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