Intensive Keelboat Course in Madrid

- Ship architecture. The helmet. The firm rigging The motor. The candles. The maneuvering rigging.
- Before leaving. Personal equipment. Route planning. Meteorology. We prepare the exit.
- The course. Heading relative to north. Heading with respect to the wind.
- The distribution of functions. Cane. Trimmers. Piano. Stick. Proel. Cane handling. Management of sheets and halyards. Weight distribution.
- Motor port maneuvers. Departure from the mooring. The moorings and their types. Fixation. Release order depending on the wind. Bow and stern exit.
- The berth. Bow mooring. Stern mooring. Side docking. Gas station operation. The turndown.
- The mooring in buoy. Buoy output.
-The balances on board. Need for balance. The balance of weights. Transversal and longitudinal balance. The sailing balance.
- We started the march. The jib maneuver and the mainsail maneuver.
- Bow tacking. Phases and assignment. Planning. Preparation. Execution.
- Turned round. Phases and assignment Planning. Preparation. Execution. The risk of gybing.
- The reduction of rag. Major reduction. Take curls. Bow reduction. The peeling.
- The arrest of the ship. How to stop and how to get out. We anchor the ship. to the heave To the cape
- Sailing port maneuvers. Entering the port under sail. Dock with wind parallel to the pier. Dock with a tailwind. Dock with wind coming from the pier.
- Sailing buoy. Sailing buoy departure.
- Wind. apparent wind and true wind. The sail force and its components. Advance and decline.
- The placement of the sails. The angle of incidence.
- Jib adjustment. The sheet The scoters. The lanitas. - - Adjustment procedure in different wind situations.
- Adjustment of the main. Mainsheet. Barraescota or larger cart. Adjustment procedure.
- Adjustment in downwinds. Boom position. The trap.
- The government of the boat. The government and the sails. Steer tight. Govern in bearings. The luffed. The accidental gybe.