05/26/2022
YASA Narragansett Bay Program 2002
Safe Harbor Marinas Apponaug
17 Harbor Neck Rd, Warwick, RI 02886
All activities start and finish at the Marina, with sailing on Greenwich Bay and adjacent waters.
WHAT IS BIG BOAT SAILING?
Course 100
$650
MONDAYS & TUESDAYS
1630-1930
June: 13 through July 25, 26
Introduction to the role of sailing on keel boats including:
• Preliminary discussion of and walk thru practices of correct docking and departing, procedures mooring lines and fenders.
• Discussions and walk thru of safety issues including man overboard recovery.
• Basic rules of the road.
• Practical applications of navigation and charting. Position fixing.
• An overview of the arts and sciences of rigging, handling, sailing a 35’ keel boat with asymmetrical spinnakers on a bow sprit.
• Crew coordination, teamwork, and communication
• Hoisting lowering reefing trimming the sails on a keel boat
• Use of tools for sail shape adjustment.
• Preparing, setting, trimming, gybing dropping the spinnaker.
SPEEDING IT UP.
Course 200
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
1630-1930
June 16, 17 through August 4 & 5
Prerequisite Course 100 OR the ability to demonstrate competent ex*****on of the content of Course 100.
Builds on Course 100 with a view to developing a crew roster capable of racing in Wednesday evening races.
Includes:
• Integrating boat and sail handling with crew coordination/teamwork
• The tactics and strategy of yacht racing.
• Higher performance boat speed
• Rig tuning topics
• Sail trim.
• Boat handling: Starts, mark rounding’s (with bigger, slower responding and more expensive assets than 420 dinghies)
• Avoiding bumper cars rounding’s.
• Intro discussion of tactics and strategies for distance races.
Empowering the next generation of offshore sailors
