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RYA Logbook Stage 3
Having completed stage three you will be able to sail in any direction and rig and launch your boat. Your skills and knowledge mean that you can regard yourself as a sailor, not a beginner
Practical
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Can rig, launch and recover in an onshore wind
Can reef a dinghy ashore according to weather conditions
Can store a dinghy ashore
Ropework
Can tie a bowline, clove hitch and rolling hitch
Sailing techniques and manoeuvres
Can demonstrate the basic principle of the following:
The five essentials - sail setting, balance, trim, course made good and centreboard.
Sailing on all points of sailing on a triangular course
Tacking upwind
Gybing from a training run
Righting a small capsized dinghy as helm/crew**
Coming alongside a moored boat
Preparefor/take up a tow from a power craft
Picking up a mooring
Racing
Understands the course and starting procedure
Sailing background and manoeuvres
Understands how to recover a man overboard
Understands the points of sailing
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General
Understands how a sail works - basic aerodynamics
Knows basic terminology for use afloat(windward, leeward, bear away, luff up etc)
Understands the importance of clear communication aboard
Understands lee shore dangers and sailing in close company with other water users
Knows the importance of personal safety and telling someone ashore
Understands the dangers of hypothermia and the importance of first aid training
Rules of the road
Knows the basic rules of the road - Port/Starboard, windward boat and overtaking boat
Meteorology
Knows how to obtain a weather forecast
Understands the Beaufort Wind Scale
Knows when to reef
Clothing and equipment
Understands the importance of :
Personal safety equipment
Boat bouyancy
Basic safety equiment eg anchor, paddle bailer
* Not single handers
** Not keelboats
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