Rules of the Road
This tack always has right of way over the opposite tack.
What is Starboard?
A nearby park with a tall stone tower.
What is the Dingle?
When things in a store become cheaper, but spelt differently.
What is a Sail?
This is the only AYC instructor that previously sailed in the AYC Learn to Sail program.
Who is Connor?
These are the names of the three sails on a Club 420.
What are the Main, Jib, and Spinnaker?
What is Leeward?
What are the MacKay and Macdonald bridges?
The material used in tires, but the b's are turned the other way around
What is a rudder?
These are the only two instructors that had not been to the AYC Learn To Sail program before this summer.
Who are Noah and Zoe?
This is the full name of the Opti.
What is the Optimist?
The amount of distance from a buoy where buoy room can be enacted.
What is 3 boat lengths away from the buoy?
These are the three other boating clubs beside AYC that feed into the Northwest Arm.
A small knife, and a piece of floor
What is a Daggerboard?
This instructor was a Cadet Officer prior to becoming an AYC Learn to Sail instructor.
Who is Kira?
This is the name of the riskiest point of sail, the point of sail past a straight downwind run.
What is By the Lee?
The boat that has right of way when one boat is trying to overtake another boat on the same tack.
What is the boat being overtaken?
This small island near the Halifax Waterfront is the location of Fort Charlotte, named after the wife of a king from the late 1700's.
What is Georges Island?
The most important, and the first layer of blankets on your bed
What is a Mainsheet?
These are all of the instructors currently on the AYC staff team that have taught WetFeet in the AYC Learn to Sail program.
Who are Mika, Zane, John, Noah, and Connor?
At a typical regatta, these are the names of the two fleets for each boat.
What are Green and Open fleet?
This flag means "any boat that is over early in the following start sequence is eliminated, unless there is a General Recall".
The name of the dangerously shallow area containing a large number of rocks just off the shore of Point Pleasant Park.
What is Hens and Chickens?
A long-ranged weapon, and the country between England and Ireland without the "s".
What is a Gunwale?
These two are the only AYC instructors that were previously AYC Learn to Sail substitute instructors.
Who are Dom and Mika?
This event was supposed to be the first time Sailing was ever included in the Olympics, but it was cancelled due to poor weather.
What are the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece?