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=== Raising and lowering the mainsail === | === Raising and lowering the mainsail === | ||
| + | Raising mainsail: | ||
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| + | * Remove sail cover and sail ties | ||
| + | * Shackle halyard to head of sail | ||
* Boat must be headed into the wind | * Boat must be headed into the wind | ||
| + | * Mainsheet & boom vang slack | ||
| + | * Two people to operate winch from cockpit | ||
| + | * Apply enough tension to halyard to remove wrinkles from luff of sail. | ||
| + | * Slack lazyjack lines and secure around reefing hooks | ||
| + | * Slack topping lift if necessary | ||
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| + | Lowering mainsail: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Hoist lazyjacks | ||
| + | * Tighten topping lift if necessary | ||
| + | * Boat must be headed into the wind | ||
| + | * Close companionway hatch for safety | ||
| + | * Center traveler and tighten mainsheet | ||
| + | * One or two persons on deck to flake the sail as it lowers | ||
| + | * Apply sail ties and sail cover | ||
| + | * No lines should be dangling from boom | ||
| + | * Boom must be high enough to avoid contact with dodger | ||
=== Unfurling and furling the foresail === | === Unfurling and furling the foresail === | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 26 July 2012
This page will list items that sailors are expected to know to receive the Bluewater Crew endorsement.
Contents
- 1 Sailboat Operations
- 1.1 Winch Operation
- 1.2 Raising and lowering the mainsail
- 1.3 Unfurling and furling the foresail
- 1.4 Basic mainsail and foresail trim
- 1.5 Reefing the mainsail
- 1.6 Tacking/jibing a large vessel
- 1.7 Heaving to
- 1.8 Mooring approach and departure
- 1.9 Assisting with docking
- 1.10 Proper use of the head
- 1.11 Dinghy driving
- 1.12 Knots
- 1.13 Coiling and heaving a line
- 2 Safety information
- 3 Navigational skills
Sailboat Operations
Winch Operation
- Requires two people to safely operate: one to tail, one to grind
- Proper number of wraps for sail and wind conditions.
- Safe technique for adding or removing wraps from winch
- Proper tailing technique to prevent over-wraps
Raising and lowering the mainsail
Raising mainsail:
- Remove sail cover and sail ties
- Shackle halyard to head of sail
- Boat must be headed into the wind
- Mainsheet & boom vang slack
- Two people to operate winch from cockpit
- Apply enough tension to halyard to remove wrinkles from luff of sail.
- Slack lazyjack lines and secure around reefing hooks
- Slack topping lift if necessary
Lowering mainsail:
- Hoist lazyjacks
- Tighten topping lift if necessary
- Boat must be headed into the wind
- Close companionway hatch for safety
- Center traveler and tighten mainsheet
- One or two persons on deck to flake the sail as it lowers
- Apply sail ties and sail cover
- No lines should be dangling from boom
- Boom must be high enough to avoid contact with dodger
Unfurling and furling the foresail
Basic mainsail and foresail trim
Reefing the mainsail
Tacking/jibing a large vessel
Heaving to
Mooring approach and departure
Assisting with docking
Proper use of the head
Dinghy driving
Knots
- bowline
- cleat hitch
- rolling hitch
- figure-eight knot
- round turn and two half hitches
