word
sp
ERM
sp
IT'S
AN
ADVENTURE
sp
AND
IT
GIVES
YOU
sp
A
sp
SENSE
sp
OF
sp
FREEDOM
sp
I
DON'T
WANT
TO
DO
ANYTHING
TOO
ENERGETIC
I
JUST
LIKE
sp
ERM
sp
THE
sp
SOUND
OF
THE
WATER
ON
THE
BOAT
sp
WIND
IN
THE
SAILS
sp
YOU
CAN
sp
BE
AS
SERIOUS
ABOUT
IT
AS
YOU
WANT
TO
BE
sp
IT
STOPS
YOU
SITTING
ON
THE
BEACH
AND
JUST
sp
DOING
NOTHING
ALL
SUMMER
sp
AND
I'VE
BEEN
OUT
OF
THERE
sp
FOR
sp
THREE
HOURS
AND
sp
LOVED
EVERY
MINUTE
OF
sp
IT
sp
YOU
CAN
GO
sp
FROM
sp
BEING
A
TOTAL
sp
NOVICE
sp
TO
sp
SOMEONE
WHO'S
GOT
A
REASONABLY
GOOD
IDEA
sp
BY
THE
END
sp
OF
ONE
WEEK
WHEN
YOU'RE
sp
ON
YOUR
sp
OWN
sp
YOU
WILL
sp
THRIVE
IN
sp
IT
IT'S
A
sp
REALLY
GOOD
sp
FEELING
sp
ALL
THESE
sp
PEOPLE
HAVE
DISCOVERED
A
PASSION
sp
FOR
ONE
OF
THE
MOST
sp
POPULAR
sp
RECREATIONAL
sp
SPORTS
sp
SAILING
sp
AND
AS
YOU
CAN
sp
SEE
YOU
CAN
TAKE
IT
UP
sp
AT
ANY
AGE
sp
NOW
SAILING
sp
ENCOMPASSES
sp
WINDSURFING
sp
DINGHY
SAILING
sp
AND
sp
OCEAN
CRUISING
AND
IF
YOU'VE
sp
GOT
MILLIONS
OF
POUNDS
TO
SPEND
YOU
CAN
sp
ENTER
THE
FASTNET
sp
OR
THE
ADMIRAL'S
CUP
sp
BUT
WHATEVER
LEVEL
OR
WHATEVER
PART
OF
sp
SAILING
YOU
WANT
sp
TO
TAKE
UP
sp
THE
BASIC
sp
TECHNIQUES
sp
ARE
BEST
sp
LEARNT
sp
IN
A
DINGHY
OR
sp
SAIL
BOAT
sp
BECAUSE
sp
IT'S
sp
LESS
EXPENSIVE
sp
AND
A
LOT
MORE
sp
SIMPLE
TO
OPERATE
sp
AND
THAT'S
THE
PURPOSE
OF
THIS
VIDEO
TO
LEARN
THE
MOST
sp
BASIC
sp
TECHNIQUES
sp
AS
QUICKLY
AS
POSSIBLE
sp
AND
TO
BE
sp
AT
ONE
sp
WITH
THE
WIND
sp
NOW
sp
SINCE
I
TAKE
TO
WATER
sp
LIKE
A
DUCK
sp
DOES
TO
ORANGE
SAUCE
sp
I
ENLISTED
THE
HELP
OF
SUZANNE
HERE
BECAUSE
sp
IF
THERE'S
sp
ANY
FOOLING
IN
THE
WATER
TO
BE
DONE
sp
I'D
RATHER
SHE
DID
IT
AND
NOT
ME
sp
THAT'S
ALRIGHT
BY
YOU
ISN'T
IT
SUZANNE
sp
WELL
IT
SEEMS
JUST
sp
A
LITTLE
BIT
UNFAIR
sp
BUT
I'M
sp
SURE
I
COULD
sp
PUT
UP
WITH
IT
sp
WELL
WE'RE
IN
THE
FABULOUS
SURROUNDINGS
OF
MENORCA
sp
AND
AS
WELL
AS
BEING
A
WONDERFUL
HOLIDAY
RESORT
sp
IT'S
ALSO
RECOGNIZED
BY
THE
ROYAL
YACHTING
ASSOCIATION
sp
AS
A
sp
TRAINING
CENTRE
sp
NOW
SINCE
I'VE
JUST
ABOUT
LEARNT
THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
THE
sp
SHARP
END
AND
THE
BLUNT
END
OF
A
BOAT
I'VE
sp
DECIDED
TO
GO
STRAIGHT
sp
TO
THE
TOP
sp
AND
GET
SOME
sp
EXPERT
ADVICE
sp
FROM
THE
R
Y
A
sp
AND
WHO
BETTER
sp
THAN
THE
R
Y
A'S
sp
NATIONAL
COACH
sp
JOHN
sp
{GAP_ANONYMIZATION_NAME}
HI
JOHN
sp
HI
sp
FIRST
OF
ALL
sp
WHAT
EXACTLY
IS
sp
THE
ROLE
OF
THE
R
Y
A
sp
WELL
THE
R
Y
A
IS
sp
BRITAIN'S
NATIONAL
AUTHORITY
sp
FOR
sp
THE
SPORT
OF
SAILING
sp
SIMPLE
AS
THAT
sp
WE
LOOK
sp
AFTER
sp
EVERY
ASPECT
sp
OF
sp
SAILING
AND
POWERBOATING
sp
BUT
OUR
PARTICULAR
ROLE
IN
TRAINING
sp
IS
sp
TO
sp
SET
THE
SYLLABI
sp
PRE
TO
THE
COURSES
sp
TO
TRAIN
THE
INSTRUCTORS
sp
AND
TO
MAKE
SURE
THE
STANDARD
OF
sp
TEACHING
IN
EVERY
CENTRE
sp
IS
UP
TO
SCRATCH
sp
THAT
sp
BEAUTIFUL
WHITE
sp
SAIL
BELONGS
sp
TO
A
sp
TOPPER
DOESN'T
IT
sp
NOW
WHY
DO
THE
R
Y
A
SPECIFICALLY
RECOMMEND
THESE
sp
SAIL
sp
BOATS
sp
WELL
WE
KNOW
THAT
sp
A
LOT
OF
BEGINNERS
ARE
PUT
OFF
sp
BY
THE
COMPLEXITY
sp
OF
LARGER
BOATS
sp
AND
ONE
GREAT
sp
ADVANTAGE
sp
OF
THE
TOPPER
sp
IS
THAT
IT'S
SO
sp
QUICK
sp
TO
RAISE
sp
AND
EASY
TO
sp
SAIL
sp
SO
sp
GREAT
FOR
BEGINNERS
sp
THE
SECOND
POINT
sp
IS
THAT
THE
TOPPER
'S
HULL
sp
IS
MADE
OF
POLYPROPYLENE
sp
WHICH
IS
REMARKABLY
sp
TOUGH
sp
AND
RESILIENT
sp
NOW
THAT'S
IMPORTANT
FOR
SAILING
sp
SCHOOLS
DEALING
WITH
A
LOT
OF
BEGINNERS
IT'S
sp
ALSO
IMPORTANT
FOR
THE
FIRST
TIME
BUYER
sp
RIGHT
sp
I'M
CONVINCED
sp
{OOV}
sp
SUCH
A
GOOD
sp
BREED
sp
AND
YOU
VERY
KINDLY
RIGGED
THIS
sp
TOPPER
UP
FOR
ME
sp
SO
WELL
sp
YOU
WON'T
MIND
IF
I
TAKE
IT
FOR
A
SPIN
WILL
YOU
sp
JUST
HANG
ON
A
MINUTE
sp
I
KNOW
I
SAID
IT'S
EASY
BUT
IT'S
NOT
THAT
EASY
sp
BEFORE
YOU
GO
OUT
sp
THERE
ARE
SOME
IMPORTANT
sp
SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS
WE
SHOULD
TALK
ABOUT
sp
AND
THE
FIRST
ONE
sp
IS
sp
PERSONAL
PREPARATION
sp
I
sp
THINK
YOU'RE
HAVING
ME
ON
NOW
JOHN
sp
THIS
IS
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
SO
WHY
AM
I
sp
SQUEEZED
INTO
THIS
{OOV}
NUMBER
sp
WELL
IN
REALLY
WARM
sp
WEATHER
sp
A
sp
T
SHIRT
AND
sp
SHORTS
MAY
BE
ENOUGH
sp
BUT
AS
IT
GETS
sp
COLDER
sp
SO
YOU
NEED
TO
ADD
LAYERS
OF
SWEATERS
sp
TROUSERS
sp
AND
TOP
THE
WHOLE
THING
UP
sp
WITH
A
WIND
AND
WATERPROOF
SPRAY
SUIT
sp
BUT
ALL
THAT
sp
CAN
MAKE
YOU
A
LITTLE
sp
CLUMSY
sp
SO
THE
ANSWER
FOR
MOST
sp
BRITISH
SAILORS
sp
IS
A
WETSUIT
LIKE
THE
ONES
sp
THAT
sp
YOU
AND
SUZANNE
ARE
WEARING
sp
BUT
WHY
IS
MINE
sp
SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT
TO
sp
HOWARD'S
sp
YOU'RE
WEARING
THE
SUMMER
SHORTY
FOR
GREATER
FREEDOM
OF
MOVEMENT
sp
FOR
YOUR
ARMS
AND
LEGS
sp
BUT
sp
HOWARD'S
GOT
THE
FULL
SUIT
sp
FOR
MORE
sp
PROTECTION
sp
IN
COLDER
WEATHER
sp
BUT
THEY
BOTH
sp
WORK
ON
THE
SAME
sp
PRINCIPLE
sp
WHEN
THE
SUIT
IS
WET
sp
IT
TRAPS
A
sp
THIN
LAYER
OF
sp
WATER
BETWEEN
THE
BODY
sp
AND
THE
SUIT
sp
AND
YOUR
BODY
QUICKLY
WARMS
THAT
UP
sp
TO
A
COMFORTABLE
WORKING
sp
TEMPERATURE
sp
BUT
IF
YOU
FALL
IN
WHEN
THE
SUIT
IS
sp
DRY
sp
THE
COLD
WATER
CAN
BE
QUITE
A
SHOCK
sp
AND
SO
A
GOOD
sp
TRICK
sp
IN
COLD
WEATHER
sp
IS
TO
PUT
THE
WET
SUIT
ON
sp
IN
A
HOT
SHOWER
sp
AND
THEN
OVER
THE
sp
TOP
YOU
WEAR
A
SPRAY
SUIT
AGAIN
sp
TO
KEEP
OFF
THE
WIND
AND
TO
PROTECT
sp
THE
WETSUIT
sp
RIGHT
sp
SO
EXACTLY
WHAT
ARE
YOU
WEARING
sp
WELL
IF
YOU
TAKE
THIS
I'LL
EXPLAIN
sp
THE
DRY
SUIT
IS
sp
GREAT
sp
FOR
WINTER
sp
SAILING
sp
BECAUSE
YOU
CAN
WEAR
LOTS
OF
sp
WARM
LAYERS
UNDERNEATH
sp
AND
THE
SUIT
sp
KEEPS
THEM
COMPLETELY
DRY
BY
MEANS
OF
sp
WATERTIGHT
sp
SEALS
sp
AT
THE
WRISTS
sp
AND
THE
NECK
sp
BUT
YOU
MUSTN'T
FORGET
ABOUT
THE
EXTREMITIES
EITHER
sp
IN
sp
SUMMER
sp
YOU'LL
NEED
A
SUN
HAT
sp
TO
KEEP
THE
sp
SUN
OFF
sp
AND
IN
WINTER
DON'T
sp
FORGET
sp
THAT
ABOUT
A
sp
THIRD
OF
sp
BODY
HEAT
IS
LOST
sp
THROUGH
THE
HEAD
sp
SO
sp
A
WARM
WOOLLY
HAT
sp
IS
sp
GREAT
sp
BARE
sp
FEET
sp
ARE
sp
ASKING
FOR
TROUBLE
sp
AND
sp
SO
sp
YOU
NEED
sp
A
PAIR
OF
sp
SOFT
sp
SOLED
sp
SHOES
sp
WHICH
sp
DON'T
SLIP
ON
THE
BOAT
sp
IS
WEARING
ONE
OF
THESE
SUITS
sp
GOING
TO
HELP
ME
sp
STAY
AFLOAT
IN
THE
WATER
sp
NO
sp
YOU
SHOULD
ALWAYS
WEAR
PERSONAL
BUOYANCY
WHEN
GOING
AFLOAT
sp
IN
A
SMALL
SAIL
BOAT
sp
FOR
LARGER
BOATS
sp
A
LIFE
sp
JACKET
LIKE
sp
THIS
ONE
sp
IS
sp
FINE
sp
PARTICULARLY
IF
YOU
ARE
GOING
FURTHER
OFFSHORE
sp
BUT
IT'S
sp
TOO
CLUMSY
sp
TO
WEAR
IN
A
SMALL
SAIL
BOAT
LIKE
THE
TOPPER
sp
AND
SO
WE
PREFER
THE
BUOYANCY
AID
sp
LIKE
THIS
ONE
sp
SO
IT'S
PROBABLY
JUST
AS
WELL
THAT
I
DIDN'T
LEAP
OFF
IN
YOUR
sp
BOAT
BECAUSE
ER
EVEN
IN
THIS
CLIMATE
I
I
sp
COULD
HAVE
ENDED
UP
PRETTY
COLD
AND
MISERABLE
ESPECIALLY
IF
I'D
FALLEN
IN
sp
WELL
sp
THE
THING
IS
HOWARD
I
DON'T
THINK
YOU'D
HAVE
sp
GOT
VERY
sp
FAR
IF
YOU
HADN'T
UNDERSTOOD
sp
HOW
WE
PUT
THE
BOAT
TOGETHER
sp
AND
SO
I
THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT
sp
THAT
WE
LOOK
NOW
INTO
MORE
DETAIL
AT
sp
HOW
TO
RIG
sp
THE
TOPPER
IT
sp
SEEMS
sp
{OOV}
sp
HAVE
DONE
THAT
JOHN'S
INTENT
sp
ON
MAKING
US
A
NATION
OF
MASTER
MARINERS
sp
AND
UNDER
THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES
I
THINK
I'LL
ADOPT
THE
OLD
MARITIME
ADAGE
sp
WOMEN
AND
CHILDREN
FIRST
sp
SO
I'LL
{OOV}
IT
sp
BACK
sp
JOHN
CAN
SHOW
YOU
sp
HOW
TO
RIG
ONE
OF
THESE
sp
THINGS
ALRIGHT
sp
COME
ON
sp
RIGHT
SUZANNE
NOW
WE'RE
GOING
TO
LOOK
AT
THE
VARIOUS
PARTS
OF
THE
sp
TOPPER
sp
AND
HOW
THEY
sp
FIT
sp
TOGETHER
sp
RIGHT
sp
WE'LL
START
WITH
THE
HULL
sp
MM
ONE
PIECE
sp
UNSINKABLE
sp
ALL
READY
sp
TO
GO
IN
THE
WATER
RIGHT
sp
AND
WE'VE
GOT
THE
sp
FILES
sp
THE
sp
RUDDER
AND
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
RIGHT
THEN
I
sp
KNOW
{OOV}
sp
STEER
THE
BOAT
sp
I'M
sp
NOT
sp
QUITE
sp
SURE
sp
WHAT
THE
sp
DAGGERBOARDS
ARE
sp
FOR
sp
THAT
sp
SLOTS
sp
DOWN
INTO
A
sp
HOLE
IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF
THE
BOAT
BUT
sp
THAT
JUST
STOPS
US
DRIFTING
sp
SIDEWAYS
sp
OH
sp
THEN
sp
WE'VE
GOT
THE
RIG
sp
THE
MAST
sp
COMES
IN
sp
TWO
PARTS
sp
THE
sp
BOOM
sp
THE
SAIL
sp
AND
ALL
THE
ROPES
sp
TO
PUT
THEM
TOGETHER
sp
AND
sp
YOU'RE
GON
NA
sp
SHOW
ME
EXACTLY
sp
HOW
IT'S
sp
BEEN
sp
FIXED
sp
TOGETHER
sp
ARE
YOU
sp
THAT'S
NEXT
sp
FIRST
OF
ALL
WE
SLIDE
THE
sp
TOP
AND
THE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
MAST
sp
TOGETHER
sp
LINING
UP
THE
RED
DOTS
sp
AND
THEN
WE
TOUCH
sp
THE
HALYARD
sp
THE
END
OF
THE
HALYARD
GOES
THROUGH
THE
END
GOES
sp
THROUGH
THE
END
FITTING
sp
AND
THEN
WE
TIE
A
LITTLE
STOPPER
KNOT
sp
IN
THE
END
sp
THEN
WE
BRING
THE
OTHER
END
OF
sp
THE
HALYARD
sp
DOWN
AND
MAKE
IT
UP
sp
TIGHT
ON
THIS
sp
CREASE
AT
THE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
MAST
sp
THAT
HOLDS
sp
THE
TWO
HALVES
OF
THE
MAST
sp
TOGETHER
sp
YES
sp
WHILE
WE
sp
SLEEVE
IT
INTO
THE
SAIL
sp
OKAY
sp
SUZANNE
sp
KEEP
ON
sp
FEEDING
IT
sp
THROUGH
sp
FINE
sp
NOW
WE'RE
READY
TO
sp
TIE
sp
THE
TOP
OF
THE
HALYARD
sp
TO
THE
TOP
OF
THE
SAIL
sp
THERE
ARE
A
FEW
KNOTS
sp
THAT
WE
NEED
TO
LEARN
WHEN
WE'RE
SAILING
sp
THIS
PARTICULAR
ONE
sp
IS
CALLED
A
RAIL
sp
TURN
AND
TWO
HALF
HITCHES
sp
IT
NEEDS
TO
BE
TIGHT
sp
SO
sp
THAT
IT
DOESN'T
sp
COME
UNDONE
sp
WHEN
WE'RE
OUT
THERE
sp
OKAY
SUZANNE
sp
NOW
YOU
HAD
sp
TO
sp
SLACKEN
OFF
sp
THE
HALYARD
sp
TO
LET
ME
TIE
THAT
LAST
KNOT
sp
SO
IF
YOU
COULD
sp
TIGHTEN
IT
UP
AGAIN
sp
THAT
WILL
PULL
THE
SAIL
UP
sp
TO
THE
TOP
OF
THE
MAST
sp
THAT'S
FINE
sp
NOW
ALL
WE'VE
GOT
TO
DO
sp
IS
sp
TO
sp
TIDY
UP
sp
THIS
sp
END
OF
sp
THE
sp
HALYARD
sp
AND
sp
TUCK
IT
OUT
sp
OF
THE
WAY
sp
YOU
WILL
SEE
THAT
MOST
SAILORS
ARE
sp
TIDY
AROUND
THE
BOAT
sp
PARTICULARLY
WITH
sp
LOOSE
ENDS
OF
ROPE
AND
sp
THERE
IS
A
VERY
GOOD
sp
SAFETY
REASON
sp
IF
sp
YOU
sp
LEAVE
THEM
LYING
AROUND
sp
THEN
YOU'RE
LIABLE
sp
TO
TRIP
OVER
THEM
sp
FAIR
sp
ENOUGH
sp
NOW
BEFORE
sp
WE
sp
STEP
sp
THE
MAST
sp
WE
NEED
TO
sp
TURN
THE
BOAT
sp
MORE
OR
LESS
sp
INTO
THE
WIND
sp
AND
THAT'S
A
GOOD
CHANCE
FOR
US
TO
START
sp
THINKING
sp
ABOUT
WHERE
THE
WIND'S
COMING
sp
FROM
sp
WHERE'S
IT
COMING
FROM
sp
TODAY
sp
AT
THE
MOMENT
IT'S
sp
COMING
sp
FROM
OVER
THERE
sp
THAT'S
RIGHT
sp
SO
WE
NEED
TO
sp
TURN
THE
BOAT
ROUND
sp
AND
LINE
IT
UP
sp
LIKE
THIS
sp
RIGHT
LET'S
GO
sp
OKAY
sp
IT
sp
IS
sp
NICE
sp
ISN'T
sp
IT
sp
NOW
YOUR
NEXT
FEATURE
OF
THE
TOPPER
sp
IS
THIS
SPECIAL
MAST
sp
GATE
sp
WE
OPEN
sp
IT
UP
LIKE
THAT
sp
SLIDE
THE
MAST
sp
IN
sp
SLIDE
IT
sp
SHUT
AGAIN
sp
PUT
THE
sp
TOGGLE
IN
sp
A
LITTLE
KNOT
sp
HERE
JUST
sp
SO
THERE'S
NO
RISK
sp
OF
IT
COMING
OUT
sp
AND
OFF
sp
WE
GO
RIGHT
sp
SO
sp
THAT'S
HOW
IT
WORKS
sp
OPEN
sp
IT
UP
sp
AND
GET
THE
MAST
sp
YOU
WILL
PROBABLY
FIND
IT
EASIEST
sp
TO
SLIDE
THE
MAST
IN
AT
AN
ANGLE
LIKE
sp
THIS
sp
UNTIL
THE
sp
COLLAR
sp
FITS
NEATLY
sp
UNDERNEATH
THE
MAST
sp
GATE
sp
AT
THE
MOMENT
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
IS
ONLY
ATTACHED
sp
DOWN
ITS
NEEDED
EDGE
sp
BUT
BEFORE
WE
sp
CAN
USE
sp
IT
sp
WE'VE
GOT
TO
CONTROL
IT
sp
PROPERLY
AND
sp
THAT
MEANS
TO
sp
TUCK
IT
IN
sp
THE
sp
BOOT
sp
THE
JAWS
CLIP
ON
HERE
sp
THE
DOWN
HAUL
CLIPS
sp
ON
TO
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
AND
IS
sp
THREADED
sp
THROUGH
THE
sp
JAWS
sp
BEFORE
WE
MAKE
IT
UP
ON
THE
CLEAT
sp
THE
POSITION
OF
sp
THE
BOOM
sp
AND
HENCE
sp
THE
SAIL
RELATIVE
TO
sp
THE
sp
WIND
sp
IS
CONTROLLED
BY
THIS
sp
ROPE
sp
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
THE
NEXT
THING
TO
ATTACH
sp
IS
THE
KICKING
STRAP
OR
sp
BOOM
BANG
sp
THIS
IS
USED
TO
CONTROL
THE
TWIST
sp
IN
THE
SAIL
sp
AND
TO
STOP
THE
BOOM
RIDING
TOO
HIGH
sp
AT
THIS
sp
STAGE
sp
YOU
sp
SIMPLY
sp
CLIP
IT
ON
sp
AND
LEAVE
IT
sp
SLACK
sp
THIS
OTHER
CLEAT
sp
IS
FOR
ADJUSTING
THE
OUT
HAUL
WE'LL
sp
COME
ON
TO
THAT
IN
A
MOMENT
sp
TO
ATTACH
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
TO
THE
sp
BOOM
WE
HAVE
sp
TWO
CLIPS
sp
ONE
sp
SIMPLY
HOLDS
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
DOWN
sp
TO
THE
BOOM
sp
WHILST
sp
THE
OTHER
ONE
sp
THE
OUT
HAUL
sp
IS
USED
TO
BURY
THE
TENSION
sp
ON
THE
FOOT
OF
THE
SAIL
sp
THE
RUDDER
AND
TILLER
ASSEMBLY
sp
SIMPLY
sp
SLOT
sp
ON
TO
THE
BACK
sp
OF
THE
BOAT
sp
BUT
THE
IMPORTANT
sp
THING
TO
REMEMBER
sp
IS
sp
THAT
sp
THE
sp
TILLER
MUST
sp
GO
sp
UNDERNEATH
sp
THE
ROPE
sp
FORCE
sp
BEFORE
THE
RUDDER
IS
sp
CLIPPED
sp
ON
sp
OTHERWISE
sp
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
WON'T
sp
BE
ABLE
sp
TO
SLIDE
sp
OVER
sp
FREELY
sp
THE
KICK
UP
DESIGN
sp
AT
sp
THE
sp
TOP
OF
THE
RUDDER
sp
MEANS
sp
THAT
IT'S
PARTICULARLY
EASY
TO
sp
FIT
ON
THE
BEACH
sp
RIGHT
sp
THAT'S
IT
sp
THE
BOAT'S
READY
sp
SO
LET'S
GO
AFLOAT
sp
TO
LOOK
AT
HOW
THE
BASIC
sp
BOAT
CONTROLS
WORK
sp
OKAY
SUZANNE
BEFORE
YOU
GO
FOR
YOUR
FIRST
sp
SAIL
THERE
ARE
A
FEW
THINGS
YOU
NEED
TO
LEARN
ABOUT
BASIC
BOAT
CONTROLS
sp
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
CONTROL
IS
YOU
sp
THE
HELMS
ARE
ALWAYS
sp
SET
sp
FACING
THE
SAIL
sp
YEAH
AND
SO
IF
YOU
sp
SIT
sp
JUST
A
LITTLE
BIT
FURTHER
FORWARD
sp
THAT'S
sp
FINE
sp
NOW
sp
YOU
sp
STEER
A
BOAT
WITH
A
TILLER
HERE
AT
THE
sp
BACK
AND
sp
YOU
ALWAYS
HOLD
THAT
IN
THE
HAND
NEAREST
IT
sp
THEN
IF
WE
HOLD
THIS
sp
ROPE
sp
IN
THE
OTHER
HAND
sp
AND
EFFECTIVELY
THAT'S
OUR
ACCELERATOR
sp
THAT'S
WHAT
sp
PULLS
IN
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
AND
MAKES
YOU
sp
FASTER
sp
NOW
TODAY
BECAUSE
IT'S
A
LITTLE
WINDY
sp
WE'VE
ROLLED
UP
SOME
OF
THE
SAIL
OUT
OF
THE
WAY
TO
sp
MAKE
IT
EASIER
FOR
YOU
sp
YEAH
sp
AND
sp
SO
sp
YOU
COULD
sp
PULL
IT
IN
sp
JUST
UNTIL
IT
STOPS
sp
FLAPPING
sp
AND
THEN
YOU'D
BE
ABLE
TO
sp
SAIL
AWAY
sp
AND
sp
WE'D
NEVER
sp
SEE
YOU
AGAIN
sp
SO
sp
BEFORE
I
LET
sp
YOU
GO
I
sp
THINK
YOU
OUGHT
TO
LEARN
HOW
TO
TURN
THE
BOAT
AROUND
sp
WE
CALL
THAT
sp
TACKING
sp
IT'S
QUITE
A
COMPLEX
sp
MANOEUVRE
sp
AND
SO
WE'LL
BREAK
IT
DOWN
sp
INTO
THE
sp
DIFFERENT
sp
PARTS
sp
THAT
sp
CHANGING
HANDS
sp
TURNING
THE
BOAT
AROUND
sp
AND
CHANGING
sp
SIDES
sp
NOW
WE'LL
GET
THE
CHANGING
HAND
sp
OUT
OF
THE
WAY
sp
FIRST
sp
BECAUSE
sp
IT'S
EASIER
THAT
WAY
sp
AND
sp
SO
sp
WHAT
WE
DO
IS
TO
BRING
sp
THE
ROPE
sp
HAND
sp
TOWARDS
sp
THE
sp
TILLER
HAND
sp
AND
THEN
YOU
CAN
TUCK
IT
UNDER
YOUR
sp
THUMB
sp
PICK
UP
THE
TILLER
WITH
THE
OTHER
HAND
NOW
sp
THAT'S
sp
FINE
sp
NOW
WE
INITIATE
THE
sp
TURN
BY
sp
PUSHING
THE
TILLER
AWAY
sp
AND
THE
NEXT
sp
THING
TO
DO
IS
sp
WAIT
sp
THIS
sp
TAKES
QUITE
sp
A
LONG
sp
TIME
AND
sp
SLOWLY
THE
BOAT
sp
TURNS
AROUND
sp
WHEN
THE
BOOM
COMES
OVER
THE
TOP
OF
THE
BOAT
sp
THEN
YOU
CAN
CHANGE
sp
SIDES
sp
SIT
ON
THE
NEW
sp
SIDE
sp
STRAIGHTEN
sp
UP
THE
sp
TILLER
sp
AND
YOU'RE
sp
SAILING
AWAY
AGAIN
sp
OH
sp
THAT
sp
SOUNDS
BETTER
sp
{OOV}
WELL
WE'LL
TRY
THAT
ONCE
sp
MORE
AND
THEN
WE'LL
LET
YOU
GO
OKAY
sp
SO
sp
THE
sp
FIRST
sp
THING
WE
DO
IS
TO
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
THAT'S
sp
GOOD
sp
PUSH
sp
WAIT
sp
CHANGE
SIDES
sp
STRAIGHTEN
UP
THE
sp
TILLER
sp
LOOK
WHERE
YOU'RE
GOING
sp
THAT'S
FINE
sp
GREAT
sp
YOU'RE
READY
TO
GO
FOR
YOUR
FIRST
SAIL
OH
NOW
sp
IT'S
ONLY
GOING
TO
BE
A
SHORT
ONE
sp
JUST
OUT
sp
TOWARDS
sp
THAT
BUOY
sp
AND
WHEN
I
CALL
YOU
sp
YOU
CAN
TURN
ROUND
sp
OKAY
OKAY
sp
OKAY
COME
BACK
TO
ME
NOW
sp
ALRIGHT
LET
EVERYTHING
GO
sp
FINE
sp
YOU'VE
BECOME
A
sp
SAILOR
NOW
ALL
WE'VE
GOT
TO
DO
IS
sp
TEACH
YOU
sp
HOW
sp
TO
SAIL
THIS
sp
IS
sp
OUR
sp
STABLE
sp
STARTING
sp
POSITION
sp
CRAWL
ON
THE
sp
{OOV}
THE
WIND
IS
sp
BLOWING
DIRECTLY
ACROSS
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
IT'S
sp
KNOWN
AS
THE
sp
BASIC
{OOV}
TWO
POSITION
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
IS
JUST
sp
FLAPPING
sp
AND
THERE'S
NO
DRIVE
IN
IT
sp
IT'S
sp
FLAPPING
sp
FREELY
sp
TO
START
sp
SAILING
sp
WE
SIMPLY
PULL
IN
THE
ROPE
sp
THAT
CONTROLS
sp
THE
SAIL
sp
THAT'S
sp
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
THEN
WE
CAN
sp
SAIL
OFF
sp
ON
A
REACH
sp
IN
EITHER
DIRECTION
sp
JUST
AS
WE
SAW
SUZANNE
sp
DOING
sp
NOW
LET'S
sp
WATCH
THAT
AGAIN
sp
FROM
THE
BASIC
sp
{OOV}
TWO
POSITION
sp
WE
sp
PULL
IN
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
WE
sp
START
sp
SAILING
AWAY
ON
A
REACH
sp
THE
WIND
IS
BLOWING
DIRECTLY
ACROSS
sp
THE
BOAT
AND
sp
WE
ACCELERATE
AWAY
sp
NOW
TO
START
sp
SAILING
CLOSER
TOWARDS
sp
THE
WIND
sp
WE
NEED
TO
PULL
IN
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
POP
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
DOWN
sp
AND
THEN
TURN
THE
sp
BOAT
sp
GENTLY
TOWARDS
sp
THE
WIND
sp
WE
REACH
sp
THE
POINT
sp
WHERE
EVEN
WITH
THE
sp
SAIL
SHEETED
IN
TIGHTLY
sp
THE
sp
FRONT
EDGE
sp
THE
LUFF
sp
OF
THE
SAIL
sp
IS
STILL
sp
FLAPPING
sp
THAT'S
sp
AS
sp
CLOSE
TO
THE
WIND
AS
WE
CAN
GET
sp
AND
SO
WE
MAINTAIN
A
sp
COURSE
sp
TO
KEEP
sp
THE
SAIL
sp
FULL
sp
NOW
WE'RE
sp
SAILING
AT
ABOUT
sp
FORTY
sp
FIVE
DEGREES
TO
sp
THE
WIND
sp
WE'RE
ON
THE
EDGE
sp
OF
WHAT
WE
CALL
sp
A
NO
GO
AREA
sp
IF
WE
TRY
TO
SAIL
sp
ANY
sp
CLOSER
TO
sp
THE
WIND
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
WILL
COME
UPRIGHT
sp
THE
SAIL
WILL
sp
FLAP
sp
AND
WE'LL
sp
SLOW
DOWN
AND
STOP
sp
AND
SO
THE
sp
BEST
WE
sp
CAN
sp
MAKE
sp
EITHER
SIDE
OF
THE
NO
GO
AREA
sp
IS
KNOWN
AS
A
BEAT
sp
LET'S
sp
LOOK
AT
THAT
AGAIN
IN
sp
PRACTICE
sp
SAILING
ALONG
AT
sp
FORTY
FIVE
DEGREES
TO
sp
THE
WIND
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
IS
IN
sp
TIGHTLY
sp
AND
IT
NEEDS
sp
CONSTANT
ADJUSTMENT
ON
THE
TILLER
sp
TO
sp
STAY
ON
THAT
sp
RIGHT
COURSE
sp
BECAUSE
THE
WIND
sp
IS
NEVER
sp
TOTALLY
sp
STEADY
sp
KEEP
A
LOOK
OUT
sp
FOR
WHERE
YOU
sp
ARE
GOING
sp
AND
sp
WATCH
sp
THE
LUFF
sp
OF
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
NOW
WE
CROSS
sp
TO
THE
OTHER
SIDE
OF
THE
NO
GO
AREA
sp
BUT
TURNING
sp
IS
CALLED
sp
TACKING
sp
AND
SO
TO
MAKE
sp
GROUND
FOR
WIND
WIDTH
sp
WE
HAVE
sp
TO
GO
IN
A
SERIES
OF
ZIG
ZAGS
sp
EACH
TIME
TURNING
sp
FOR
ABOUT
NINETY
DEGREES
sp
AND
SEE
THAT
THE
sp
SAIL
IS
sp
KEPT
sp
FULL
sp
MOST
OF
THE
sp
TIME
sp
ONLY
sp
FLAPPING
MOMENTARILY
sp
AS
sp
THE
sp
BOAT
TURNS
sp
DIRECTLY
sp
THROUGH
THE
EYE
OF
sp
THE
WIND
sp
NOW
LET'S
sp
LOOK
AT
THE
MANOEUVRE
AND
TACKING
IN
MORE
DETAIL
sp
YOU
WILL
REMEMBER
sp
IT'S
A
SEQUENCE
sp
WHICH
sp
INVOLVES
CHANGING
HANDS
sp
PUSHING
sp
CHANGING
SIDES
AND
sp
THEN
sp
STRAIGHTENING
UP
AGAIN
sp
SO
THE
sp
FIRST
sp
THING
WE
DO
sp
IS
TO
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
THEN
sp
PUSH
sp
WAIT
sp
UNTIL
THE
BOOM
COMES
ACROSS
sp
AND
CHANGE
SIDES
AND
STRAIGHTEN
UP
sp
SAILING
UPWIND
IS
HARD
WORK
sp
SO
DON'T
sp
WASTE
sp
EFFORT
sp
BY
LETTING
THE
MAINSHEET
OUT
sp
KEEP
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
DRIVING
FOR
AS
LONG
AS
YOU
CAN
sp
THROUGH
THE
TACKS
sp
NOW
WATCH
sp
THIS
sp
AS
WE
sp
GO
sp
THROUGH
THE
TACK
sp
THE
SAIL
IS
sp
DRIVING
FOR
MOST
sp
OF
THE
TIME
sp
JUST
FLAPPING
BRIEFLY
sp
AS
THE
SAIL
sp
TURNS
sp
THROUGH
THE
WIND
sp
THE
WHOLE
sp
THING
BECOMES
ONE
sp
FLUID
MANOEUVRE
sp
WITH
POWER
ON
sp
FOR
THE
MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE
TIME
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
PUSH
sp
WAIT
sp
CHANGE
SIDES
sp
STRAIGHTEN
sp
UP
sp
AND
sp
OFF
sp
YOU
sp
GO
sp
NOW
sp
WHAT
CAN
GO
WRONG
sp
THE
MOST
sp
COMMON
FAULT
sp
IS
TO
BE
STUCK
HALFWAY
sp
THROUGH
THE
TACK
sp
HEAD
TO
WIND
sp
THE
BOAT'S
sp
RIGHT
IN
THE
MIDDLE
sp
OF
THE
NO
GO
ZONE
AND
sp
THE
SAIL
'S
sp
FLAPPING
sp
SIMPLY
sp
PUSH
THE
TILLER
AWAY
FROM
YOU
sp
PUSH
sp
THE
BOOM
OUT
sp
AND
sp
THE
BOAT
WILL
sp
SAIL
BACKWARDS
sp
AND
THEN
sp
PULL
THE
TILLER
sp
PULL
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
AND
SAIL
OFF
AGAIN
sp
IF
YOU
GET
STUCK
sp
REMEMBER
sp
PUSH
sp
PUSH
sp
THEN
PULL
PULL
sp
FROM
sp
THE
sp
REACH
sp
LET'S
NOW
LOOK
AT
sp
SAILING
DOWNWIND
sp
THE
sp
FIRST
sp
THING
TO
REMEMBER
sp
IS
sp
THAT
AS
YOU
TURN
THE
BOAT
AWAY
sp
FROM
THE
WIND
sp
YOU
LET
OUT
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
THE
SAIL
ONLY
WORKS
sp
PROPERLY
sp
AT
ONE
ANGLE
TO
sp
THE
WIND
sp
AND
SO
IT'S
ESSENTIAL
sp
TO
LET
OUT
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
AS
YOU
BEAR
AWAY
sp
SAILING
AWAY
FROM
THE
WIND
sp
IS
KNOWN
AS
RUNNING
sp
AND
YOU'VE
GOT
GREAT
sp
FREEDOM
OF
sp
CHOICE
sp
IN
THE
EXACT
sp
COURSE
YOU
PICK
sp
YOU
CAN
EVEN
SAIL
sp
DEAD
sp
DOWNWIND
sp
WHAT
WE
NEED
TO
LOOK
AT
sp
THOUGH
sp
IS
HOW
WE
sp
CHANGE
COURSE
sp
IF
THAT
sp
MEANS
MOVING
THE
POSITION
OF
THE
SAIL
ACROSS
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
HERE
WE'RE
sp
SAILING
DOWNWIND
sp
AND
WE
WANT
TO
sp
TURN
LEFT
sp
EFFECTIVELY
sp
SO
THAT
sp
MEANS
sp
MOVING
THE
sp
SAIL
ACROSS
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
WITHOUT
sp
CHANGING
THE
sp
COURSE
sp
OF
THE
sp
BOAT
TOO
MUCH
sp
THERE
sp
THAT
sp
MANOEUVRE
IS
KNOWN
AS
sp
GYBING
sp
BUT
REALLY
IT'S
AS
SIMPLE
AS
THAT
sp
SAILING
DOWNWIND
sp
YOU
DON'T
sp
HAVE
TO
sp
CHANGE
sp
COURSE
sp
VERY
OFTEN
sp
UNLIKE
WHEN
WE'RE
sp
SAILING
UPWIND
sp
WITH
TACKING
sp
BUT
sp
WE
NEED
TO
SHOW
sp
YOU
A
FEW
MORE
DEMONSTRATIONS
ABOUT
IT
sp
IN
QUICK
SUCCESSION
sp
LIKE
sp
TACKING
sp
A
MANOEUVRE
CONSISTS
sp
OF
sp
A
SERIES
OF
RELATED
sp
MOVEMENTS
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
PUSH
sp
CHANGE
SIDES
sp
AND
STRAIGHTEN
UP
sp
AGAIN
sp
BUT
sp
THE
sp
DIFFERENCE
sp
IS
IN
THE
TILLER
MOVEMENT
sp
WHERE
YOU
sp
MOVE
THE
TILLER
TOWARDS
sp
WHERE
YOU
sp
WERE
sp
SITTING
sp
SO
LET'S
WATCH
THAT
AGAIN
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
PUSH
THE
TILLER
TO
WHERE
YOU
WERE
SITTING
sp
WATCH
sp
THE
BOOM
sp
AS
IT
sp
SWINGS
ACROSS
sp
STRAIGHTEN
sp
UP
THE
sp
TILLER
sp
AND
SETTLE
ON
THE
NEW
SIDE
sp
AGAIN
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
PUSH
THE
TILLER
TO
WHERE
YOU
WERE
SITTING
sp
WATCH
FOR
THE
BOOM
sp
AS
IT
SWINGS
ACROSS
STRAIGHTEN
UP
sp
AND
sp
SIT
DOWN
ON
THE
NEW
sp
SIDE
sp
IN
STRONGER
WINDS
THE
MANOEUVRE
BECOMES
A
BIT
MORE
LIVELY
sp
AND
HERE
sp
IT'S
A
GOOD
IDEA
TO
sp
TWIG
sp
THE
MAINSHEET
TO
sp
HELP
THE
BOOM
COME
ACROSS
sp
THERE'S
LOTS
OF
POWER
IN
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
ALL
THE
TIME
sp
AND
SO
YOU
sp
WILL
HAVE
sp
TO
REMAIN
sp
AGILE
sp
CHANGE
HANDS
sp
PUSH
TO
WHERE
YOU
WERE
SITTING
sp
CROUCH
IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
AND
sp
STRAIGHTEN
UP
ON
THE
NEW
COURSE
sp
TWO
LAST
sp
POINTS
BEFORE
WE
LEAVE
GYBING
sp
ALWAYS
CHECK
sp
THE
AREA
YOU
ARE
SAILING
INTO
sp
TO
ALLOW
FOR
THE
TIME
WHEN
YOU
WILL
BE
FACING
BATTLEMENTS
sp
BUT
WHEN
YOU
CROUCH
IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF
THE
BOAT
sp
DO
KEEP
AN
EYE
ON
THE
BOOM
sp
OR
YOU'LL
END
UP
sp
WITH
A
NASTY
sp
BUMP
ON
THE
HEAD
sp
BY
THE
TIME
YOU'VE
MASTERED
GYBING
sp
YOU
CAN
sp
SAIL
IN
ALMOST
ANY
DIRECTION
sp
AND
SO
IT'S
sp
NOW
TIME
sp
TO
LOOK
AT
THE
sp
FIVE
ESSENTIALS
sp
FOR
SAILING
WELL
sp
SAIL
sp
TRIPS
sp
MAXIMUM
DRIVING
POWER
FROM
YOUR
sp
ROUTE
sp
BOAT
sp
BALANCE
sp
KEEP
THE
HULL
sp
FLAT
FOR
MAXIMUM
sp
SPEED
sp
BEFORE
AND
AFTER
TRIP
sp
KEEP
THE
HULL
LEVEL
sp
DON'T
MAKE
WAVES
sp
DAGGERBOARD
POSITION
sp
GET
THE
RIGHT
COMPROMISE
BETWEEN
DRIVE
AND
DRAG
sp
COURSE
sp
WAVE
GOOD
sp
THE
SHORTEST
sp
OR
sp
FASTEST
DISTANCE
BETWEEN
TWO
POINTS
sp
SAIL
TRIM
ISN'T
sp
SIMPLY
A
QUESTION
OF
PULLING
EVERYTHING
IN
AND
FORGETTING
ABOUT
sp
IT
sp
AS
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
WORKS
sp
AT
ITS
sp
MAXIMUM
sp
AT
ANY
ONE
ANGLE
TO
THE
WIND
sp
ON
A
BEAT
sp
THAT
IS
sp
WITH
THE
SHEET
PULLED
IN
TIGHTLY
sp
BUT
AS
WE
TURN
ON
TO
A
sp
RIDGE
sp
YOU'LL
SEE
THAT
WE
HAVE
sp
TO
sp
EASE
THE
SHEET
OUT
sp
SO
THAT
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
STAYS
AT
THE
SAME
ANGLE
FOR
THE
WIND
sp
AGAIN
sp
MOVING
FROM
A
sp
REACH
TOWARDS
A
RUNG
sp
THE
BOAT
EFFECTIVELY
TURNS
sp
UNDERNEATH
sp
THE
RIG
sp
AND
THE
SAIL
sp
STAYS
AT
THAT
SAME
ANGLE
sp
BOAT
sp
BALANCE
sp
IS
SIMPLY
A
QUESTION
sp
OF
MATCHING
THE
sp
HEELING
EFFECT
OF
THE
WIND
AND
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
WITH
YOUR
BODY
sp
WEIGHT
sp
AS
sp
THE
WIND
sp
TRIES
sp
TO
TIP
THE
BOAT
OVER
sp
SO
YOU
COUNTER
THAT
sp
EFFECT
BY
sp
SITTING
OUT
sp
THE
AIM
IS
sp
TO
KEEP
THE
sp
BOAT
FLAT
AT
ALL
TIMES
sp
SO
sp
THAT
IT
GLIDES
CLEANLY
OVER
THE
WATER
sp
IN
LIGHT
WEATHER
sp
YOU
EITHER
KEEP
THE
BOAT
UPRIGHT
sp
OR
sp
HEEL
sp
IT
VERY
SLIGHTLY
AWAY
FROM
THE
WIND
sp
SO
THAT
GRAVITY
HELPS
TO
sp
FILL
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
WHEN
THE
BOAT
HAS
HEELED
TOO
FAR
sp
IT
TRIES
TO
TURN
UP
INTO
THE
WIND
sp
AND
A
LOT
OF
RUDDER
MOVEMENT
IS
NEEDED
TO
KEEP
IT
sp
STRAIGHT
sp
THAT
sp
RUDDER
MOVEMENT
EQUALS
sp
BRAKING
sp
AND
SO
IT'S
sp
SLOWING
YOU
DOWN
sp
IT
MAY
LOOK
IMPRESSIVE
BEING
HEELED
OVER
LIKE
THIS
sp
BUT
I'D
SAIL
A
LOT
sp
FASTER
IF
THE
BOAT
WERE
sp
FLAT
sp
LET'S
LOOK
AT
THAT
AGAIN
sp
WHEN
THE
BOAT'S
HEELED
OVER
sp
THAT
sp
RUDDER
MOVEMENT
CAUSES
A
LOT
OF
sp
TURBULENCE
sp
AND
THAT'S
sp
JUST
sp
SLOWING
YOU
DOWN
sp
FOR
AN
OFF
TRIP
IS
MUCH
sp
THE
SAME
sp
THE
IDEA
IS
TO
KEEP
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
FLAT
sp
WITH
THE
sp
BOW
SKIMMING
sp
SLOWLY
sp
ACROSS
THE
WATER
WITHOUT
sp
TOO
MUCH
BOW
WAVE
sp
AND
THE
sp
WATER
LEAVING
THE
STERN
sp
VERY
sp
CLEANLY
sp
AGAIN
sp
WITHOUT
sp
TOO
MUCH
TURBULENCE
sp
THE
MOST
COMMON
BEGINNER'S
MISTAKE
sp
IS
TO
SIT
sp
TOO
FAR
AFT
IN
THE
BOAT
sp
AND
THAT
sp
CAUSES
A
GREAT
sp
WRIST
A
TAIL
OF
sp
{OOV}
TO
COME
UP
sp
FROM
THE
TRUNK
sp
{OOV}
A
sp
FAR
LESS
COMMON
PROBLEM
BUT
sp
ONE
WHICH
IS
MUCH
MORE
DRAMATIC
sp
IS
IF
YOU
PUT
YOUR
WEIGHT
sp
TOO
sp
FAR
sp
FORWARD
sp
NOT
ONLY
WILL
THIS
MAKE
THE
BOAT
DIFFICULT
TO
STEER
sp
BUT
IF
YOU
TRY
DOING
IT
sp
TOO
FAR
YOU'LL
START
SAILING
STRAIGHT
UNDER
WATER
sp
NOW
FOR
THE
sp
DAGGERBOARD
POSITION
sp
THE
PURPOSE
sp
OF
THE
DAGGERBOARD
IS
TO
STOP
THE
BOAT
DRIFTING
SIDEWAYS
sp
WHEN
WE'RE
SAILING
DOWNWIND
THE
sp
WIND
IS
SIMPLY
PUSHING
THE
BOAT
FORWARD
sp
AND
THERE'S
NO
SIDEWAYS
FORCE
sp
SO
WE
DON'T
NEED
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
WE
COULD
LIFT
IT
RIGHT
OUT
sp
BUT
IT'S
EASIER
JUST
TO
LIFT
IT
sp
UNTIL
IT'S
sp
JUST
BELOW
THE
LEVEL
OF
THE
BOOM
sp
SO
THAT
IT
DOESN'T
sp
FOUL
IT
WHEN
WE'RE
GYBING
sp
WHEN
BEATING
sp
THE
SIDEWAYS
FORCE
OF
THE
WIND
IS
AT
A
MAXIMUM
sp
AND
SO
WE
NEED
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
RIGHT
sp
DOWN
TO
GET
A
GOOD
GRIP
ON
THE
WATER
AND
sp
STOP
sp
THE
BOAT
DRIFTING
SIDEWAYS
sp
WHEN
REACHING
sp
IT'S
A
COMPROMISE
BETWEEN
THOSE
TWO
EXTREMES
sp
HALFWAY
UP
sp
AND
HALFWAY
DOWN
sp
NOW
TO
SEE
JUST
HOW
EFFECTIVE
A
DAGGERBOARD
IS
sp
LET'S
LOOK
AT
THESE
TWO
BOATS
sp
BEATING
sp
THE
ONE
ON
THE
LEFT
sp
RAISES
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
AND
IMMEDIATELY
STARTS
sp
TO
sp
SAG
OFF
AWAY
FROM
THE
WIND
sp
HE
IS
STILL
TRYING
TO
sp
SAIL
THE
SAME
COURSE
sp
BUT
THE
BOAT
IS
JUST
SLIDING
SIDEWAYS
ACROSS
sp
THE
WATER
sp
COURSE
sp
MADE
GOOD
sp
MEANS
SAILING
WHERE
YOU
WANT
TO
GO
AS
EFFECTIVELY
AS
POSSIBLE
sp
THE
FIRST
THING
IS
TO
REMEMBER
sp
IS
THAT
NO
DAGGERBOARD
IS
COMPLETELY
EFFICIENT
sp
AND
SO
IF
YOU
sp
TRY
AIMING
sp
FOR
A
GOAL
POINT
sp
YOU'LL
ACTUALLY
END
UP
SLIGHTLY
DOWNWIND
sp
BECAUSE
THE
BOAT
WOULD
HAVE
sp
DRIFTED
SIDEWAYS
sp
THE
WAY
TO
OVERCOME
THIS
sp
IS
TO
SAIL
SLIGHTLY
HIGH
OF
YOUR
INTENDED
COURSE
sp
AND
sp
YOU'LL
END
UP
IN
THE
RIGHT
sp
PLACE
sp
THIS
EFFECT
IS
MOST
PRONOUNCED
sp
WHEN
YOU'RE
BEATING
sp
SAILING
UPWIND
INVOLVES
sp
TACKING
sp
AND
HERE
YOU
HAVE
A
WIDE
sp
CHOICE
OF
ROUTES
sp
TO
REACH
YOUR
WINDWARD
GOAL
sp
POINT
sp
YOU
COULD
REACH
IT
IN
TWO
TACKS
sp
OR
IN
MANY
MORE
sp
THE
ROUTE
YOU
ACTUALLY
sp
TAKE
sp
WILL
BE
INFLUENCED
BY
THINGS
LIKE
sp
THE
sp
TIDE
sp
OBSTACLES
LIKE
SHALLOW
WATER
sp
OR
OTHER
BOATS
sp
AND
BY
WIND
SHIFTS
sp
AND
WIND
SHADOWS
FROM
THE
LAND
sp
ALL
OTHER
THINGS
BEING
EQUAL
sp
THE
MOST
DIRECT
ROUTE
sp
IS
THE
BEST
sp
SAILING
DOWNWIND
sp
IT
sp
SEEMS
MOST
LOGICAL
TO
sp
HEAD
STRAIGHT
FOR
YOUR
GOAL
POINT
sp
BUT
IN
sp
FACT
sp
PARTICULARLY
IN
sp
STRONGER
WINDS
sp
SAILING
{OOV}
sp
DOWNWIND
CAN
BE
SLIGHTLY
UNCOMFORTABLE
sp
IT'S
sp
BETTER
sp
TO
SAIL
TWO
OBLIQUE
COURSES
sp
TO
sp
GET
sp
DOWN
THERE
sp
BUT
THIS
sp
IF
YOU
CHOOSE
WHERE
TO
GYBE
sp
TO
REACH
YOUR
GOAL
POINT
sp
LAUNCHING
WITH
AN
OFFSHORE
WIND
IS
sp
A
STRAIGHTFORWARD
PROCESS
sp
FIRST
SIMPLY
LIFT
sp
THE
BOAT
INTO
sp
THE
WATER
sp
BUT
DON'T
LET
GO
AT
THIS
POINT
sp
BECAUSE
YOU'LL
sp
FIND
THAT
THE
BOAT
WILL
sp
DRIFT
sp
FASTER
THAN
YOU
CAN
sp
SWIM
AFTER
IT
sp
THEN
YOU
sp
LIFT
sp
THE
sp
DAGGERBOARD
HERE
sp
HALFWAY
DOWN
BECAUSE
YOU'LL
BE
SAILING
sp
OFF
sp
WIND
sp
THEN
LOWER
THE
RUDDER
sp
FOR
CONTROL
WHEN
YOU'RE
SAILING
AWAY
AND
sp
GATHER
sp
THE
TILLER
sp
AND
MAINSHEET
IN
ONE
HAND
sp
STEP
IN
sp
GENTLY
sp
AND
sp
PUSH
THE
BOOM
sp
OUT
sp
TO
HELP
sp
THE
BOAT
TURN
AWAY
FROM
THE
WIND
sp
AS
sp
THE
BOAT
PICKS
UP
SPEED
sp
SO
YOU
CAN
sp
SETTLE
GENTLY
sp
INTO
sp
THE
sp
BOAT
sp
TO
sp
GAIN
sp
CONTROL
sp
THAT'S
IT
sp
YOU'RE
AWAY
INTO
DEEP
sp
WATER
sp
AND
sp
SAILING
HAPPILY
sp
RETURNING
sp
IN
AN
OFFSHORE
WIND
IS
sp
SLIGHTLY
MORE
sp
COMPLICATED
sp
AS
YOU
HAVE
sp
TO
sp
BEAT
sp
BACK
sp
TOWARDS
THE
BEACH
sp
LOOK
AHEAD
sp
TO
sp
CHOOSE
WHERE
YOU
WANT
TO
LAND
sp
AND
TRY
TO
sp
JUDGE
sp
THE
sp
DEPTH
sp
OF
sp
WATER
sp
RAISING
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
AS
YOU
COME
INTO
SHALLOWER
WATER
sp
MAKE
ALLOWANCE
FOR
THE
sp
FACT
THAT
YOU'LL
BE
DRIFTING
sp
SIDEWAYS
sp
MORE
WITH
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
UP
sp
BUT
sp
AS
YOU
COME
INTO
SHALLOW
WATER
sp
THEN
YOU
CAN
RAISE
THE
RUDDER
sp
AND
sp
STEP
ASHORE
sp
THEN
YOU
CAN
LIFT
sp
THE
RUDDER
COMPLETELY
sp
TAKE
THE
DAGGERBOARD
OUT
sp
AND
LIFT
sp
NOT
DRAG
sp
THE
BOAT
ASHORE
sp
TAKING
IT
sp
FAR
ENOUGH
UP
sp
THE
BEACH
sp
SO
THAT
IT
sp
DOESN'T
sp
BLOW
AWAY
AGAIN
sp
LAUNCHING
WITH
AN
ONSHORE
WIND
sp
DEMANDS
A
POSITIVE
APPROACH
sp
WALK
THE
BOAT
OUT
UNTIL
THE
WATER
IS
sp
DEEP
ENOUGH
sp
FOR
YOU
TO
sp
PUT
sp
THE
sp
DAGGERBOARD
DOWN
sp
FAR
ENOUGH
sp
SO
THAT
YOU'LL
BE
ABLE
TO
sp
SAIL
AWAY
sp
PUSH
THE
RUDDER
DOWN
sp
PREPARE
EVERYTHING
sp
BECAUSE
IF
YOU
GET
IT
sp
WRONG
sp
YOU'LL
BE
sp
STRAIGHT
BACK
ON
THE
BEACH
AGAIN
sp
AND
THEN
sp
CLIMB
IN
sp
AND
sp
SAIL
AWAY
sp
CHOOSE
sp
THE
TACK
WHICH
sp
TAKES
sp
YOU
MOST
sp
DIRECTLY
sp
OFFSHORE
sp
AND
WHEN
YOU'RE
sp
CLEAR
AND
sp
ONLY
sp
THEN
sp
IT'S
TIME
sp
TO
WORRY
ABOUT
sp
THE
TECHNIQUE
sp
BY
sp
GETTING
THE
DAGGERBOARD
THE
REST
OF
sp
THE
WAY
DOWN
sp
AND
sp
SAILING
EFFICIENTLY
sp
RETURNING
WITH
AN
ONSHORE
WIND
IS
POTENTIALLY
THE
MOST
SPECTACULAR
OF
THE
LOT
sp
IF
sp
YOU
DON'T
sp
DO
SOMETHING
sp
YOU'LL
SAIL
STRAIGHT
UP
THE
BEACH
AND
RIP
sp
THE
BOTTOM
OUT
OF
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
SO
AS
YOU
COME
IN
sp
RAISE
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
LIFT
sp
THE
RUDDER
sp
AND
THEN
sp
WHEN
YOU
COME
INTO
SHALLOW
WATER
sp
TURN
THE
BOAT
UP
TOWARDS
sp
THE
WIND
sp
TO
LOSE
POWER
FOR
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
AND
STOP
sp
BEFORE
YOU
HIT
sp
THOSE
ROCKS
sp
THEN
AS
BEFORE
sp
STEP
OUT
sp
TO
THE
SHALLOW
sp
WATER
LIFT
OUT
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
RAISE
sp
THE
RUDDER
COMPLETELY
sp
AND
sp
LIFT
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
ASHORE
sp
NOW
WE'VE
COVERED
THE
BASIC
sp
TECHNIQUES
sp
OF
SAILING
sp
THE
BEST
WAY
OF
PUTTING
THEM
INTO
sp
PRACTICE
sp
IS
BY
SAILING
ROUND
THE
TRIANGULAR
COURSE
sp
AND
SO
I'VE
LAID
OUT
THESE
THREE
MARKS
sp
WE'LL
START
sp
DOWN
AT
THE
FAR
END
sp
OF
WHAT
WE
CALL
THE
LURED
MARK
sp
AND
FROM
sp
THERE
YOU'LL
HAVE
sp
TO
sp
TACK
sp
ALL
THE
WAY
UP
sp
TO
THIS
sp
CLOSEST
ONE
sp
THE
WINDWARD
MARK
sp
FROM
THERE
IT'S
sp
A
REACH
OUT
TO
THE
sp
FAR
END
TO
sp
THE
WIND
MARK
sp
DRIVE
THERE
AND
BACK
TO
sp
THE
BEGINNING
AGAIN
sp
GREAT
WE'LL
sp
TRY
IT
A
FEW
TIMES
sp
JUST
TO
sp
PUT
IT
ALL
INTO
PRACTICE
sp
OKAY
sp
LET'S
GO
THAT'S
sp
FINE
OKAY
OKAY
HOWARD
sp
THIS
SHOULD
BE
A
GOOD
TEST
TO
SEE
HOW
MUCH
SHE'S
LEARNT
sp
OVER
SHE
GOES
NO
SHE'S
sp
LET
OUT
sp
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
TO
SPILL
WIND
sp
AND
NOW
SHE'S
sp
UNDER
sp
CONTROL
sp
AGAIN
IT'S
QUITE
A
STEADY
sp
TACK
AROUND
THE
WINDWARD
sp
MARK
sp
NOW
THAT
SHE'S
REACHING
sp
SHE
SHOULD
HAVE
sp
RAISED
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
A
LITTLE
sp
NOW
sp
READY
FOR
THE
GYBE
sp
NO
I
DON'T
THINK
SHE'S
READY
sp
QUITE
sp
YET
sp
SHE'S
sp
GOT
A
FEW
sp
THINGS
TO
SORT
OUT
sp
FIRST
sp
AND
THAT'S
DEFINITELY
sp
NOT
sp
RIGHT
sp
SHE
WANTS
TO
RAISE
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
NOT
LOWER
sp
IT
sp
BIT
OF
CONFUSION
THERE
ABOUT
WHICH
WAY
TO
TURN
THE
sp
TILLER
sp
BUT
SHE'S
ROUND
sp
SAFELY
sp
SHE
SHOULD
BE
LOOKING
WHERE
SHE'S
sp
GOING
NOW
sp
INSTEAD
OF
SORTING
OUT
ALL
THE
sp
STRING
sp
OKAY
NOW
sp
SHE'S
OFF
sp
REALLY
QUICKLY
ON
A
REACH
sp
BUT
SHE'S
OVERSHEETED
sp
SHE'S
sp
GOT
sp
TOO
MUCH
POWER
THERE
sp
SHE'S
SHEETING
THE
SAIL
IN
sp
INSTEAD
OF
sp
EASING
IT
OUT
sp
UNTIL
IT
sp
FLAPS
AND
sp
THEN
JUST
sp
PULLING
sp
IT
IN
A
LITTLE
sp
SHOULD
SUZANNE
HAVE
LET
THE
sp
SAIL
OUT
LIKE
THAT
sp
NO
sp
BY
LETTING
THE
SHEET
GO
sp
SHE
sp
LOST
sp
POWER
sp
AFTER
THE
TACK
SHE'LL
HAVE
TO
PUT
IT
ALL
IN
AGAIN
sp
TO
ACCELERATE
AWAY
sp
NOW
sp
SITTING
OUT
sp
TO
sp
BALANCE
sp
THE
sp
WIND
sp
THAT
sp
TACK
LOOKED
OKAY
sp
YES
sp
BUT
SHE
sp
DOESN'T
NEED
THAT
sp
BUNDLE
OF
MAINSHEET
IN
HER
sp
HAND
sp
FOR
THIS
PART
OF
sp
THE
COURSE
sp
SHE
SHOULD
HAVE
THE
DAGGERBOARD
RIGHT
sp
DOWN
sp
AND
SHE
sp
COULD
BE
SAILING
sp
IN
SLIGHTLY
SHALLOWER
sp
TACKS
sp
TOWARDS
sp
US
sp
WHOOPS
WHAT
HAPPENED
THERE
sp
WELL
SHE
LET
THE
BOAT
HEEL
SO
sp
FAR
BEFORE
SHEETING
OUT
sp
THAT
THE
sp
BOOM
sp
HIT
THE
WATER
sp
AND
WOULDN'T
GO
ANY
sp
FURTHER
sp
SHE
RECOVERED
BY
LEANING
OUT
sp
MORE
sp
SUZANNE
'S
GOT
A
sp
GOOD
sp
SENSE
OF
BALANCE
sp
WHICH
IS
ALWAYS
USEFUL
WHEN
YOU'RE
sp
SAILING
sp
NOW
LET'S
sp
LOOK
AT
THIS
sp
GYBE
sp
TO
SEE
IF
IT'S
ANY
sp
SMOOTHER
sp
OH
sp
YES
sp
THAT'S
MUCH
sp
BETTER
sp
WOW
SHE'S
REALLY
TAKING
OFF
sp
NOW
YES
sp
THE
WIND
IS
STRONGER
OUT
THERE
sp
CONSIDERING
SHE'S
ONLY
BEEN
SAILING
FOR
A
COUPLE
OF
sp
DAYS
sp
SHE'S
DOING
VERY
WELL
sp
IF
SHE
WERE
MORE
NERVOUS
sp
WE'D
HAVE
REACHED
sp
THE
TOPPER
sp
SHE'S
STILL
A
LITTLE
UNSURE
ON
THOSE
TACKS
sp
SHE'S
EASING
OUT
sp
THE
MAINSHEET
AS
SHE
GOES
ROUND
sp
IT'S
NOT
DANGEROUS
sp
BUT
SHE
LOSES
sp
POWER
sp
AT
LEAST
SHE'S
sp
GOT
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
DOWN
THERE
I
sp
SEE
SHE'S
sp
SAILING
MORE
EFFICIENTLY
TO
WINDWARD
sp
WELL
IT
LOOKS
AS
IF
SUZANNE
IS
sp
BEGINNING
TO
RELAX
sp
AND
ENJOY
IT
sp
MORE
NOW
sp
SHE
CERTAINLY
IS
sp
AFTER
ONLY
A
sp
COUPLE
sp
OF
sp
CIRCUITS
HER
CONFIDENCE
sp
IS
GROWING
sp
SHE'S
ACTING
MORE
sp
NATURALLY
TO
sp
THE
GUSTS
sp
LEANING
OUT
sp
AND
THEN
EASING
OUT
THE
SHEET
sp
IT'S
ALL
BECOMING
A
MORE
NATURAL
PROCESS
WELL
HOW
WAS
THAT
sp
IT
sp
FELT
sp
ABSOLUTELY
sp
{OOV}
sp
YOU
sp
DID
sp
VERY
VERY
sp
WELL
sp
OH
THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH
sp
CAPSIZE
sp
THIS
IS
THE
PART
OF
SAILING
WHICH
sp
EVERY
BEGINNER
DREADS
sp
THE
sp
BOAT'S
sp
ON
ITS
sp
SIDE
IN
THE
WATER
sp
AND
YOU'RE
sp
NOWHERE
TO
BE
sp
SEEN
sp
BUT
IN
FACT
sp
IT'S
ALL
QUITE
STRAIGHTFORWARD
sp
NEITHER
THE
BOAT
NOR
YOU
sp
CAN
SINK
sp
AND
IT'S
sp
SIMPLY
A
QUESTION
sp
OF
PULLING
THE
BOAT
sp
BACK
sp
UPRIGHT
AGAIN
sp
AND
CARRYING
ON
sp
SAILING
sp
A
DELIBERATE
CAPSIZE
sp
IS
sp
PART
OF
sp
EVERY
BEGINNER'S
COURSE
sp
ONCE
YOU'VE
TRIED
IT
sp
YOU'LL
LOSE
ALL
ITS
sp
FEAR
FOR
sp
YOU
sp
THIS
sp
IS
THE
EASIEST
WAY
OF
sp
TURNING
THE
BOAT
OVER
sp
TO
TACK
sp
WITHOUT
sp
MOVING
sp
SWIM
CLEAR
OF
ALL
THE
ROPES
sp
SWIM
sp
AROUND
sp
TO
sp
THE
BACK
OF
sp
THE
sp
BOAT
sp
PULL
THE
DAGGERBOARD
DOWN
sp
AND
THEN
sp
SIMPLY
sp
FLIP
THE
BOAT
UPRIGHT
sp
AGAIN
sp
WITH
THE
TOPPER
sp
YOU'LL
sp
FIND
THAT
sp
THERE'S
VERY
LITTLE
sp
WATER
IN
THE
sp
COCKPIT
sp
AND
sp
SO
YOU
CAN
START
sp
SAILING
sp
ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY
sp
WITH
A
LITTLE
MORE
CONFIDENCE
sp
YOU
BARELY
NEED
TO
sp
GET
YOUR
sp
FEET
sp
WET
sp
IF
THE
BOAT
sp
CAPSIZES
BECAUSE
IT'S
OVERPOWERED
sp
SIMPLY
SCRAMBLE
INTO
THE
HIGH
sp
SIDE
sp
UNTIL
YOU
END
UP
sp
STANDING
ON
THE
DAGGERBOARD
sp
THEN
LEVER
THE
HULL
UPRIGHT
AGAIN
sp
AND
sp
CLAMBER
BACK
sp
IN
sp
IT'S
AS
sp
SIMPLE
AS
sp
THAT
sp
THE
sp
WORST
THING
THAT
CAN
HAPPEN
sp
IS
FOR
THE
BOAT
TO
BECOME
TOTALLY
INVERTED
sp
AND
HERE
sp
YOU
NEED
TO
sp
SLIDE
THE
DAGGERBOARD
QUICKLY
OUT
BEFORE
IT
DROPS
sp
THROUGH
THE
HULL
sp
NOW
sp
THE
sp
ACCENT
IS
ON
sp
PATIENCE
sp
JUST
THINK
OF
THE
RESISTANCE
sp
TO
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
sp
DRAGGING
sp
THROUGH
THE
WATER
sp
YOU
HAVE
sp
TO
PULL
VERY
sp
SLOWLY
AND
CAREFULLY
sp
TRY
sp
TO
sp
JERK
IT
sp
AND
YOU'LL
sp
BEND
OR
sp
POSSIBLY
BREAK
sp
SOMETHING
sp
ONCE
sp
THE
RINK
BREAKS
sp
THROUGH
THE
SURFACE
sp
EVERYTHING
HAPPENS
sp
FAR
MORE
QUICKLY
sp
YOU
SCRAMBLE
IN
sp
AND
YOU'RE
READY
TO
sp
SAIL
AGAIN
sp
IF
THINGS
GO
DRASTICALLY
sp
WRONG
sp
AND
YOU'RE
A
LONG
WAY
FROM
HOME
AND
NEED
TO
CALL
FOR
HELP
sp
THE
MOST
EFFECTIVE
WAY
IS
WITH
AN
ORANGE
SMOKE
FLARE
sp
IF
YOU
SEE
ONE
OF
THESE
FROM
THE
SHORE
sp
PHONE
THE
COASTGUARD
sp
EVEN
IF
YOU'RE
UPRIGHT
sp
YOU
MIGHT
NEED
TO
CALL
FOR
ASSISTANCE
sp
PERHAPS
YOU'RE
EXHAUSTED
sp
WHERE
YOU'VE
sp
HAD
A
GEAR
PROBLEM
sp
WHILE
YOU'RE
WAITING
sp
ROLL
THE
SAIL
UP
ROUND
THE
MAST
sp
THAT
sp
WILL
REDUCE
YOUR
RATE
OF
sp
DRIFT
sp
AND
AVOID
THE
RISK
OF
sp
FURTHER
CAPSIZE
sp
SO
sp
YOU
TIE
IT
UP
NEATLY
sp
OUT
OF
THE
WAY
sp
THEN
YOU
CAN
SIGNAL
sp
FOR
HELP
IN
THE
APPROVED
METHOD
sp
RAISING
AND
LOWERING
YOUR
ARMS
sp
SLOWLY
sp
IT
MAY
BE
sp
TIRING
sp
BUT
sp
KEEP
SIGNALLING
sp
UNTIL
YOU'RE
sp
ABSOLUTELY
sp
CERTAIN
sp
THAT
SOMEBODY
HAS
SEEN
YOU
sp
AND
IS
ON
THEIR
WAY
sp
AS
THE
RESCUE
BOAT
APPROACHES
sp
PREPARE
TO
BE
sp
TOWED
BY
TAKING
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
OUT
sp
AND
GET
YOUR
sp
PAINTER
READY
sp
TO
PASS
sp
TO
THE
RESCUE
BOAT
sp
THIS
IS
MORE
MY
KIND
OF
sp
SAILING
sp
RESCUING
DAMSELS
sp
IN
DISTRESS
sp
RESCUE
BOATS
ARE
EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT
sp
GOOD
sp
SAILING
CENTRES
WILL
HAVE
AT
LEAST
sp
ONE
AND
CERTAINLY
sp
THE
R
Y
A
ONES
DO
sp
AND
THEY'RE
IMPORTANT
sp
BECAUSE
sp
IF
sp
BEGINNERS
GET
INTO
sp
DIFFICULTIES
OUT
ON
THE
WATER
sp
YOU
NEED
sp
TO
BE
ABLE
TO
GET
sp
TO
THEM
AS
sp
QUICKLY
AS
sp
POSSIBLE
sp
AND
IT
ALSO
sp
GIVES
sp
THEM
A
SENSE
OF
SECURITY
sp
TO
HAVE
ONE
OF
THESE
THINGS
AROUND
sp
ARE
YOU
ALRIGHT
LIKE
sp
THAT
THE
sp
{OOV}
GET
HER
INTO
sp
SHORE
sp
SO
YOU'VE
SHOWN
US
ALL
THE
BASIC
sp
TECHNIQUES
sp
OF
SAILING
sp
AND
MORE
IMPORTANTLY
HOW
TO
GET
YOURSELF
RESCUED
SHOULD
sp
THINGS
GET
OUT
sp
OF
HAND
sp
BUT
APART
FROM
THE
DUBIOUS
sp
PLEASURE
OF
CAPSIZING
sp
ARE
THERE
ANY
OTHER
WAYS
OF
GETTING
sp
THOROUGHLY
WET
sp
AS
WITH
ANY
OTHER
SPORT
sp
HOWARD
THE
sp
REAL
EXHILARATION
OF
sp
SAILING
COMES
WHEN
YOU'RE
GOING
sp
FASTER
sp
AND
THAT
CAN
sp
CERTAINLY
MEAN
GETTING
WET
sp
IN
OUR
CASE
sp
THE
WIND
IS
sp
THE
DRIVING
FORCE
sp
SO
LET'S
sp
NOW
LOOK
AT
STRONG
WIND
sp
TECHNIQUE
sp
IN
sp
STRONG
WINDS
sp
WE
DON'T
WANT
BEGINNERS
sp
TO
BE
OVERPOWERED
sp
AND
SO
WE
REDUCE
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
AREA
sp
THAT'S
sp
KNOWN
AS
REEFING
sp
OKAY
SO
HOW
DO
YOU
DO
THAT
ON
sp
ON
THIS
sp
ON
A
TOPPER
IT'S
sp
VERY
sp
SIMPLE
sp
YOU
sp
SIMPLY
sp
EASE
OFF
sp
THE
sp
OUT
HAUL
sp
TAKE
THE
sp
KICKER
OFF
sp
COMPLETELY
sp
AND
THEN
sp
WE
sp
ROTATE
sp
THE
MAST
sp
THEN
JUST
sp
WIND
THE
sp
SAIL
UP
sp
WHEN
WE'VE
sp
FINISHED
sp
WE
sp
TENSION
sp
THE
OUT
HAUL
sp
AND
PUT
THE
KITTY
sp
STRAP
BACK
ON
WELL
sp
THAT
sp
THING'S
sp
PRETTY
EASY
IF
YOU'RE
DOING
IT
ON
THE
BEACH
sp
BUT
sp
WHAT
IF
sp
YOU'RE
OUT
IN
THE
WATER
AND
IT
sp
SUDDENLY
sp
GUSTS
sp
UP
sp
JUST
sp
HOW
EASY
sp
IS
sp
IT
TO
DO
THAT
sp
WELL
IT'S
ALWAYS
sp
BETTER
sp
TO
REEF
ASHORE
IF
sp
YOU
CAN
BUT
IF
YOU
DO
GET
sp
CAUGHT
OUT
sp
YOU
CAN
REEF
AFLOAT
sp
JUST
sp
THE
sp
SAME
sp
I
sp
REMEMBER
THE
TIME
I
WAS
OUT
THERE
STRUGGLING
IN
A
sp
STRONG
WIND
THE
sp
BOAT
WAS
sp
DEFINITELY
OVERPOWERED
sp
I
HAD
TO
USE
A
LOT
OF
RUDDER
sp
TO
KEEP
sp
SAILING
ON
A
sp
STRAIGHT
sp
COURSE
sp
IF
A
BOAT
HEELED
RIGHT
OVER
IT'S
NOT
GOOD
FOR
THE
BOAT
AND
IT
SLOWS
YOU
DOWN
sp
IT
IS
FAR
BETTER
TO
REEF
sp
THE
TECHNIQUE
IS
sp
JUST
THE
SAME
AFLOAT
sp
AS
IT
WAS
ASHORE
sp
ROLL
THE
SAIL
AROUND
THE
MAST
sp
UNTIL
IT'S
REDUCED
IN
AREA
sp
IN
THESE
CONDITIONS
sp
I
WANTED
TO
GET
sp
RID
OF
ABOUT
A
sp
THIRD
OF
THE
ORIGINAL
SAIL
AREA
sp
AND
SO
THAT'S
IT
sp
NOW
I'M
SAILING
MUCH
MORE
HAPPILY
sp
INSTEAD
OF
STRUGGLING
AGAINST
THE
BOAT
sp
I'M
sp
SAILING
IN
HARMONY
sp
AGAIN
sp
THE
EXCESS
sp
SAIL
sp
IS
ROLLED
UP
sp
NEATLY
AROUND
THE
MAST
sp
OUT
OF
THE
WAY
sp
AND
sp
STILL
I'VE
GOOD
A
sp
GOOD
sp
SAIL
sp
SHAPE
sp
THAT
MEANS
I
CAN
sp
SAIL
HAPPILY
sp
UPWIND
sp
OR
DOWNWIND
sp
IN
PERFECT
CONTROL
THE
WHOLE
sp
TIME
sp
THAT'S
sp
{OOV}
TO
AN
sp
EXPERT
sp
SAILOR
sp
TO
REEF
sp
WASN'T
IT
BECAUSE
OF
sp
COURSE
THE
sp
STRONGER
THE
WIND
THE
MORE
EXCITING
THE
sp
SAILING
sp
{OOV}
ABSOLUTELY
sp
SO
IF
WE
MOVE
OVER
FROM
SUZANNE
'S
sp
BOAT
OVER
TO
MINE
sp
WE'LL
sp
SEE
SOME
OF
sp
THE
FITTINGS
sp
WHICH
sp
MAKE
THE
BOAT
GO
FASTER
OKAY
sp
RIGHT
SO
WHAT
HAVE
WE
GOT
HERE
sp
WELL
sp
THIS
sp
BOAT'S
sp
FITTED
WITH
THE
{OOV}
RACE
sp
PACK
sp
WHICH
sp
GIVES
IT
A
LOT
OF
THE
EXTRA
CONTROLS
THAT
sp
YOU'D
EXPECT
ON
A
LARGER
sp
SAIL
sp
BOAT
sp
FIRST
sp
OF
ALL
WE'VE
sp
GOT
sp
THE
sp
KICKING
STRAP
{OOV}
THREE
TO
ONE
PURCHASE
sp
THE
sp
DOWN
HAUL
sp
HAS
sp
A
sp
THREE
TO
ONE
sp
PURCHASE
sp
AND
THE
OUT
HAUL
THAT'S
GOT
A
FOUR
TO
ONE
PURCHASE
sp
IT
ALL
SOUNDS
A
LOT
MORE
sp
COMPLICATED
sp
NOW
AREN'T
YOU
JUST
MAKING
EXTRA
WORK
sp
FOR
YOURSELF
sp
NO
IN
sp
FACT
sp
IT
MAKES
LIFE
EASIER
sp
THREE
TO
ONE
FOUR
TO
ONE
sp
THAT
SIMPLY
sp
MEANS
sp
THAT
IT'S
sp
THAT
MUCH
EASIER
TO
sp
PULL
EVERYTHING
IN
sp
{OOV}
THE
sp
SCALE
sp
ALONG
THE
BOOM
THERE
ONE
TO
sp
TEN
WHAT
DOES
THAT
sp
MEAN
sp
WELL
THAT'S
FOR
CONSISTENCY
OF
SAIL
SETTING
sp
IF
YOU
KNOW
THAT
sp
FOR
YOUR
PARTICULAR
WEIGHT
sp
AND
sp
THE
sp
CERTAIN
WIND
STRENGTH
sp
YOU
WANT
THE
BLOCK
sp
NEXT
sp
TO
NUMBER
FOUR
sp
YOU
KEEP
IT
LIKE
THAT
ALL
THE
TIME
sp
YOU
CAN
ALWAYS
GO
STRAIGHT
sp
THROUGH
IT
IT
WOULD
BE
RIGHT
sp
EVERY
sp
TIME
sp
YES
sp
IN
YOUR
sp
ENTHUSIASM
TO
GET
AFLOAT
IN
A
GOOD
BREEZE
sp
IT'S
EASY
TO
FORGET
sp
ABOUT
GETTING
THE
RIGHT
sp
SAIL
SHAPE
sp
AND
THE
EFFECT
sp
CAN
BE
DREADFUL
sp
JUST
LOOK
AT
THIS
sp
THE
sp
SAIL
IS
sp
FAR
TOO
FULL
FOR
THE
CONDITIONS
sp
THE
FOOT
IS
sp
BILLOWING
OUT
sp
AND
sp
THE
sp
LUFF
sp
IS
HORRIBLY
WRINKLED
sp
WHICH
HAS
GOT
sp
TOO
MUCH
POWER
THERE
sp
IT'S
A
sp
BAG
OF
sp
WIND
sp
THE
sp
GENERAL
RULE
IS
sp
IF
IT
LOOKS
sp
BAD
IT
PROBABLY
IS
sp
BAD
sp
SO
LET'S
GET
IT
RIGHT
sp
FIRST
WE
TENSION
THE
FOOT
sp
AND
THEN
THE
LUFF
sp
UNTIL
WE
GET
A
sp
PROPERLY
SHAPED
AEROFOIL
sp
ANOTHER
CLASSIC
MISTAKE
IS
TO
sp
FORGET
sp
TO
sp
TIGHTEN
THE
KITTEN
sp
STRAP
sp
FOR
BOOM
BANG
sp
WHEN
YOU'RE
BEATING
IT
DOESN'T
MATTER
BECAUSE
sp
THE
sp
BOOM
IS
HELD
DOWN
BY
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
IF
sp
YOU
DON'T
sp
TENSION
THE
BOOM
sp
BANG
WHEN
YOU'RE
SAILING
sp
OFF
sp
WIND
sp
THE
BOOM
sp
WILL
JUST
LIFT
sp
THE
SAIL
ROLL
sp
TWIST
sp
AND
YOU'LL
GET
sp
BAGS
OF
UNCONTROLLABLE
POWER
sp
THE
WAY
TO
sp
TIGHTEN
IT
sp
IS
WHEN
YOU'RE
ON
sp
A
sp
BEAT
sp
JUST
sp
PULL
IT
IN
sp
AS
sp
THE
sp
TENSION
IS
TAKEN
BY
THE
MAINSHEET
sp
WHAT
ARE
SO
sp
SPECIAL
ABOUT
THESE
sp
RACING
BIRDS
OF
A
{OOV}
sp
THE
OTHER
THING
WE'VE
sp
GOT
sp
IS
A
sp
RATCHET
sp
BLOCK
ON
THE
MAINSHEETS
sp
WHAT
DOES
sp
THAT
sp
MEAN
sp
I'LL
sp
TELL
YOU
sp
HEAR
THAT
NOISE
sp
AHA
sp
THAT'S
A
RATCHET
sp
LOCKING
THE
sp
SHEETS
sp
SO
sp
ALL
THE
LOAD
IS
sp
TAKEN
BY
THE
sp
BLOCK
sp
AND
I'M
JUST
sp
HOLDING
IT
sp
THAT
MEANS
sp
THAT
YOU
CAN
sp
SAIL
FOR
sp
LONGER
sp
STRONG
WINDS
WITHOUT
GETTING
sp
TIRED
sp
SO
IT'S
A
LOT
MORE
sp
FUN
sp
IT'S
sp
ALSO
PRETTY
sp
WET
sp
BUT
WITH
THE
RATCHET
sp
BLOCK
sp
TAKING
THE
sp
STRAIN
OUT
OF
sp
CONTROLLING
THE
SAIL
sp
I
CAN
CONCENTRATE
ON
TECHNIQUE
sp
AND
HAVING
sp
FUN
sp
AND
RESPOND
TO
THE
GUSTS
sp
BY
SHEETING
IN
sp
OR
SHEETING
OUT
IF
I'M
OVERPOWERED
sp
AND
MOVING
BODYWEIGHT
IN
OR
OUT
sp
TO
SUIT
sp
THE
sp
{OOV}
EVEN
sp
WITH
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
SAILING
sp
FLAT
sp
A
sp
CERTAIN
AMOUNT
OF
SPRAY
GOES
ABOARD
sp
SO
GET
THE
BAILER
DOWN
sp
TO
sp
DRAIN
THE
COCKPIT
sp
THE
DAGGERBOARD
IS
RAISED
SLIGHTLY
FROM
THE
SAME
POSITION
IN
LIGHTER
WINDS
sp
BECAUSE
THE
BOAT'S
sp
SAILING
FASTER
sp
IF
sp
THE
sp
WIND
DROPS
A
BIT
THEN
sp
YOU
CAN
sp
SIT
INBOARD
MORE
TO
KEEP
sp
THE
BOAT
sp
FLAT
sp
THIS
IS
WHAT
SAILING
IS
sp
REALLY
ALL
ABOUT
sp
IT'S
NOT
A
STRUGGLE
sp
YOU'RE
HARNESSING
THE
ELEMENTS
sp
AND
HAVING
sp
FUN
sp
SAILING
UPWIND
sp
WORKS
THE
BOAT
OVER
THE
WAVES
sp
GENTLY
WELL
sp
IT
sp
REALLY
sp
LOOKS
sp
AS
IF
sp
YOU'RE
HAVING
A
LOT
OF
sp
FUN
OUT
THERE
JOHN
sp
BUT
YOU
ARE
AN
EXPERT
NOW
I'M
SURE
THAT
sp
SCREAMING
ALONG
WITH
sp
FIFTEEN
KNOT
IN
A
FORCE
sp
SIX
sp
IS
REALLY
EXCITING
sp
BUT
FOR
A
LANDLUBBER
LIKE
MYSELF
IT'S
CERTAINLY
NOT
ON
sp
AS
I
sp
SUSPECT
IT'S
NOT
FOR
MANY
OF
sp
THE
sp
PEOPLE
sp
HERE
sp
WELL
sp
SAILING
IS
WHAT
YOU
WANT
IT
TO
sp
BE
sp
FOR
sp
SOME
OF
US
sp
IT'S
sp
PITTING
OUR
sp
STRENGTH
sp
AGAINST
THE
ELEMENTS
sp
FOR
OTHERS
sp
IT'S
sp
PITTING
OUR
WITS
sp
AGAINST
OTHER
PEOPLE
BY
GOING
RACING
sp
AND
YET
OTHER
PEOPLE
sp
SEEK
ADVENTURE
sp
BY
EXPLORING
sp
NEW
sp
SAILING
AREAS
sp
AND
THE
sp
BEAUTY
OF
A
sp
SMALL
sp
SAIL
BOAT
LIKE
sp
THE
TOPPER
sp
IS
THAT
sp
YOU
sp
CAN
DO
ALL
OF
sp
THESE
sp
IN
TIDAL
WATERS
LIKE
THE
CHANNEL
ISLANDS
sp
YOU
MUST
sp
FIND
OUT
WHAT
THE
TIDES
ARE
DOING
sp
THAT
MEANS
LOOKING
UP
sp
THE
TIDE
TABLES
sp
TO
SEE
THE
TIMES
OF
sp
HIGH
AND
LOW
WATER
sp
AND
THE
TIDAL
sp
STREAM
sp
{OOV}
LIST
sp
TO
FIND
THE
MAXIMUM
RATES
sp
IN
TIDE
FREE
WATERS
LIKE
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
sp
WE
DON'T
HAVE
sp
THE
SAME
PROBLEM
sp
BUT
sp
WE
STILL
NEED
TO
CONSULT
A
sp
CHART
sp
TO
sp
FIND
OUT
A
SUITABLE
LOCATION
FOR
SAILING
sp
THAT
MAY
BE
AFFECTED
BY
THE
PREVAILING
WIND
sp
AND
WE'LL
HAVE
sp
TO
FIND
A
SUITABLE
LAUNCHING
sp
SITE
sp
WELL
THIS
sp
IS
A
BEAUTIFUL
sp
BOAT
sp
PRESUMABLY
WE
CAN
JUST
sp
GO
AND
LOAD
sp
RIG
UP
AND
AWAY
WE
GO
sp
CAN
sp
WE
sp
WELL
ALMOST
IN
sp
THIS
sp
PARTICULAR
sp
BAY
sp
IT'S
sp
FINE
sp
WE
KNOW
sp
IT'S
sp
A
sp
PUBLIC
sp
BEACH
sp
WE'VE
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IF
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ABOUT
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OUT
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YOU'RE
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sp
TO
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WELL
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ALL
SET
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sp
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sp
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sp
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ARE
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SURE
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AT
HOME
OVER
sp
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WINTER
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THING
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INTO
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OF
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IT
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OUT
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SO
ALL
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NOW
sp
IS
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TO
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sp
AND
GO
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sp
NOW
THAT
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LEARNT
TO
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ON
YOUR
OWN
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sp
STEP
IS
TO
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WITH
OTHER
PEOPLE
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THAT
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IF
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OF
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COMPETITIVE
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MOST
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PROVIDE
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OPPORTUNITY
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FOR
YOU
TO
sp
START
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AND
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sp
FASTER
WAY
INTO
A
sp
PRETTY
GOOD
TECHNIQUE
sp
THAN
BY
sp
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MORE
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NO
INTENTION
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sp
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sp
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OF
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sp
BEST
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THE
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AN
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RALLIES
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sp
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AND
sp
INTERNATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
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I'M
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sp
PERFECTLY
sp
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sp
PEOPLE
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sp
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sp
PROVIDED
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PERFECT
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OUR
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OF
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sp
{OOV}
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sp
TO
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sp
EXCELLENT
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sp
AT
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sp
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sp
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AND
PARTICULARLY
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TO
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sp
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WITH
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IN
NO
TIME
AT
ALL
sp
IT
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sp
WELL
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AS
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TO
GO
AND
sp
SHOW
US
sp
WHAT
sp
YOU
CAN
sp
DO
sp
SO
I'LL
GIVE
YOU
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UP
AND
sp
AWAY
YOU
sp
GO
sp
BYE
sp