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Competent
Keelboat
Racing Crew
(VSC504)
Prerequisites:
Basic Keelboat Sailing (ASA 101), CYA White Sail III or Coastal Cruising,
General Description:
This course is designed
for owners, skippers and crew to assist them in their
keelboat racing programs. The student advances through sailing knowledge,
seamanship, sail trim and the winning team attitude to be a valued
contributing crew member on boats 24- 45ft competing in
Regatta and Distance races. ( e.g. Southern Straits Classic, Swiftsure International,
Whidbey Island
Race Week, Cadillac Van Isle 360, Round Saltspring).
The
student participates as a crew member aboard a Beneteau First 36.7 racer/cruiser competing in a Vancouver Area Racing
Council and/ or three other yacht club series. Students participate
in 2 practices and 4 races as an integral part of the
crew.
This course is for men & women with sailing experience
and good fitness levels.
Successful candidates receive a VSC Certificate for
completion.
SAILING
SKILLS
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16 hours (minimum)
racing as integral part of crew
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Review
PIYA Category 1 Safety Equipment Requirements and
inspect yacht for compliance
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Demonstrate
the seven racing crew positions (Bowman, Mast,
Pit, Cockpit Trimmer, Cockpit Grinder, Main Trimmer,
Helmsman)
- Demonstrate
as helm and crew proper sail trim for close hauled, beating,
reaching, running, tacking, jibing, pointing, footing-
off , feathering and luffing
- Describe
sail shapes, genoa- mainsail interaction and crew communication
( the gears) for advanced sail trimming
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Demonstrate methods of achieving
target boat speeds from Polar diagram as helmsman and
crew
- Describe
the proper selection of sails on a J/24 and Beneteau First
36.7 for all wind and sea conditions
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Sail
a compass course for 30 minutes
- Demonstrate
correct crew procedures for hoisting, setting, trimming, jibing,
dousing and packing a spinnaker
- Demonstrate
procedures to recover Course to Steer (CTS) and Speed following a broach
- Demonstrate
successful recovery of Man Overboard (MOB)
- Demonstrate
how to call puffs, direct helmsman for emergency course
changes and report competition's point, speed and sail
trim
SAILING KNOWLEDGE
- Describe the theory of true and
apparent wind
Describe
the theory of sailing using force diagrams.
- Describe
with the aid of diagrams the causes of lee and weather
helm and methods of correcting them.
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Describe the reasons
for preference of slight weather helm, sail selection
(including full sails or reefed sails), mast position
and mast rake.
- Describe
3 sail making technologies and their application to racing
sails
- Describe the effects on
sail shape and sail interactions when adjusting the following:
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Describe
ISAF and the fundamental Rules of Racing 2005-2008
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Describe
the basic strategies and tactics for starting, upwind
leg, downwind leg, reaching legs, and the finish
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Describe
the foundation and elements of the Psychology of Winning
and its application before and during a Race
or Regatta
WEATHER
& NAVIGATION
- Describe the tools for predicting weather
- Demonstrate
functions and operation of instruments displaying Speed,
Depth, VMG, AWS, TWS, Compass, SOG, COG, CTS, CMG, waypoints
and routes
- Describe
cirrus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus
and cumulus clouds and the weather expected to be associated
with each.
- Describe
English Bay and Southern Straits (local weather) in relation
to thermal and prevailing winds, and tidal currents.
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Describe
three sources of on-line weather and tidal information
SEAMANSHIP
- Demonstrate
tying the following knots in less than ten seconds:
Bowline (on clew ring, around waist, around boom), Square
Knot ( joining two lines), 2 Turns with 2 Half Hitches
( tying dock rings and fenders), sheet bend ( joining
two lines), truckers hitch ( vang and cunningham), hangman's
knot ( from lower spreader tip)
- Demonstrate
a safe procedure to climb to the masthead to clear and
replace a halyard during moderate sailing conditions (climbing
is optional)
- Complete
successful recovery of Man Overboard as skipper and crew
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Demonstrate
putting on a PFD, safety harness and securing tether to
jack-line in less than 20 seconds
- Describe
a layered system of clothing for coastal racing
- Describe
how to avoid seasickness
- Describe
the treatment for seasickness
- Demonstrate
heavy weather precautions including shortening sail,
use of special equipment (safety harness, preventer, tweekers),
doubling up of gear, special checks in areas liable to
chafe, stowage of equipment (above and below decks),
bilge monitoring, problems of fatigue, selection of clothing,
and the need for at least three crew on deck at all times.
- Describe
reasons why, when and how you would "heave
to"
- Demonstrate
how to take a depth sounding using two different methods.
- Demonstrate
how to secure a boat to a dock and rafting to another
boat
- Describe
how the boat should be handled and what actions should
be taken when the following emergencies occur while under
sail-
- The
boat is dismasted
- The
boat runs aground on a lee shore, windward shore,
falling tide and rising tide
- Describe
how the boat should be handled and what remedial action
should be taken when the following emergencies occur while
under power:
- The
engine cooling water fails to flow
- The
engine fails in a crowded marina
- The
engine fails in a busy channel
- Describe
the skipper's responsibilities and the crew's action for
the following:
- Clearing
the Start line
- Offering
assistance to yachtsmen in trouble.
- Permission
to board.
- Permission
and entitlement to come alongside.
- Permission
and entitlement to cross adjacent boats when rafted.
- Flag
etiquette: National flag, Courtesy flag, Burgee/house
flag, Division Flag
- Drinking
alcohol on-board
- Lines
dangling over side.
- Fenders
over side when underway.
- Checking
boat's appearance (shipshape & Bristol).
- List the
documents required and procedures followed when entering
U.S./ Canadian territorial waters.
Enrollment:
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year
round availability
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$675
CDN includes 8 sessions
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A Manual of Sail Trim, Stuart H. Walker,
Text $35
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ISAF
Racing Rules of Sailing, Booklet $20
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Hand-bearing Compass $ 55
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see
Class Schedules
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