Late registrations for this event are closed.
This is a loosely structured coaching course aim at helping recently graduated RED groups sailors prepare for racing in the afternoon GOLD fleet as a rookie.
Skills coaching to be offered are:
- Basic rules of racing
- Right of way
- Windadward boat keeps clear
- Mark roundings
- Tuning the boat for the conditions
- Depowering in stronger wind etc.
- Roll Tacking and Gybing
- Spinnaker
- Setting
- Retreiving
- and Gybing
- Starting the Race
- Understanding the flags and signal on the committee boat
- Positioning the boat on the line
- Responding to lifts and knocks in the wind