Narragansett Bay Summer 2022

Location:  Safe Harbor Marinas Apponaug

17 Harbor Neck Rd, Warwick, RI 02886

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All activities start and finish at the Marina, with sailing on Greenwich Bay and adjacent waters.

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WHAT IS BIG BOAT SAILING?

Course 100

MONDAYS & TUESDAYS

1630-1930

June 20 through August 2

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Introduction to the role of sailing on keel boats including:

• Preliminary discussion of and walk thru practices of docking and departing, mooring lines and fenders.

• Discussions and walk thru of safety issues including man overboard recovery.

• Basic rules of the road.

• Practical applications of navigation and charting. Position fixing.

• An overview of the arts and sciences of rigging, handling, sailing a 35’ keel boat with asymmetrical spinnakers on a bow sprit.

• Crew coordination, teamwork, and communication

• Hoisting lowering reefing trimming the sails on a keel boat

• Use of tools for sail shape adjustment.

• Preparing, setting, trimming, gybing dropping the spinnaker.

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Session Price: $675

SPEEDING IT UP

Course 200

THURSDAY & FRIDAY

1630-1930

June 23 through August 12

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Prerequisite Course 100 OR the ability to demonstrate competent execution of the content of Course 100.

Builds on Course 100 with a view to developing a crew roster capable of racing in Wednesday evening races.

Includes:

• Integrating boat and sail handling with crew coordination/teamwork

• The tactics and strategy of yacht racing.

• Higher performance boat speed

• Rig tuning topics

• Sail trim.

• Starts and mark rounding’s (with bigger, slower responding and more expensive assets than 420 dinghies)

• Avoiding bumper cars rounding’s.

• Intro discussion of tactics and strategies for distance races.

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Session Price: $675