Adult Start Sailing

Sailing competencies

When I’m on shore I can……

• Identify appropriate clothing to suit conditions
• Identify and use appropriate safety equipment
• Demonstrate an understanding of the need for protection from environmental elements
• Perform basic pre-sailing warm up
• Rig boat unassisted
• Identify all parts of the boat
• Tie a bowline, clove hitch, round turn and two half hitches
• Demonstrate correct boat, sailing gear and sail care
• Able to launch and recover boat unassisted
• Identify and apply the basic sailing rules while sailing
• Distinguish port/starboard, windward/leeward, overtaking vessels, avoid collisions, commercial vessels and power/sail
• Explain the points of sail
• Identify wind direction and strength
• React by showing an understanding of gusts and lulls
• Able to source weather forecasts
• Show an awareness of local tidal conditions

and when I’m on the water I can……

• Paddle boat around a marked course
• Perform capsize recovery in shallow and deep water
• Participate in single and multiple boat towing
• Correctly tack and stop the boat
• Demonstrate correct crewing, helming and sail setting methods while sailing on all points of sail
• Correctly gybe
• Successfully sail a triangle and windward/leeward course
• Perform man overboard recovery
• Use tiller extension during all manoeuvres
• Demonstrate correct centreboard positions on all points of sail
• Perform heave to