FVSPS Sail Course, Class 6

What Are We Doing Today?

In Class Today:

- 10:00 OTW Today Briefing (Brian)

- 10:10 Last Week’s OTW, Discuss (Brian)

- 10:20 Questions/Clarification, Sec. 9, 10,11 (Leslie)

- 10:50 Section 16, “Spinnaker Handling” - 11:05 Section 20, “Marlinespike Seamanship”

- 11:20 Section 17, “Heavy Weather Sailing”

- 11:35 Section 18, “Storm Conditions” - 11:50 OTW Assignment (Brian)- 12:00 Lunch, then OTW

OTW TodayBriefing

Available On-DockAdditional Training

1. Going Aloft

2. Folding Sails on Side Deck

3. Hanking on Headsail

4. Changing Headsail on a Roller Furler

5. Using an Asymmetric Spinnaker with a sock

6. Coiling Lines

7. Whipping

8. Double-Braid Splicing

Prior OTW, Discuss

1. What did you learn?

2. What went right?

3. What went wrong?

Questions/ClarificationsSections 9, 10, 11

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Spinnaker HandlingSail Book, Section 16

Spinnakers• Spinnakers are made of light weight nylon• Spinnakers add excitement and speed to

downwind sailing• Symmetrical Spinnakers• Racers• Use a spinnaker pole with special control lines

• Asymmetrical Spinnaker• Cruisers• Frequently set and douse with a sock

End-for-end Spinnaker Pole

Dip Jibe Spinnaker Pole

Rigging of a Spinnaker Pole

Rigging the Spinnaker

Running with Spinnaker Set

Asymmetric Spinnaker

Jibing an Asymmetrical

Spinnaker

Spinnaker flying high on a pendant

Spinnaker Sock

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MarlinespikeSail Book, Section 20

What is Marlinespike?

• Marlinespike is about lines and working with them (also refers to a tool, a fid)

• Types of line

• Knots for specific purposes

• Splices in lines

• Whipping lines

Types of Line, Construction

3-Strand

6-Strand, 12-Strand, Single Braid

Double Braid

High Tech Lines with Braided Sheaths and Parallel Cores

Types of Line, MaterialNylon

- Anchor, mooring, dock lines- Stretches, elastic- 3-strand nylon commonly used for anchor rode

Polyester/Dacron- Doesn’t stretch much- Double-braid Dacron commonly used for

halyards and sheets

Polypropylene- Floats- Uses?

Important Purposes of Knots• Attach sheets to the clew of sails

– Bowline

• Stopper knots– Figure 8– Overhand knot

• Attach lines to something other than line– A hitch - a series of loops and knots - fenders tied

to stanchions (e.g. round turn with 2 half-hitches)– A cleat hitch – tie a boat to the dock

• Reefing knot

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Heavy Weather SailingSail Book, Section 17

Sailing in High Winds

• Better Chapter Title, “Sailing in High Winds”

• To Sail in High Winds:– Reduce Sail– Flatten Sails (in pull mode)– Spill Wind

Flatten Sails, Spilling Wind

• Review Flattening Sails (pull mode)

• Spilling Wind:– Sheet out– Sail twist– Pinching

Reducing Sail• Partially furl headsail• Drop / roll-up one of your sails• Reefing:

– When to reef– Benefits of reefing – Size of reefs– How to reef

• Special storm sails

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Storm ConditionsSail Book, Section 18

Storm Tactics

• Heaving To?

• Lying Ahull?

• Sea Anchors

• Running

• Running with Drogue

• Jordan Series Drogue

OTW Assignmentfor Today

Available On-DockAdditional Training

1. Going Aloft

2. Folding Sails on Side Deck

3. Hanking on Headsail

4. Changing Headsail on a Roller Furler

5. Using an Asymmetric Spinnaker with a sock

6. Coiling Lines

7. Whipping

8. Double-Braid Splicing