The greatest pleasure in sailing comes from the ability to participate. Fundamental skills are all you need to move from being a passenger to being welcomed aboard as a competent member of the crew. With the techniques you learn in this course you will instantly be helpful to any skipper -- whether day sailing on San Francisco Bay or bareboat chartering in a tropical paradise. It is more fun to be confident on the water!

TOPICS COVERED

• How to have fun sailing!

• Handling dock lines

• How to be a helpful crewmate

• Finding wind direction

• How to be safe onboard

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• Rigging and de-rigging

• Crew responsibilities

• Heeling and stability

• Tacking & Gybing as crew

• Crew overboard briefing

• Sailing terminology

• Basic knot tying

• Hoisting & Dousing the Main Sail

• Rules of the Road

• Unfurling & Furling the Jib

• Buoys & Aids to Navigation

• Trimming sails properly

• Basic Chart Reading

• Proper line-handling

• Steering to a landmark

• Proper use of a self-tailing winch

• Docking & Departing procedures

• Personal comfort and safety techniques