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Sailing School PuntAla Camping
SAILING REVEALED

IN FIVE LESSONS:Maria Luisa helps you into the big “diaper” (trapezei), starting with the two straps at the neck. The right one goes through the buckle, slides down to the hook and back up to the neck. The strap is fastened by slipping it in underneath the roller, through the top and back down. Pull the strap through the metal loophole to block it and bring it towards the head (see drawing).
Then fix the left strap to the right side as described above and block the right strap in the center.

All straps need to be tight with no loose ends.
When you’re doing this on your own, be careful not to let the hook hit your shins.

Block the rudder once you are outside of the launching corridor and after you’ve unblocked the main sail.

LESSION N. 1 THE TACK:
During the tack, never leave the rudder and always look forward.
Begin to sail close-hauled by luffing slightly and tightening alternatively the main sail and the TROLLey, when the bogie??? is closed and your’re sailing close to the wind (tight main-sail), bend your knees and:

  • luff with decision;
  • unblock the main sail;
  • when the jib is in the middle;
  • slide your hand on the rudder;
  • turn on your knees and LOOK FORWARD;
  • hold the rudder with the other hand and change the direction of the boat;
  • AFTER having pointed the boat in the new direction;
  • change the side of the jib;
  • alternate tightening the main sail and the bogie;
  • to use the rudder’s steer grab it once everything is in place and lean it on the stern-side shoulder (especially when out on the trapezium).
LESSON N. 2 THE GYBING
With moderate winds close the traveler and, going from running free gait to running before the wind gait, almost completely close the mainsail. To gybe holding the pulley of the mainsail until the tack changes (obviously pulling the rudder tiller).

LESSON N. 3 THE TRAPEZIUM
Hook on the support and, looking forward, slide your bottom off the edge of the hull and abandon the support of the hand from the handle. Place the feet well open on the hull and keep the leg directed to the boat bow in tension, and with also the foot slightly oriented to the boat bow, in this way It’s possible to burden the leg oriented to the boat stern. In case of waves, stay in a position as far back as possible to lift the bow of the boat upwind, and facilitate the overcoming of the waves (this prevents that the boat enters in the wave creating the resulting bucket of water for who is on the trapeze).
Obviously, at the athwart, more closed is the traveler the more the boat tilts. Normally you leave it halfway, to reduce the tilt open the traveler or close it to increase. Instead the mainsail remains fairly closed without being hauled as close-hauled gait. In any case if it tilts too much, to luff.
Attention to waves that could bear away with a consequent increase of the inclination.
Similarly, if you open a little bit the mainsail, lowering both the inclination and the speed of the boat. Similarly also the closing point of the jib influences the tilt of the boat, for example at the athwart more is open and more the boat is water tight.

LESSON N.4 GAIT WITH MUCH WIND AND SEA
If you go at the athwart and you want to go at full speed a athwart – almost running free, open the closing point of the jib and keep the traveler of the mainsail approximately ¾ of its range with mainsail and jib almost hauled. Always look ahead and make all the moves without looking inside the boat.
If the sea is transversal you should point slightly towards the crest of the wave luffing and then in the hollow of the wave bear away to recover the gait at the athwart.
Similarly with gait running free you should enter in the wave taking it more towards the stern and then restart the running free – athwart. In this way greatly increases the speed.

LESSON N. 5...
The bad luck of the sailor: well-formed and windless sea, not even a miserable light air, but a great promise to see us next year on the trapeze with batten and sheet in hand.

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