Sailing Skills Stage 8
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Sailing Skills - Stage 8 Competencies & Requirements
- I know the Collision Regulations and proper etiquette for using a marine radio on the water.
- A Scout supervising another sailboat by powerboat should have a full understanding of the Collision Regulations 1–17 and have a full understanding of the etiquette to deliver the intended messages by use of a marine radio, including, hailing for help using prefaces of either MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, PAN-PAN PAN-PAN PAN-PAN, SECURITY SECURITY SECURITY; or on Marine Channels 9 or 16.
- I know how to properly prepare my boat for safe travel.
- A Scout must be able to travel safely between sailing venues.
- I can evaluate geographical and tidal effects of a new sailing venue.
- Scouts should be able to:
- describe three types of clouds and local weather patterns
- and explain the major factors affecting tides and currents
- Scouts should be able to:
- I know and can describe the current racing rules.
- Scouts must be able to describe the implications of the I, P, Z and black flags on used in racing with full understanding of the of their intent in accordance to the current CANSail / ISAF Racing Rules.
- I have demonstrated how to tune a boat.
- Scouts should be able to:
- choose proper sail rigging for the day’s conditions
- correctly rig sails each day prior to training
- correctly rig the kite each day for training
- Scouts should be able to:
- I have demonstrated optimal body position at all times when sailing.
- Scouts should be able to balance a boat properly while flying a spinnaker.
- I have demonstrated tacking/gybe manoeuvres.
- Scouts must be able to:
- perform wire to wire tacks at one-minute intervals
- perform 10 gybes sets at one-minute intervals
- identify opportunities to bear away
- perform gybe sets for a mark
- perform wide and close mark roundings
- steer promoting planing and surfing
- Scouts must be able to:
- I have demonstrated the skills to fly a spinnaker/kite on the water.
- Scouts should be able to:
- head up and tack around a mark
- perform a leeward hoist around a windward mark
- perform a windward hoist around a windward mark
- successfully hoist and fly a kite on a downwind leg
- set the pole once the spinnaker is hoisted (on both windward and leeward hoists)
- free fly the kite into a leeward mark
- steer the boat to keep pressure in kite on a reach and run
- steer the boat to promote planing and surfing with a kite
- release the kite halyard to make a reach mark lay line
- douse the kite to windward at a leeward mark
- demonstrate a tactical rounding with a kite
- Scouts should be able to:
- I can demonstrate the skill to gybe while flying a spinnaker/kite.
- Scouts should be able to:
- gybe the kite by switching the pole after a gybe
- gybe with the kite on command ten times at one-minute intervals
- line up on a beat with a tuning partner and accelerate
- Scouts should be able to:
- I can demonstrate tactics while racing.
- Scouts should able to:
- perform double tacks to lay a mark and at the start line
- tack to perform a close and loose cover
- tack and duck under another boat
- sail slowly approaching leeward marks
- sail slowly approaching marks while flying a spinnaker
- Scouts should able to:
- I have demonstrated the racing strategies.
- Scouts should be able to:
- accelerate from the start line
- identify and choose the favoured end of a gate and finish while sailing
- describe three types of wind shifts
- Scouts should be able to:
- I can sail a single-handed boat to CANSail 5 skills standards.
- Scouts must be competent to sail single-handed sailboat (e.g., Laser Radial, Finn, Skiff).
- I have participated in at least eight daysail outings. In addition to the daysails completed for the previous seven stages,
- Scouts must demonstrate all of the sailing skills expected of a Skipper to ensure the safety of the boat and crew, while sailing in familiar water and winds up to 18 knots.
- I have participated in a regional training camp and a regional regatta.
- Scouts have participated in a regional training camp to hone the skills needed to SAIL to WIN and participated in a regional regatta coached by a certified CANSail 5–6 Advanced Sail Coach.
- I have successfully completed the equivalent requirements for a CANSail 1–2 Fundamental Sailing Instructor course, from Sail Canada or its member provincial association, or internationally recognized equivalent.
- A Scout at the advanced sailing level should have the skills to teach sailing to younger and/or less-experienced Scouts must have completed the equivalent standards of a CANSail 1–2 Fundamental Sailing Instructor course or internationally recognized equivalent.