Points of Sail
This point of sail is when you are traveling perpendicular to the wind with your sail about half way out.
What is a Beam Reach?
This is what the front of the boat is called.
What is the bow?
This knot is often used for joining two lines of equal diameter together, and we use it to tie the daggerboard bungee around the mast.
What is a square knot?
This point of sail is when you are traveling as high into the wind as possible with your sail trimmed all the way in.
What is close hauled?
This is what the back of the boat is called.
What is the stern?
This knot is very strong, is easy to untie, and we use it to tie our mainsheet to our traveler wire on the Sunfish.
What is a bowline?
This point of sail is when you are sailing in the same direction as the wind and your sail in all the way out.
What is a run, or sailing downwind?
This is what the right side of the boat is called.
What is the starboard side?
This knot is used to tie a boat to a dock cleat, and we also use it to tie off our Sunfish halyard.
What is a cleat hitch?
This point of sail is when you are in between a beam reach and close-hauled, and is also the point of sail used for safety position.
what is close reach?
This is what the left side of the boat is called.
What is the port side?
This knot is a great stopper knot, and can be challenging to get undone once it's really tight. We often use it as a stopper knot on our Sunfish mainsheets.
What is a barrel knot?
This point of sail is when you are sailing in between a broad reach, and downwind, with your sail about 3/4 of the way out.
What is a broad reach?
This is what the piece is called that mounts to the transom, goes down into the water, and is used to steer the boat.
what is the rudder?
This knot is used for joining two lines with different diameters, and though we don't use it a whole lot, it can be useful for connecting a dock line from a motorboat to a towline from a sailboat.
What is a sheet bend?