Opti: Level 1 - Morning |
Opti: Level 2 - Morning |
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Safety |
Seamanship |
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Avoid collisions |
Tie an 8-knot |
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Get in the safety position |
Tie a square knot |
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Capsize and recover |
Tie a cleat knot |
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Execute a squall/storm drill |
Tie a half hitch |
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Tie a clove hitch |
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Seamanship |
Steer responsibly on a tow |
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Be comfortable in an opti on the water |
Tie sail ties |
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Tie a bowline |
Identify current and tides |
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Coil and throw a line |
Recognize the approach of puffs and lulls |
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Rig and de-rig without help in 20 min. |
Use sailing as a way to get somewhere |
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Name the parts of an Opti |
Dock along Instructor Boat |
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Know where the wind is coming from |
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Properly stow and store boat |
Boathandling |
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Recover from irons |
Return to the beach |
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Check mast preventer |
Leave the beach upwind |
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Explain how a sail works |
Return to the beach |
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- push |
Hold the tiller and mainsheet correctly |
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- pull |
Reach |
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Sail upwind |
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Boathandling |
Sail a square |
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Leave the beach |
Sail outside sailing bay |
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Proper body position and weight placement in the boat |
Adjust the daggerboard for different conditions |
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Gybe |
Maintain proper weight and body balance in the boat |
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Tack |
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Stop and start |
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Sportsmanship |
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Respect others |
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View sailing as a team sport |
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Work in a team during rigging and activities |
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Beginning Racer - Morning |
Advanced Racer - Afternoon |
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Seamanship |
Seamanship |
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Attach a sail onto spars |
Navigate reading a chart |
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Do simple navigation |
Naviage using a compass |
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- North, South, East, West |
Recognize and sail in currents and tides |
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- recognizing landmarks |
Assess weather |
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- navigation buoys |
- simple weather systems |
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- water depth |
- clouds and what they mean |
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Avoid contact (Rule 14) |
- wind and weather |
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Use windward/leeward (Rule 11) |
- weather reports |
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Use Starboard/Port (Rule 10) |
- barometric pressure |
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Use clear ahead/clear astern (Rule 12) |
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Be comfortable in an Opti on the water |
Boathandling |
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Identify points of sail |
Stop and start on the starting line |
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Take care of a boat |
- heading into wind |
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- washing boats |
- backwinding sail |
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- checking sail for ties |
- pull in and head off |
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- tying ties |
Position body weight |
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- steering with weight |
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Boathandling |
- how body placement and movement affects the boat |
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Run |
- for different weather conditions |
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Sail a figure eight |
- for different points of sail |
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Sail a triangle |
Adjust sail shape (when and why) |
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Use telltales for upwind steering |
- outhaul |
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Sit (and where) for different wind and water conditions |
- boom vang |
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Adjust (when and why) sail controls |
- gooseneck |
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- sprit pole tension |
- sprit tension |
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- outhaul |
- for different weather conditions |
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- vang stop |
- for different points of sail |
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- boom vang |
Sail backwards |
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Execute a 360 |
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Gybe |
Racing |
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- s gybe as apposed to c gybe |
Understand sportsmanship in racing |
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- pull in sail and center tiller |
- responsibility |
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Sail downwind |
- fair sailing |
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- reach |
Use tacking rules (Rule 13) |
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- run |
Sail a starting sequence |
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- sail trim dictated by where wind is |
- clear air |
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- body position and placement |
Assess wind on a course |
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- steering |
Round a mark |
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- sail by the lee |
- the mechanics of it |
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Upwind sailing |
- basic applications of Rule 18 |
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- close-hauled |
Finish |
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- steering a straight course…..paying attention |
Act on puffs and lulls |
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- watching for speed and balloon in luff |
Adjust sail controls for different legs |
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- telltales |
Adjust weight for speed |
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Find clear air |
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Racing |
Use rules in racing |
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Understand sportsmanship in racing |
Execute a 360 when foul occurs |
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Start |
Maintain Focus |
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Round a mark |
Participate in a minimum of 1 Regatta |
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Find clear air |
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Compete in Roton Point Green Fleet |
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Master Sailor - Afternoon |
Expert |
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Meets all objectives through advanced racer |
Meets all objectives on a Blue Jay, Laser and a 420. |
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on either a Blue Jay, Laser or a 420. |
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