Racing
how many whistles are blown at 30 seconds to the start?
3 short whistles
Name 5 kinds of boats used at this yacht club
cal20s, FJs, Lasers, Optis, Angels, C15s, kayaks, some specific other cases
what is the figure 8 knot used for?
Stopper Knot, to prevent a line passing through a cleat, eye, block, etc.
What is the big sailing event happening at the Yacht Club tomorrow?
C15 Nationals
What is the point of sail perpendicular to the wind?
Beam Reach
what is the penalty for your boat coming into contact with another boat in a race?
Penalty spin of 360 degrees
how many times do you run your laser main sheet through a block?
5 times!
there are 4 blocks, but you run the mainsheet twice through the one at the end of the boom.
name 3 things that give one sailboat the right of way over another
starboard tack, leeward boat, being overtaken, being damaged or disabled, entering the 3 boat lengths circle first in a race.
what are the names of 4 of the docked cal20 boats?
Some combination of: Argo, Venus envy, Cactus flower, Knot now, Merlin, Mercury, Pluto, Minnie, and Chica.
What are the three types of reaches?
Close Reach, Beam Reach, Broad Reach
Describe a windward leeward course with a gate
start through gate, tack up around mark, avoid gate on the way down, gybe around mark, finish through the gate again.
What is the VERY last thing you do to get your opti rigged and ready to set off?
Attach your mainsheet on the water
what is described by the phrase "chicken gybe"?
going the long way around, doing a tack even if you're on a somewhat downwind point of sail to avoid gybing
What was Caleb's (the tugboat) original name?
Panameta
What is the three boat length circle?
The Zone is an imaginary area with the mark at its
center, and extending out a distance equal to three
hull lengths. As boats near a mark, rule 18 (Mark-Room) provides specific instructions
regarding which boats are entitled to mark-room, which must give mark-room to
others, etc. These instructions begin to apply when the boats first enter the zone
What are the names of the three corners of a laser sail?
Head, Tack, Clew.
what is/are kinetics, and name two ways to use kinetics
Ways to move a sailboat independent of the wind.
Pumping, sculling, hiking, roll tacking, sitting on the lee in low wind, and more
what is the Thwart on an opti?
the wall running sideways across the middle of the boat, that you should be sitting up next to when you sail.
What is (generally) the fastest point of sail? (hint: it is not the fastest point of sail for optis)
Broad reach