Bremerton Yacht Club
Basic Beginning Sailing
Course Syllabus
Day #1 (Monday)
9:00 AM 10 Opening Welcome and Introductions
9:10 AM 20 Get Acquainted Game, Introductions by Partners
9:30 AM 10 Preview - Expectations, Outcomes, Awards
9:40 AM 10 Introduction to Sailing Video 1-B
9:50 AM 10 Prepare for Capsize Recovery, Move to Floats
10:00 AM 20 The Dewitt Dinghy: Its Parts, Vocabulary, Rigging
10:20 AM 10 Capsize and Recovery Demonstration
10:30 AM 40 Capsize Recovery and Water Rescue Practice
11:10 AM 20 Shower and Change
11:30 AM 5 Boat Parts/Sail Parts Review
11:35 AM 10 Your First Sail Video #2-9
11:45 AM 10 Points of Sail wrt Wind Direction, Safety Position
11:55 AM 5 Boat Assignments
12:00 PM 60 Lunch
1:00 PM 10 Review the Morning and Preview Afternoon
1:10 PM 15 Rig Review and Docking Introduction
1:25 PM 40 Demo/Practice Steer, Tack, Hand Exchange
2:05 PM 10 Demo launch, sail, tack, return, dock
2:15 PM 50 Solo Sailing and Docking
3:05 PM 10 Derig
3:15 PM 15 Review, Preview and SSR pp. 6-47, Awards, T-shirts
3:30 PM Done
Day # 2 - Tuesday
9:00 AM 10 Review and Preview
9:10 AM 10 Team Building Game, Tennis Ball Name Recall
9:20 AM 15 Leaving and Returning Video 3 seg 14
9:35 AM 15 Line Parts, Knot Parts, Bowline and Figure 8
9:50 AM 10 Sailing Upwind Video #2 seg 10
10:00 AM 15 Tacking Upwind Land Drill (Red light/green light)
10:15 AM 10 Rig the Boats
10:25 AM 10 Tacking Hand Exchange
10:35 AM 10 Demonstrate Tacking Upwind in the DeWitt
10:45 AM 65 On Water Practice - Sailing Upwind, Tacking, Docking
11:50 AM 10 Derig
12:00 PM 60 Lunch
1:00 PM 10 Review AM Session, Teaching Points
1:10 PM 10 Rerig the boats
1:20 PM 85 On Water Tacking Drills (Overlap with Docking)
2:45 PM 25 Docking Practice, Picking up a Mooring
3:10 PM 10 Derig
3:20 PM 10 Review, Preview, Awards, SSR pp. 48-55
3:30 PM Done
Day #3 - Wednesday
9:00 AM 10 Review and Preview
9:10 AM 10 Team Building Game, Human Knot
9:20 AM 25 Knots #2 Cleat Hitch and Rolling Hitch
9:45 AM 15 Sailing Downwind Video #2/11
10:00 AM 20 Demo Jibing Land Drill
10:20 AM 15 Rig the Boats
10:35 AM 10 Instructor Demo: Jybing Downwind
10:45 AM 60 On the Water Practice--Tack, Jibe, Docking
11:45 AM 15 Derig
12:00 PM 60 Lunch
1:00 PM 10 Review AM Session, Teaching Points
1:10 PM 10 Jibing Smoothly Chalk Talk and Simulator
1:20 PM 10 Rig the Boats
1:30 PM 60 On the Water Jibing Drills
2:30 PM 30 Docking Practice, Upwind Side of the Pier
3:00 PM 20 Derig
3:20 PM 10 Review, Preview and Awards
3:30 PM Done
Day #4 -- Thursday
9:00 AM 10 Review and Preview
9:10 AM 10 Weather, Wind and Currents Video 3/12
9:20 AM 30 Knots #3 Coil and Heave, Sheet Bend, Clove Hitch
9:50 AM 10 Overboard Video 1/6
10:00 AM 15 Rig the Boats
10:15 AM 90 On the Water Practice, All Points of Sail, Man
Overboard
11:45 AM 15 Derig
12:00 PM 60 Lunch
1:00 PM 10 Rig the Boats
1:10 PM 110 On the Water Sailing Skills, Drills and Cruise*
3:00 PM 20 Derig
3:20 PM 10 Review, Preview and Awards
3:30 PM Done
*Tacking on Whistle, Start/Stop, Leap Frog
Day #5 -- Friday
9:00 AM 10 Review and Preview, Talk about Body Position
9:10 AM 20 How Sails Work Video 1/4
9:30 AM 10 Sailing Well Video 3/13
9:40 AM 45 Knot Tying Olympics
10:25 AM 15 Rig the Boats
10:40 AM 15 On the Water Practice -- Weight Position, Trim for
Fast
10:55 AM 65 Graduation Cruise
12:00 PM 80 Lunch
1:20 PM 60 Return to BYC
2:20 PM 25 Sailing Backwards and Free for all*
2:45 PM 15 Derig
3:00 PM 30 Review and Awards Presentation
3:30 PM Done
*Capture the Flag, Sponge Tag