FVSPS Sail Course, Class 3

Today’s OTW

•Weather Outlook•Boats Going Out•Sign-Up Sheet

What Are We DoingIn-Class Today?

- Prior OTW, Discuss

- Questions, Sec. 13-15

- Basic Sailing Concepts, Procedures

- Sail Book, Sec. 9-11

- OTW Assignment

Yacht Club Bar Song, ChorusI love to sit around the yacht club bar

and talk about the things we’re going to do.

I love to sit around the yacht club bar

because it doesn’t move.

The swells are big and the winds are high

but that don’t bother me.

Cause I never get lost and my tummy doesn’t toss

It’s a wonderful life on the sea.

Yacht Club Bar Song, Verse 3

My head it was a reeling, my feet got tangled up.

Those damn old sheets were everywhere, just trying to trip me up.

The halyard broke, the boom fell down, the main took off like a bird.

Mayday was my final cry as I dived beneath my berth.

Yacht Club Bar Song, ChorusI love to sit around the yacht club bar

and talk about the things we’re going to do.

I love to sit around the yacht club bar

because it doesn’t move.

The swells are big and the winds are high

but that don’t bother me.

Cause I never get lost and my tummy doesn’t toss

It’s a wonderful life on the sea.

Prior OTW, Discuss1. What did you learn?

2. What went right?

3. What went wrong?

Questions/ClarificationSail Sections 13, 14, 15

• Section 13

• Section 14

• Section 15

Tying Boat to the Dock

• Basic Keelboat, p. 49

Sail Balance

• Basic Keelboat, p. 52• Sail, Section 8• Weather helm vs. lee helm

Heaving To

Basic Keelboat, p. 45; Sail, p. 144

FVSPS Sail Course

WindSail Book, Section 9

Section 9, Wind, Overview

Two Separate Topics:

- Weather (pp. 69-72)

- Analysis of Wind and Boat Movement (pp. 72-79)

Weather

- Recommendation: Take USPS Weather Course

- Sea Breeze, Land Breeze (pp. 69-72)

- Beaufort Wind Scale (p. 71)

Analysis of Wind andBoat Movement

- True Wind

- Boat Wind

- Apparent Wind

True vs. Apparent Wind

- Simple Situations: Directions of True Wind and Apparent Wind Parallel

- Not Parallel Situations: Analyze with Trigonometry, Diagrams

- Sail Book, pp. 74-75

True vs. Apparent Wind:Some Implications

- Why a Beam Reach takes us Downwind (Fig. 9-9/10, p. 75)

- Why When We Tack we Tack Further than we Expect (Fig. 9-8, p. 74)

Figure 9-8, p. 74

Apparent Wind: Decompose intoForward and Sideways Components

- Use Triangle Diagrams (Fig. 9-12, p. 76)

- Why Boats heel most on a Close Haul (p. 77)

- Implications for Sail Trim (Fig. 9-15, p. 78)

Sail Trim:Goal, Rules of Thumb

- Want to Keep Sail at Same Angle of Attack when in Pull Mode (Fig. 9-16, p. 79; Fig. 10-3, p. 84)

- “When in doubt, let it out” (Summary, p. 79, end)

FVSPS Sail Course

Sail ShapeSail Book, Section 10

Sail Shape, Basic Concepts

– Angle of Attack

– Laminar Flow over Sail

– Using Telltales to Assess Angle of Attack, Whether Air Flow is Laminar

Sail Shape, Major Adjustments

– Angle of Attack: Sheets/Helm Adjustment

– Draft: mainsail outhaul, sheets, halyards, cunningham

– Basic Rule: Flatten Sail to De-Power (in Pull Mode)

Sail Shape, Twist Adjustments

– Headsail: Placement of Genoa Car

– Mainsail: Boomvang, Traveller, Sheet

Sail Shape:Understanding Twist

– Wind Gradient

– Effect of Stronger True Wind on Apparent Wind

– Need for Sail Twist to Keep Same Angle of Attack

Understanding Twist:Sail Book Errors

– P. 86, par. 16

– P. 86, par. 17

FVSPS Sail Course

Preparing to SailSail Book, Section 11

Stepping the Mast

Preparing to Sail• Check the weather.• Reefing?• Headsail choice?• Have the proper clothing, footwear.• Bring any needed food and water.

Crew Activities, Departing (review)

• Remove canvas, instrument covers.• Hank-on headsail.• Tie/run jib sheets.• Run main sheet.• Attach halyards.• Untie dock lines.• Stow fenders.• Close life-line gate.

Sailing Activities• Hoist mainsail.• Hoist/unfurl headsail.• SAIL!• Deploy lazy jacks.• Drop/furl headsail.• Drop/flake mainsail.

Crew Activities, Returning (review)

• Open life-line gate.• Deploy fenders.• Positioned to step quickly off onto dock.• Tie Boat to the dock (Basic Keelboat, p. 49).• Fold/bag headsail.• Remove/coil jib sheets.• Flake mainsail, stow lazy jacks.• Stow main sheet.• Position canvas, instrument covers.

Sail Section Questions,Assignments for Next Week

• Section 9

• Section 10

• Section 11

OTW Today

• Up-dated weather briefing?• List of people who want to sail today• Assignments to boats will be forthcoming

shortly during lunch period.• Any announcements from the captains?