Sailing Club

Sailing Club

• Welcome•Introduction of Instructors

•Darin Yawn- ‘Pablo’

•US Sailing Level 1 Small Boat Instructor- 7 years, 9 years teaching

•Graduated Tech last Fall, ME

•Sail 420s, Hobies, Lasers, windsurfers, keels, kiteboard, etc.

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• Welcome•Introduction of Instructors

•Christina O’Neill- ‘Chrissy’

•Commodore: GT Sailng

•Senior Year CS

•Sails 420s, Hobies, Lasers, windsurfers, keels

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• Welcome!•Learn to Sail Options Class

•Run by GT Sailing Club

•6 weeks Class/ On-the-Water Clinics

•You are all now GT Sailing Members!

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• Goals•Basic Understanding of Sailing

•Includes:

•Theoretical (Class)

•Practical (Clinics)

•Both are equally important AND will get you sailing sooner!

•By the end of class:

•Be GT Sailing Club Certified (optional US Sailing Cert.)

•Most importantly: Being Comfortable ON A BOAT in yo flippy-floppies

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• Introduction to GT Sailin’•Founded in 1961

•Fleet of over 30 boats with very large SGA budget

•Very active club membership involved in Recreation, Instruction, Competition

•Newly renovated WEBSITE:

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• Boats•Club 420

•Base boat for this class

•2 person dinghy ( fancy word for a small boat)

•Measures 420 cm long

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• Boats•Laser

• Single Person Boat

•Hobie 16’ Catamaran

2 Person boat

2 Hulls, fun, fast

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• Boats- Other OPTIONS (classes)•Windsurfers

• Fast

• Same principals

• Fast

•J 24 Keel Boat5-7 people

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• Let’s Get Started•Sailing is SAFE

•Sailing well acknowledges, assesses, and prepares for risk

Can’t Swim?Comfort in/around the water is focus of this class (lifejackets help)

Get cold easily?Everyone does, preparation is key

Scared of sinking?All students learn how to avoid, react to any situation

Afraid of becoming TOO awesome now that you’re in GT Sailing?

Its inevitable

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• Clinics:•Will be on weekends of YOUR choice

•Two exceptions:

•No clinic on fall break

•Club trip to Florida for sailing, relaxing, perfection

• Can not be on Saturdays of home football games. (no explanation necessary)

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• Clinics:•Location:

•Lake Lanier Sailing Club

•45 min north of Atlanta

•Boat Storage, free camping

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• Clinics:•What to bring:

•Clothes to get wet (swimsuits, etc)

•Towel, Sunglasses, Sunscreen, Water bottle

•Usually grab lunch on the way up, eat during clinic chalkboard session

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• Clinics:•What to Know This Week:

•How to be Safe

•How to Rig

•How to Steer

•How to Control the Sails

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• Clinics:•What to Know This Week:

•How to be Safe/ How to Rig will be covered this weekend at the clinic

•Please read pages 8,9,12,13,14*,18,19,24

•(I promise we will cover most material in class with little-no out of class reading in the future)

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• Clinics:•How to Steer:

•Boat uses a rudder, controlled by a tiller

•Tiller is controlled by the Skipper (driver of the boat)

Rudder

Tiller

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• Clinics:•How to Steer:

•Skippers aft (back) hand is ALWAYS on the tiller

•Regardless of the wind, tiller steers the boat

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• Clinics:•How to Steer

•Always be AWARE

•Know where you are steering

•Know where you are

•Watch your surroundings

•Keep calm, make subtle smooth turns

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• Clinics:•How to Control the Sails:

•420s have two sails:

•Jib, in front, controlled by the Crew

•Main, controlled by Skipper

Main Sail

Jib

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• Clinics:•How to Control the Sails:

•Primary sail control is called a Sheet

•Sheet is simply a Line (a rope with a purpose) which controls the Sail position

Sheet pulled in Sheet let out

Sail

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• Clinics:•How to Control the Sails:

•The DIRECTION the boat is pointing requires a specific sail position

•However, as a beginner, “sheeting in” will increase power

•“Sheeting out”, especially WAY out, will de-power

Sheet pulled in Sheet let out

Sail

Sheet out, Sail flapping= NO POWER = SAFE

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• Clinics:•How to Control the Sails:

•The specific location is based on the WIND DIRECTION

•Eventually you will learn to adjust perfectly

•For now, we will learn what WON’T work

Sheet out, Sail flapping= NO POWER = SAFE

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• Clinics:

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• Moving/ Not Moving

•You want to move:

•Sheet in. Seriously, pull the sail in TIGHT

•Sail is still Luffing (flapping)

•You are pointing into the No-Go Zone/Wind, steer somewhere else

•If you are not turning, you’re not moving (just hold tiller steady)

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• Moving/ Not Moving

•You want to STOP:

•Sheet out. Seriously, all the way out. If the sail flaps loudly, you’re doing it right.

•Sail is still full and moving fast:

•You are pointing downwind, steer upwind.

•Tiller works, too well! Keep Calm and make small steady turns.

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•Questions?

•We will cover this all in even more detail this weekend, be ready for a great time!

Again, please read pages 8,9,12,13,14*,18, 19,24