About the class

• The class consists of 6 one hour classroom sessions and 4 afternoon water lessons.
• The book is provided as part of the class. This year we are using "The Complete Sailor" by David Seidman.
• The Classroom notes and handouts will be available on the website noted above before the class starts. The pages listed are from the book. Due to copyright issues images of those pages can't be posted.
• You will sign up with a water instructor at the first class. Generally there will be three students to each water instructor. The schedule for the water lessons will be coordinated with your instructor and your fellow crew members. The water instructor will be responsible for all the water lessons and your water test.
• If you feel you have adequate sailing experience to get qualified without the class, Fred can put you in contact with one of the "qualifiers".

Class notes

• Lecture 1 - Wind, sails and rigging
• Lecture 2 - Boat Theory, changing tacks, man-overboard
• Lecture 3 - How to sail well, right of way, capsize, heaving-to
• Lecture 4 - Weather, Tides, anchors, navigation and, things to memorize
• Lecture 5 - Leaving and returning, required equipment, chartering, sample Flying Scot checklist
• Lecture 6 - Test and Review

Other resources

• Flying Scot checklist
• Frequently used knots
• Animated knots
• MIT online sailing course

Sailing tests

• Basic Sailing Examination or Interactive On-Line Version (Test Yourself!)
• Sailing Quiz
• Water Test Form

Student feedback form

• Students are kindly asked to fill out the student feedback form and send it to Jay Smith (Code 550)