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Introductory Course
| Personal Safety |
Safety equipment onboard the yacht, where it is stowed and how it is used. Suitable clothing and footwear (taking into account windchill and sunburn etc.) |
| Ropework |
Securing ropes to cleats. Coiling and care of ropes and sheets. Ability to tie the following knots: round turn and two half hitches, reef knot and bowline |
| Working as Sheet-Hand |
Safe and correct use of winches. Hardening-in/Easing-out/Checking/Securing |
| Relative Direction |
Windward/Leeward Fore and aft - bow/stern "ahead/astern/abeam". Port/starboard |
| The Compass |
Bearing compass. Steering compass. |
| The Chart |
Scale- land/sea definition. Depths in metres and fathoms. "Sign posts of the sea" - lighthouses, buoys and beacons. |
| Steering |
Turning upwind/downwind. "Bearing away/luffing up" |