Personal
Safety
Safety
equipment aboard the yacht, where it is stowed and how to use it
One
hand for yourself and one for the boat
Suitable
clothing and footwear
Ropework
Securing
ropes on cleats
coiling
and care of ropes and sheets ability
to tie :- round turn and two half hitches, reef knot and bowline
Working
as a sheet hand
Safe
and correct use of winches
Easing
and hardening-in sheets
Relative
Direction
Windward
/ leeward
Fore
/ aft / abeam/
Ahead
/ astern / abeam
Port/starboard Close
hauled / Beam Reach / Broad Reach
The
compass
Hand
Bearing compass
Steering
compass
Taking
a bearing
The
Chart
Scale,
land/sea definition
Depths Sign-posts
of the sea - light houses, buoys and beacons
Steering
Turning
upwind / downwind
Bearing
away / luffing up
Tacking
and Gybing
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