SPINNAKERS
Learn the specialised skills of using spinnakers . . .
The Spinnakers course is a further step on the Australian Sailing accredited pathway to learning to sail a small inshore keelboat.
Using a third sail when sailing across or downwind ultimately helps you get to your destination sooner!
Knowing how to use spinnakers is a highly regarded crewing skill and one of the key elements of a Bow-person or Trimmers role on a boat.
This course is recommended for those who have completed the Start Crewing and Start Helming courses and have had further sailing experience/time-on-water. Also suitable for those who have established sailing skills.
Course Description
This course covers all the skills required to hoist, trim and drop a symmetrical spinnaker.
Upon completion of the course, participants will understand how to hoist a spinnaker and set using either a spinnaker pole or by ‘floating’.
You will learn how to correctly trim the spinnaker to get maximum benefit from the extra sail area on various angles of wind including pole position & height.
Spinnaker trim when gybing, and how to gybe the pole will be covered and then you will learn how to drop the kite quickly and efficiently so it’s ready to go back up again without any tangles!
The course also covers asymmetrical spinnaker theory.
Course Info:
Course Length: 4 x 3.5-hour practical sessions
Minimum Age: 16 years
Maximum number of crew on a boat: 5 (4 students + 1 Instructor)
Cost: $395 per person (weekend)
Included in course fee:
- Minimum of 12 hours instruction by qualified instructors
- Use of personal safety equipment including a life jacket
- Use of specialised training equipment
- NCYC Training Membership – valid for three months from course commencement date
- Upon successful completion, a nationally recognised Australian Sailing certificate.