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
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Backstay Adjusters
Utilizing hydraulic backstay adjusters
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Retractable Bowsprits
Proper use of the retractable bowsprit
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Propellers
Managing the folding propeller
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Mainsheet Assemblies
Fine Tuning coarse and fine tune mainsheet assemblies
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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