Power Squadron offers Sailing Courses at The CYC

The Cambridge Sail and Power Squadron will be teaching a 6-week Sailing course from April 8th to May 13th. The classes will be from 1-4pm at the Cambridge Yacht Club.  The course will cover everything from basic parts of the boat to heavy weather sailing.  The class will mostly be classroom instruction, but there will be an on the water session at the end of the course. The cost of the course is $60 for Power Squadron members and $120 for non-members.  

If you are interested in this class, please contact Wayne Rigby at 302-629-4658 or email werigby@yahoo.com

The textbook is over 200 pages, covering the following chapters:

1. Sailboat Rigs
2. Sail Plans
3. Boat Design and Hull Types
4. Standing Rigging
5. Sails
6. Running Rigging
7. Stability
8. Balance
9. Wind
10. Sail Shape
11. Preparing to Sail
12. Tuning the Rig
13. Steering and Helmsmanship
14. Sailing Upwind
15. Sailing Downwind
16. Spinnaker Handling
17. Heavy Weather Sailing
18. Storm Conditions
19. Docking and Anchoring
20. Marlinespike Seamanship
21. Sailing Safety
22. Navigation rules

Appendix A - Sailboat racing
Appendix B - Race Management
Appendix C -Glossary
Appendix D - Canadian Rules and Regulations
Appendix E - U.S. Rules and Regulations