Offshore Sailing Course

This is the outline for the offshore sailing course, January 2013.

Session 1: Introduction

10jan2013 - mwall

 - outline of the course
 - experiences of each person in the course
 - types of boats - hulls, keels, sail plan, instruments
 - difference between racing, cruising, offshore racing, day sailing
 - season plan for x-dimension - races, crew requirements, crew selection
- boat
 - day sail boats vs racing boats vs offshore
 - hulls and keels
 - sail plans
 - skills needed for each type of racing
 - preparation needed for each type of racing

Session 2: Yacht Preparation

15jan2013 - mwall

- boat - enumerate variants, highlight x-dim, what fails, what spares to keep
 - steering mechanisms
 - engine
 - electrical systems
 - navigation systems
 - freshwater
 - septic
 - standing rigging
 - running rigging
- what tools are critical

Session 3: Life Aboard

17jan2013 - gigi

- cooking
 - meal planning - examples of good, bad; sample meal plan for bvi
 - provisioning
 - how much per person?
 - how to cook with propane
 - living with limited refrigeration
- watch systems
- sleeping
- seasickness
- communications
 - into/out of port/harboar
 - with coast guard
 - with other vessels
 - during races
 - within the boat communication (e.g. skipper to foredeck when mooring)

Session 4: Weather

22jan2013

Session 5: Navigation

24jan2013 - steve

Session 6: Racing

29jan2013 - fran, mlindblad

Session 7: Seamanship and Safety

31jan2013