USPS® Education - Members Only - Elective

    USPS® Sail        

Prerequisites ( Squadron Membership )

Start Date Sail 101 & 102 - Completed/Closed

Note: Instructors require that all classes beyond Public Boating
have a minimum of six students enrolled for each class.

Instructor: H. Lin Smith (AP)
Asst: Janet B. Cass (P)

NOTE: Members will NOT be called for enrollment. It is up to each person to take the initiative
for signing up. Apply early, as student manuals must be ordered. Please contact the Squadron or
the appropriate instructor.

Sail guides you through the special terminology and dynamics of sailing, hulls and rigging, wind and water forces and balance, points of sail, sail handling, and navigation rules unique to sailing.

The Squadron Sail Course (Sa) Prerequisites: Squadron Member

  Sail Module 101

This course module, Basic Sail, provides a through study of the terminology of sailing; as well as information on the following subjects:

 

  • Sailboat rigs
  • Sail plans
  • Boat design and hull types
  • Sails
  • Standing rigging
  • Running rigging
  • Wind
  • Preparing to sail
  • Sailing upwind
  • Sailing downwind
  • Docking and anchoring
  • Marlinespike seamanship
  • Navigation rules.
     

  Sail Module 102

This course module, Advanced Sail, provides information on the following subjects:
  • Wind forces
  • Stability
  • Balance
  • Sail shape
  • Tuning the rig
  • Steering and Helmsmanship
  • Spinnaker Handling
  • Heavy Weather Sailing
  • Storm Conditions
  • Sailing Safety
  • Sailboat Racing
  • Race Management
  • Navigation Rules

For information on the USPS public boating course closest to you, call 1-888-FOR-USPS.
In Canada, for the CPS course, call 1-888-CPS-BOAT.

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