This course requires Basic Cruising

This course requires Performance 1

Sailing on a 21st century sport boat, planing in 12 knots of breeze with a rooster tail from your rudder is a spectacular experience and the essence of pure sailing excitement. Whether you are a performance sailor, or just enjoy sailing, the asymmetrical spinnaker is fast, easy-to-use once you learn it, and completely different from a regular spinnaker. The course is taught on the J/80, 2004 Sailing World Boat of the Year -- a boat that weighs 40 percent less than a J/24 and sails 150 percent faster.

TOPICS COVERED

• Backstay Adjusters

  Utilizing hydraulic backstay adjusters

• Retractable Bowsprits

  Proper use of the retractable bowsprit

• Propellers

  Managing the folding propeller

• Mainsheet Assemblies

  Fine Tuning coarse and fine tune mainsheet assemblies

• Setting The Spinnaker

  Setting the Asymmetrical Spinnaker
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• Trimming

  Asymmetrical spinnaker trimming

• Sailing Low

  Sailing low with an assymetrical effectively

• Inside-out

  Inside-out gybing of the asymmetrical spinnaker

• Dousing

  Dousing the asymmetrical spinnaker safely to leeward and to windward

• Weather

  Heavy weather sail trim

• Wind Fluctuations

  Apparent wind fluctuations at speed

• Broaching

  Broach avoidance and recovery

• Fine-Tuning

  Using the wind direction and speed instruments to fine tune your performance