Sailing School
Skipper Training I (for beginners)
Introduction to the on-board systems
Below deck:
Panel, charger and fuses, main switch, 220 Volt System
Gas system, changing the gas bottle, Gas-valves
Toilets, sea valves, holding tank
Engine: oil pressure, coolant control, V-belts, impellers, emergency-stop
On deck:
Mainsail-furling
Genoa-Furling
Operation of the electric windlass
Motorpanel: start, stop, circuit alarms
Navigation instruments
Practical works on deck
Bends and their use
Fixing the Fenders
Fixing the mooring-lines on the cleat
Operation of the stern lines and the mooring lines
Operation of the winches
Introduction to the life-saving equipment
Initial maneuvers
Under engine
Straight forward, curve left and right, turning)
Mooring astern to the berth
Leaving the berth
Sail Training
Using the Genoa and mainsail (Rolling out, rolling in, reefing)
Controlling the various courses
Tack, jibe, Q - tack, Heaving to
Rescue maneuvers (Quick Stop, Q - Tack)
Rescue maneuvers under power
Anchor maneuver (free anchoring)
This Skipper- training for beginners should help to control a sailing-boat.
Available as a daily, multi-day or weekly rate.
Skipper Training II
Harbour manoeuvres
Berthing:
berthing alongside with springs
astern to the quay (with mooring-line)
astern to the quay with anchor
leaving the berth
Turn on the plate
Turning in the harbour in a tight pit lane
Keep the boat steady in the harbour or marina with lots of wind
Sailing Training
Setting sails and reefing the sails
Sailing maneuvers (Tacking, jibes, Q - Tacks, to heave to)
Using the sails in the different courses to the wind
Sail trim:
Genoa:
Genoa-adjustments
Using the Tell - Tails
Genoa-traveller-adjustment
Flatten the Genoa and making it more round
Main-sail:
changing the tension of the leaches
Interaction of boom vang, mainsheet traveler and using the tell -tails
Anchor manoeuvres:
anchor free-swinging (chain length, anchor dig in, check whether it holds)
anchor-bearings
anchoring with a line ashore
using a second anchor
mooring astern at the quay with bow anchor
Strong-wind Training
Safety training
Instruction in the various life-saving equipment on board (life raft, life belts, jackets, signalling devices, pumps, fire extinguishers
Motor manoeuvres for MOB
Sailing manoeuvres for MOB (Q-tack, quick stop, emergency jibe, Munich manoeuvre)
Theory (if desired)
Sailing theory (the various forces on the sail with the same true wind, but
different courses to the wind, why reefing the sails? etc.)
Navigation and Navigation - systems
Meteorology (thunderstorms, storm, thermal, wind-systems)
Motor informations
Our skipper training is available as a weekly course or as a one-day or multi-day course
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