Rudyard Lake Sailing Club RYA Level 1 Start

Rudyard Lake Sailing Club RYA Level 1 Start Sailing Stuart Scrimgeour Chief Instructor RYA Senior Instructor RYA Powerboat Trainer

Domestics • Fire Escape Routes • First Aid Location • Toilets and Changing Rooms • Smoking Policy • Wet and Dry Areas • Course Times, Breaks and Leaving

Sailing is a fantastic and diverse sport, with activities to suit everyone. The RYA National Sailing Scheme has been designed to help you enjoy whichever aspect of the sport that appeals to you. All the courses in the scheme can be taken in a dinghy, keelboat or multihull so you can have tuition in whatever type of boat you wish. Good Sailing David Ritchie RYA Chief Dinghy and Powerboat Coach The RYA National Sailing Scheme Seamanship Day Sailing with Start Performance Skills Sailing Spinnakers Racing Sailing Basic Skills Start Sailing Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Start Sailing Level 1 Course Contents Rigging Ropework Sailing Techniques Launching & Recovery Sailing Theory & Background Meteorology Capsize Recovery Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Clothing Preparation • Considerations • Temperature • Location • Time afloat • Type of boat • Conditions • Wind and spray • Your health • Possible Clothing • Tracksuit/fleece/t shirts • Spray suits • Wet suit • Dry suit • Sailing jacket and trousers • Trainers/plimpsolls/wet suit boots/wellingtons • Hat and gloves Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Life Jacket vs. Buoyancy Aid Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Launching & Recovery • More damage occurs to sailing dinghies ashore than on the water • Never step or jump into a boat when on dry land • When moving a dinghy on a trolley, ensure the bow is tied down • • • and if the rudder is fitted it is secured in an up position When moving a dinghy on a trolley be aware of the overhang of the stern, especially when turning in a crowded boat park. Consider the mast & overhead obstacles Do not hoist the main sail when ashore Float the boat off its trolley, do not push it off. Once floated, store the trolley where it will not affect other water users or the public. When beaching a dinghy, pull it clear of the water, so as to avoid the hull grinding on stones or rocks, as the waves/water continuously move it. Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Time to go afloat

Wind Awareness

Wind Awareness • Where do we find out where the wind is coming from ? • Can you name 5 ways of finding out?

Wind Awareness Sources of wind direction information • • Flags Burgee Smoke Back of the neck or face Sails Other boats Ripples on the water Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Stopping a boat

Stopping a boat • How do we stop a boat without brakes? • Basic Hove to. • Move our weight to the stern.

Basic Hove To! WIND We want to slow down and stop. We let the sails go so that the wind blows through them What do we do? Wind blows through the sails The Boat Slows Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Hove To! Boat Turns WIND Wind Leave the Centreboard Down Back the jib and push the tiller away. Let the Main Fly. Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Turn Boat Stops Turns Wind takes over WIND Rudder takes over The process starts again Wind fills the sails Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Points of Sail

Points of Sail Tacking ? S T A R B O A R D Close ? Hauled Beam ? Reach Broad ? Reach No Go Zone Beam ? Reach Broad ? Reach Dead ? Run Gybing ? P O R T

Parts of the Boat

Burgee Head Boat Parts Batten Luff Mast Main sail Leech Forestay Jib / Genoa Shroud Main Sheet Rudder Tack Foot Boom Clew Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Rules of the Road

Rules of the Road • 3 no Basic Rules – Starboard Rule – Windward Rule – Overtaking Rule

Rules of the Road Starboard Rule Who has right of way? Boat B A boat on STARBOARD tack (the wind coming over the starboard side) has right of way over a boat on port tack. PORT TACK A STARBOARD TACK B

Rules of the Road Windward Rule Who has right of way? Boat B A Both boats are STARBOARD TACK The boat nearest to the wind gives way. B

Rules of the Road Overtaking Rule Both Boats are on PORT TACK B Who has right of way? A Boat B Overtaking boat keeps clear