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This is the outline for the offshore sailing course, January 2013.
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The Offshore Sailing Course is taught during IAP.  It covers topics such as safety at sea, navigation, weather, provisioning, racing, and boat maintenance.
  
=Session 1: Introduction=
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[[offshore2020 | IAP 2020]]
10jan2013 - mwall
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- outline of the course
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- experiences of each person in the course
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- types of boats - hulls, keels, sail plan, instruments
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- difference between racing, cruising, offshore racing, day sailing
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- season plan for x-dimension - races, crew requirements, crew selection
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- boat
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- day sail boats vs racing boats vs offshore
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- hulls and keels
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- sail plans
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- skills needed for each type of racing
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- preparation needed for each type of racing
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=Session 2: Yacht Preparation=
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[[offshore2019 | IAP 2019]]
15jan2013 - mwall
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- boat - enumerate variants, highlight x-dim, what fails, what spares to keep
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- steering mechanisms
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- engine
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- electrical systems
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- navigation systems
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- freshwater
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- septic
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- standing rigging
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- running rigging
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- what tools are critical
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=Session 3: Life Aboard=
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[[offshore2018 | IAP 2018]]
17jan2013 - gigi
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- cooking
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- meal planning - examples of good, bad; sample meal plan for bvi
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- provisioning
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- how much per person?
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- how to cook with propane
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- living with limited refrigeration
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- watch systems
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- sleeping
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- seasickness
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- communications
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- into/out of port/harboar
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- with coast guard
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- with other vessels
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- during races
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- within the boat communication (e.g. skipper to foredeck when mooring)
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=Session 4: Weather=
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[[offshore2017 | IAP 2017]]
22jan2013
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=Session 5: Navigation=
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[[offshore2016 | IAP 2016]]
24jan2013 - steve
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=Session 6: Racing=
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[[offshore2015 | IAP 2015]]
29jan2013 - fran, mlindblad
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=Session 7: Seamanship and Safety=
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[[offshore2014 | IAP 2014]]
31jan2013
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[[offshore2013 | IAP 2013]]

Latest revision as of 12:17, 17 January 2020

The Offshore Sailing Course is taught during IAP. It covers topics such as safety at sea, navigation, weather, provisioning, racing, and boat maintenance.

IAP 2020

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IAP 2018

IAP 2017

IAP 2016

IAP 2015

IAP 2014

IAP 2013