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This beginner course will teach the basics of rigging a boat, basic boat handling, sailing fundamentals, seamanship (knots, weather, etc.), sportsmanship, and water safety. Instruction is done in Optimists with two sailors/boat. The goals of this class are to: ‐ be able to rig and de‐rig an Optimist ‐ know the points of sail ‐ be able to label all the parts of the boat ‐ be comfortable steering the boat and trimming the sail ‐ be able to leave the dock and return ‐ be able to tack and gybe safely ‐ be able to capsize and recover ‐ know starboard vs. port and windward vs. leeward ‐ know how to tie knots (figure‐8, square, bowline)
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