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Qualified Crew Member Course

by Grant Headifen, Nautic7

List Price:

$59.00

Course Description

This Qualified Crew Member online course provides essential knowledge needed when sailing as a crew member. The material covered in this course provides fundamental information along with confidence building suggestions that will greatly facilitate you contributing whilst on the boat and consequently will increase your enjoyment.

Topics covered: Weather and Sea Conditions, Electrical Systems, Auxiliary Power, Rigging, Standing and Running, Rules of the Road, Slip Departure and Return, Sailing, Communications & Navigation, Anchoring and Mooring, and Coping with Emergencies.

All proficiency courses follow the basic outline using the following modules. As you progress through each course you will be introduced to deeper and deeper knowledge of that module.

Excerpt from the course

Unfurling/raising the Sails

The Captain has motored your vessel from the slip into open water and is now ready for you to unfurl the sails. The procedures for unfurling sails are reasonably standardized; however, every sailor will, over time, develop their own routine.

On modern sailboats, main sails are commonly stored – furled – either by being:

* Lashed onto the boom
* Rolled into the mast.
* Rolled onto the boom

There are many opinions as to which is the preferred method, but for now, you will find that each has its pluses and non-pluses. Sailing is rift with opinions that add greatly to the excitement of this sport.

The following diagram is a reminder of the nonmenclature of the sails and related thingys.

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For those who are in command of a modern 30 to 50 ft Sailboat.

Qualified Crew Member Course $59
For those who want to be a knowledgeable deck hand

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