INTERMEDIATE LEARN TO SAIL

                                          "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
                                                                                                     John Wooden



Successful completion of the Basic Learn to Sail course and instructor's recommendation is required to advance to Intermediate Level.

                                                  DETAILED LESSON PLAN

Recommended text:  "The Annapolis Book of Seamanship by John Rousmaniaere."

Lesson 1
Downwind sailing. Wing & wing. Lee shore concerns.
Understanding lift, drag, balance and using speed instruments as trim guides.
MOB scenarios.
Sail Trim on all points of sail. 
Sailing a figure 8.
Diamond of Doom with 4 buoys.
Sailing back to the slip. No outboard. Docking under sail only.
Secure the boat.
Log book entries.

Lesson 2
Piloting
Navigation using LOP and ships compass.
Navigation tools. Dividers, drawing compass. Parallel rulers. Station finder. Pelorus.
Anchoring with bow and stern anchors. Marking anchor location with mooring buoy.
Picking up a mooring.
Running aground. Kedging off.
Climbing the mast. Bosuns chair. Climbing harness.
Dropping the mast. How to . . .
Adjusting standing rigging. Loose gauge.
Spring lines.
Secure the boat.
Log book entries.

Lesson 3
Night Sail.
Identifying navigation lights at night.
Celestial navigation basics.
MOB at night.
Ranges.
Using ships compass for headings at night.
Secure the boat.
Log book entries.

Lesson 4
Heavy Weather sailing. 
Flattening sails.

Reefing when it’s too late.
Forereaching.
Heaving to.
Motion sickness medications.

Running bare pole with drogue/warp.
VHF procedures. May day. Pan pan.
Tethering and chest harness.
Engine failure. Sailing back to the dock.

Secure the boat.
Log book entries.

Lesson 5
Solo.
Secure the boat.
Log book entries.
Certificate of completion awarded.