WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:20.500 Sailing. Plotting a course or preparing a meal. Getting the most out of the wind with your 2 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:29.760 sails. Peacefully relaxing on deck. Sailing is a continuing learning experience. Comoraderie 3 00:00:30.380 --> 00:00:38.120 teamwork. Assuming command at the helm. Looks like we got a wind change so we're gonna be 4 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:42.960 reaching off a little more. Anybody game to set the spinnaker? The skipper Jerry, his wife Donna 5 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:48.840 and their crew have decided to set the spinnaker. Everyone is given a job to do. Ed, a sailing 6 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:54.500 instructor from the harbor, will help Donna on the fore deck. Kathy and Bruce will work in the 7 00:00:54.500 --> 00:01:16.720 They all proceed in a casual but deliberate manner. Sailing is hard work and frustrating. 8 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:22.320 Exciting, demanding, romantic, wet, hot, cold. Sailing is fun. 9 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:54.720 Ready on the fore deck? Ready on the fore deck. Evie, ready to hoist? Ready to hoist. Alright, take her up. 10 00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:14.600 Stand by to take down the jenny. Take her down. Sailing. Do it right. Keep it safe. Brought to you in the continued 11 00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:16.900 interest of safe boating by Mickelo. 12 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:33.600 Are you ready on the fore deck to take down the spinnaker? Ready. Alright, release it. The real understanding of 13 00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:39.880 sailing comes with direct participation. But where does one really begin? There are many books 14 00:02:39.880 --> 00:02:44.480 written on the art of sailing and studying a book can get you started on the basic parts of a boat 15 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:51.960 and the important sailing terminology. But attending classes offered by bonafide groups is by far the most productive way of learning to sail. 16 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:59.580 We would like this film to be an important step in your learning process by bringing you the actual sights and sounds of sailing 17 00:02:59.580 --> 00:03:04.500 and briefly highlighting some of the basic fundamentals of boat handling and sailing safety. 18 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:09.360 Now it's time to put the 40 foot sloop Mystic back in her slip. 19 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:16.740 Alright Bruce, if you'll pick up that starboard stern line on the pole and bring it up. And Ed, will you pick up the forward spring line and give it a down a honey? 20 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:20.020 Specific docking duties are assigned to each of the crew. 21 00:03:20.020 --> 00:03:24.960 ... a bow line when you're on the dock and one for Kathy. Is that close enough for you Bruce to reach? 22 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:31.560 The Mystic was brought in close enough to the piling so that Bruce could safely reach the stern line. 23 00:03:32.320 --> 00:03:36.020 Enough speed is maintained that the helmsman has steering control at the wheel. 24 00:03:36.620 --> 00:03:40.900 Fender boards have been secured on the side of the boat to protect it from the posts on the dock. 25 00:03:41.760 --> 00:03:46.020 The stern line is run under the stern pulpit through the chalk and secured to the cleat. 26 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:51.280 Donna takes the bow spring line which is tied to the dock to the forward cleat. 27 00:03:51.600 --> 00:03:57.880 When she sees that the boat is in its proper position, she stops the line from slipping and the forward motion of the boat is stopped. 28 00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:01.460 That's it, just bend this off a little bit, very good. 29 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:06.740 When you're setting the lines, always take into consideration any tides, currents or strong winds. 30 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:11.820 The port and starboard stern and bow lines keep the boat from moving in to or away from the dock 31 00:04:11.820 --> 00:04:15.480 and the fore and aft spring lines keep the boat from moving forward or backwards. 32 00:04:23.700 --> 00:04:26.500 Now the boat is safely and securely tied up. 33 00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:30.500 Listen, thanks for hanging around helping us clean up. It really makes things go a lot faster. 34 00:04:30.660 --> 00:04:32.760 No problem. I need to take a sailing holiday. 35 00:04:33.260 --> 00:04:38.740 When you're a guest on someone's boat, practice the common courtesy of offering to bring food or beverages. 36 00:04:39.440 --> 00:04:44.520 Help with the chores and bring or wear practical sailing clothes. You'll find it's appreciated. 37 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:48.780 You know, the way we have this boat set up, it's easy for you and I to sail. 38 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:51.700 But it's really kind of nice to have our friends with us, isn't it? 39 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:53.840 Oh yeah, especially when we're set to spinnaker. 40 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:54.700 Oh yes. 41 00:04:55.860 --> 00:04:57.200 Hi, Adana. Hi, Jerry. 42 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:58.700 Hi, Ron. Welcome aboard. 43 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:03.440 Ron and Mary Ann own a powerboat that's tied up next to the Mystic. 44 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:05.240 Jerry, I've got a surprise for you. 45 00:05:05.460 --> 00:05:12.040 Oh wait, let me guess. Quit your job, sold your house, and now you're going to go around the world in your boat. 46 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:16.800 No, no. Mary Ann and I are going to take sailing lessons tomorrow morning. 47 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:20.460 Well, it's about time. I've been after you for years to try and take sailing lessons. 48 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.260 I don't know about you guys. 49 00:05:24.700 --> 00:05:25.780 There you are, my dear. 50 00:05:26.640 --> 00:05:28.920 Ed's going to give me a lesson over on the beach tomorrow morning. 51 00:05:28.940 --> 00:05:29.420 Oh, super. 52 00:05:29.420 --> 00:05:30.640 The little dinghy. You know the little dinghy? 53 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:30.800 Yeah. 54 00:05:30.940 --> 00:05:31.740 You think I can handle that? 55 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:33.900 Well, it's a good place to start. 56 00:05:35.080 --> 00:05:36.060 Here's to your sailing lessons. 57 00:05:37.700 --> 00:05:38.660 I'll need that. 58 00:05:39.780 --> 00:05:41.540 I'll tell you what, I'll make a deal with you. 59 00:05:41.940 --> 00:05:46.320 When we finish with your dinghy sailing lessons, we'll take you out and you come sailing with us. How's that? 60 00:05:46.520 --> 00:05:47.200 On the big one? 61 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:47.960 On the big one. 62 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:49.880 Hello, Ron. Mary Ann. 63 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:52.720 Hey, that boat's bigger than I thought it was. You sure it's not too big? 64 00:05:52.780 --> 00:05:53.460 Not too big. 65 00:05:53.460 --> 00:05:59.880 Okay, drop your jackets in the boat and move around to the other side and face me and let's talk about the boat itself. 66 00:06:00.620 --> 00:06:09.080 This is a Flying Junior, which is a very basic sailing dinghy, but it has all the controls and all the functions that you're going to find on almost any other sailboat. 67 00:06:09.860 --> 00:06:13.440 The biggest difference, obviously, between this boat and yours is it has masts and sails. 68 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:19.520 This is the mast, and it's supported in the boat with these wires that you see, and they have names. 69 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:23.520 The ones that support it, a thwart ships or sideways, are called shrouds. 70 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.340 Four and aft, we have a four stay. 71 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:28.760 That's the four stay. 72 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:32.200 And on most boats larger than this, there will also be a back stay. 73 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.100 You'll see that this boat has none and that function is performed by the main. 74 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:39.900 Back stay is another wire like this one that will go from the head of the mast to the transom. 75 00:06:40.220 --> 00:06:43.640 We'll raise the sails and then we'll go on talking about the parts. It'll be much easier to see. 76 00:06:43.960 --> 00:06:46.420 Now the lines that raise the sails are called halyards. 77 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:48.600 There's a jib halyard and a main halyard. 78 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:50.120 This is the main halyard. 79 00:06:50.420 --> 00:06:55.540 It goes to the head of the mast, back down to the head of the sail, and attaches right here. 80 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:57.600 Okay? Let's raise it. 81 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:07.060 When the sail is all the way up, the halyard clips in right here. 82 00:07:07.780 --> 00:07:10.700 So now the main is all the way up, and let's talk about it for a minute. 83 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.580 All its corners and edges have names. 84 00:07:15.440 --> 00:07:17.100 This edge is called the luff. 85 00:07:18.280 --> 00:07:19.580 The forward edge is the luff. 86 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:21.760 This edge is the foot. 87 00:07:23.780 --> 00:07:25.400 This edge is called the leech. 88 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:28.740 This corner is called the tack. 89 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:31.220 That corner is the head. 90 00:07:32.380 --> 00:07:33.680 And this corner is the clue. 91 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.460 Okay, Marianne, would you hold on to the mast and Ron hold on to the stern. 92 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:43.140 This is the main sheet and it's the line that controls the main sail. 93 00:07:43.580 --> 00:07:47.220 And as you can see right now, the wind is blowing on either side of the sail equally, 94 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:48.900 and it's doing what we call luffing. 95 00:07:49.640 --> 00:07:53.200 Now when I pull on this line or trim it, the sail will fill, 96 00:07:53.280 --> 00:07:55.360 and if we were in the water, the boat would begin to move. 97 00:07:55.400 --> 00:07:55.860 Now watch. 98 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:04.500 The main sheet cleats here by simply pulling in and down. 99 00:08:05.520 --> 00:08:07.940 Now the jib halyard on this boat comes out right here. 100 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:11.720 So Marianne, if you'll kind of guide the sail up, Ron, hold on so we don't fly away. 101 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:13.480 Let's raise the jib. 102 00:08:20.840 --> 00:08:23.040 Let's look at the line that controls the jib. 103 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:25.580 This is it, and it's the jib sheet. 104 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.060 The lines that control sails are sheets. 105 00:08:28.520 --> 00:08:30.060 Main sheet, jib sheet. 106 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.100 Now let's trim the jib and we'll see it fill. 107 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:41.120 Now these are cam action cleats, and the action is just like the one for the main, in and down. 108 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:47.400 Now both sails are trimmed, and we're beginning to look like a sailboat. 109 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:50.620 Okay, let's pull the boat down into the water. Ready? 110 00:08:59.900 --> 00:09:02.120 Now that we're out in the water, let me show you the center board. 111 00:09:02.940 --> 00:09:06.240 That's this right here, and this is what allows a sailboat to be a sailboat. 112 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.740 If you didn't have this, the wind would blow you sideways. 113 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.840 We release it by pulling this line out of this cleat, and it will fall down of its own weight. 114 00:09:14.280 --> 00:09:17.700 Because we're in such shallow water, now obviously it will not go down all the way. 115 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:21.460 When we come back into the beach, we'll pull the board up. 116 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:23.800 Same way, the line will cleat itself. 117 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:27.540 Okay, let's go. Ron, give us a little shove, if you would. 118 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:29.960 Okay. 119 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:32.320 Okay, as soon as we get out of the... 120 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.080 Yeah, let us just get out of the shallows here. 121 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:36.220 Okay, see you later. 122 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:37.980 Okay, drop the board. 123 00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:40.960 Yeah, maybe on the sand. 124 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.120 Okay, now take a little trim on your jib. 125 00:09:44.040 --> 00:09:46.080 I'll take a little main trim. 126 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:51.980 Okay, now we're on a broad reach. 127 00:09:52.420 --> 00:09:55.520 You can feel the wind is right off our side. 128 00:09:56.660 --> 00:09:57.720 Sails are way out. 129 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.640 Now your trim will be about right when the sail no longer luffs. 130 00:10:02.140 --> 00:10:05.440 You can let it luff one time and see what that feels like, and then take some trim back. 131 00:10:05.860 --> 00:10:06.600 Oh, all right. 132 00:10:06.820 --> 00:10:09.940 Okay, see it gets off and luff. Okay, now pull the trim in. 133 00:10:10.900 --> 00:10:13.620 That's right, get rid of the luff, and that's about the right trim. 134 00:10:13.880 --> 00:10:17.000 Remember, we'll come about, you'll let that sheet go, and take in on the other one. 135 00:10:17.260 --> 00:10:19.080 The man will be ready about. Let me know when you're ready. 136 00:10:19.260 --> 00:10:19.740 I'm ready. 137 00:10:20.540 --> 00:10:21.660 Okay, let's do it. 138 00:10:22.400 --> 00:10:23.480 Okay, here we go. 139 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:27.400 Okay, ship side, let that sheet go. 140 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:29.420 Take in on the other one. 141 00:10:37.020 --> 00:10:39.400 Okay, now this is as close to the wind as we can go. 142 00:10:39.880 --> 00:10:40.680 We'll call it beat. 143 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:44.200 This is nice. Yeah, of course it feels the best. 144 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:47.940 We won't go very far here, so we don't need to cleat. There isn't that much wind today. 145 00:10:48.020 --> 00:10:50.400 Okay, let's fall off a little bit. We're going on a close reach. 146 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:52.060 Easy as out? Easy as out. 147 00:10:54.400 --> 00:10:56.140 That's good about. Take a little trim back. 148 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:58.540 Okay, that feels real good. 149 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:01.280 This is a close reach because the wind is still forward. 150 00:11:03.280 --> 00:11:05.280 And we get down here beyond the slips. 151 00:11:06.380 --> 00:11:08.920 We'll ease the sail some more, and we'll go on to a broad reach. 152 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:12.040 Okay, let's do that now. Just ease a little bit. 153 00:11:13.380 --> 00:11:14.000 That's good. 154 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:17.560 Okay, that's real good. 155 00:11:17.920 --> 00:11:21.120 Now, if we had a little more room, we'd show you a run, which is the wind directly over the stern. 156 00:11:21.180 --> 00:11:23.500 But let's come into the shallow part here, and we'll talk about what we did. 157 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:26.300 Okay. You'll just let your sheet go. I'll set it aboard. 158 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:29.860 Yeah, and take the board up. Okay, let the sheet go, and take the board up right now. 159 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.700 That's good. 160 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:34.560 How'd it go? Good. Great. 161 00:11:34.780 --> 00:11:37.700 You like it? Sure. Yeah, it's getting to be more fun. 162 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:44.160 Towards the mouth, right? Towards the mouth, yeah. 163 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:45.580 You can cheat a little bit to the left. 164 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:51.420 A natural progression for learning to sail is to read, observe, do. 165 00:11:52.040 --> 00:11:53.500 Mary Ann has done her homework. 166 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:58.560 Ed has shown her what to expect from the wind and the boat, and how to control them. 167 00:11:58.560 --> 00:12:01.500 And now she gets to try it. Okay, looking good. 168 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.080 Okay, Mary Ann, can you just kind of give us a little push off here? 169 00:12:13.140 --> 00:12:15.540 Here you go. Okay, Ron, if you'd let the board down first. 170 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:16.780 All right. 171 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.200 There you go. Good. 172 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:23.040 Now, you'll trim your sheet a little bit. 173 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:25.320 Okay, good. 174 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:27.920 Now, we'll reach down here to the other end of the harbor. 175 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:31.840 And move your weight in a little bit, Ron. That's good. 176 00:12:32.020 --> 00:12:33.880 Just trying to keep the boat upright. Okay. 177 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:38.100 And when we get down here, we'll come about, and we'll see a beak. 178 00:12:38.920 --> 00:12:44.360 Then we'll ease off into a close reach, and then into a beam reach, and a broad reach, 179 00:12:44.380 --> 00:12:46.860 and hopefully we'll get a little bit of running in. All right. 180 00:12:46.920 --> 00:12:49.380 Okay, now the first command to come about will be ready about. 181 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.240 You'll tell me if you're ready. Okay. 182 00:12:51.420 --> 00:12:52.740 Next command will be hard to leave. 183 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:56.600 What you will do is release that sheet, keep it trimmed for now. Okay. 184 00:12:56.660 --> 00:13:00.300 Release that sheet, and you'll change sides and take in on the other sheet. 185 00:13:01.520 --> 00:13:03.860 And the next command will be hard to leave. 186 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:06.740 So let's do it now, hard to leave. All right. 187 00:13:06.780 --> 00:13:08.580 And do it real slow. Okay. 188 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:10.600 Good. 189 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.980 Okay, take some trim. 190 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:20.760 Okay. 191 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:26.520 Take some more trim. More? Yep. Okay. 192 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:28.700 Just hold it with your hand, you don't have to cleat it. Right. 193 00:13:30.020 --> 00:13:32.280 We'll ease off to sails, we'll go onto a close reach. 194 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:34.860 Let's do it now. Just ease yours a little bit. All right. 195 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.280 Easing the main. Now that's too much. Feel it off. 196 00:13:37.520 --> 00:13:40.240 Oh, I see how you can feel it. Just take the luff out. That's good. 197 00:13:40.780 --> 00:13:41.840 Oh, it's moving now. 198 00:13:43.760 --> 00:13:46.620 This is a beam reach. Feel the wind that's directly off the side of the boat. 199 00:13:48.760 --> 00:13:52.860 Did I get permission to do this? Yeah, always check with me or one of the other harbor masters. 200 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.600 It's a good idea if you're going to sail in the harbor because it gets pretty crowded this time of the afternoon. 201 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:01.560 Let's see if we can get a little run in here if we have enough room. Should I tighten it up? 202 00:14:01.780 --> 00:14:05.100 No, that means ease more because the wind will be almost directly behind us. 203 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:07.740 There you go. 204 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:14.840 Okay. That's good. Then we'll spin it back into the shallow part here and we'll talk through what we just did. 205 00:14:15.380 --> 00:14:19.160 You'll pull the board up as we come into the shallows here and let your sheet go. 206 00:14:20.420 --> 00:14:23.660 Let's do that now. Pull the board up. That's good. 207 00:14:25.900 --> 00:14:34.040 Good. That's good. Catch it, Mary Ann, if you can. That's good. That wasn't too bad. 208 00:15:19.920 --> 00:15:24.440 That was good. How was that? Huh? Too bad. 209 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:28.420 Got more confidence now. Yeah. You ready for the big one? 210 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:31.920 You guys are ready for the trans-pack. I hope so. 211 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.900 Ron, you ready? Mary Ann, you ready? Ready. 212 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:36.020 Think you guys are ready to solo? Ready. 213 00:15:36.640 --> 00:15:37.520 Okay, let the board down. 214 00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:40.500 Down. All right. 215 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.740 Okay. Tighten it up. 216 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.820 And then you got to steer it back. 217 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.220 That's good. 218 00:15:46.580 --> 00:16:00.920 Ready? Yeah. 219 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:03.580 Ready? Yeah. Ready when you are. 220 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:06.480 Okay. Slowly. Do it slowly. 221 00:16:06.760 --> 00:16:08.640 If it gets too fast for you, you're not off on it. 222 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.540 Okay. All right. 223 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.480 All right, then. 224 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:13.480 Now if you get... Oh, now that's good. 225 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:15.960 Board is up. Good. Board's up. 226 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:18.420 How do we do? Looks good. All good. 227 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:19.000 Real good. 228 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.480 You ready? Yeah. We're ready for the big one then. 229 00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:25.980 Hi, how are you? Okay. 230 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:27.320 Hello there. How are you doing? 231 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:29.820 Well, we're doing pretty good, too. We lost our win. 232 00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:32.520 Well, we're going to be ready for that big sail tomorrow. 233 00:16:32.900 --> 00:16:34.560 All right. We're looking forward to it. 234 00:16:34.760 --> 00:16:37.640 Okay. Boy, they're really learning fast, aren't they? 235 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:39.960 That's the way to do it. You got to start out in a small book 236 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:41.640 and learn the basics and keep on going. 237 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:44.760 Well, it looks like we're going to have a good day for your first sail. 238 00:16:45.020 --> 00:16:46.560 Yeah, but what about the rain last night? 239 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.980 Oh, well, it washed the boat off. 240 00:16:48.140 --> 00:16:49.320 We're going to have to scrub it down this morning. 241 00:16:49.760 --> 00:16:51.000 All right, I got a question right away. 242 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.620 What's that? Where's the safety gear? 243 00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:54.520 All right. It's right here. 244 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:57.760 Right here in the cockpit in this port locker that your foot's on. 245 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.040 All right. There's all of the life jackets. 246 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:03.720 Fire extinguisher in there and there's also an inflatable life raft. 247 00:17:04.260 --> 00:17:07.480 Down below, there's several more fire extinguishers in very obvious places. 248 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:10.200 There's also a cabinet marked safety equipment. 249 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:13.320 In it, first aid kit and a flare gun. 250 00:17:14.080 --> 00:17:18.000 Out here, you have life rings. We have horseshoe rings. 251 00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:20.700 We have a heaving line, die marker, a whistle, 252 00:17:21.040 --> 00:17:22.900 and on ours, we have a strobe light attached to them. 253 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:26.820 Knowing how to use safety equipment is essential, 254 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:30.720 but knowing where it is on someone else's boat is also important. 255 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:33.420 All right. Other obvious things right here in the cockpit. 256 00:17:33.520 --> 00:17:34.960 This is our helm. This is our wheel. 257 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.600 Jerry is covering everything very thoroughly with Ron and Mary Ann, 258 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:41.060 including the dangers of loose jewelry or clothing 259 00:17:41.060 --> 00:17:42.960 that could get caught in lines or winches 260 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:46.900 and the necessity of good boat shoes and the proper jackets and pants to wear 261 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.520 to protect themselves from the elements. 262 00:17:49.260 --> 00:17:52.560 The proper use of winches is next on Jerry's checklist. 263 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.640 This is our main cockpit winch. 264 00:17:54.800 --> 00:17:56.940 This is the one we trim all the pencils with. 265 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:58.740 The jenny's, the stacyls, everything. 266 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:00.120 Let me show you how it works. 267 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.720 Hold on to that, Mary Ann. 268 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:07.720 We always try to get at least three wraps on it. 269 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.220 Now, hold on to that. 270 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:12.980 When I tell you to ease, I want you to ease it out. 271 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.240 Just ease. 272 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:20.900 We can keep easing. You see what happens? 273 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.700 All right, that's an override. That you don't want. 274 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:29.640 Just pull it out, and that's because you let the sheet come in down low. 275 00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:31.600 You always want it at right angles. 276 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.260 All right. 277 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:37.120 Now, how we trim it, put our handle in like that. 278 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:38.600 That's a locking handle. It'll come out. 279 00:18:43.520 --> 00:18:44.720 And I should hold it up now? 280 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.380 That's right. 281 00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:46.040 Okay. 282 00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:47.700 See how it runs? 283 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.160 Yeah. 284 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:52.280 Now, when you finish trimming, just take it out. 285 00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:54.440 This, of course, is a mast. 286 00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:57.800 Now, we have three different kinds of winches. 287 00:18:58.140 --> 00:19:00.200 One, two, three. 288 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:02.820 And they all basically perform the same function. 289 00:19:03.780 --> 00:19:04.760 It's our main halyard winch. 290 00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:08.420 Traditionally, the main halyard winch is on the starboard side, 291 00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:11.820 and the jib or the jenny halyard winch is on the port side. 292 00:19:12.300 --> 00:19:14.580 And the position or location of any of the other winches 293 00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:16.560 is totally up to the discretion of the owner. 294 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.400 Now, let's see if I got this straight. 295 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:22.200 The halyard raises and lowers the sail, and... 296 00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:23.540 Sheet. 297 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.980 Sheets trim the sail. 298 00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:28.820 All right, looks like we got a beautiful day for a sail to the island. 299 00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:31.040 I'm gonna take you out there and see if you can apply 300 00:19:31.040 --> 00:19:32.500 some of the principles you learned yesterday. 301 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:35.160 And you'll just find out that everything is basically the same. 302 00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:36.580 It's just the gear's just a little bit bigger. 303 00:19:36.780 --> 00:19:38.300 All right, Mary Ann and Ron, you want to come forward 304 00:19:38.300 --> 00:19:39.140 and help me put up the main? 305 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:39.680 Okay. 306 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:42.080 All right, Donna, honey, the wind is right on our nose, 307 00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:44.000 so we'll put the main up inside the harbor, okay? 308 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.720 Now, this is our main halyard, 309 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.200 but unlike you had on your dinghy, we use a winch on it. 310 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.140 This is the main winch. 311 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.740 Now, Mary Ann, if you'll just take out these sail stops 312 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:56.220 and go back out and trim the main when I tell you, okay? 313 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:58.960 Ron, you want to put your winch handle in there 314 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:00.220 and we'll get ready to put it up. 315 00:20:01.260 --> 00:20:02.680 Mary Ann, you want to take out those sail stops? 316 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:04.020 That's it. 317 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:07.460 Okay, one more. 318 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.860 Not yet. 319 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:13.760 All right, now I'll guide it so we get a good strap. 320 00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:16.080 Go ahead, start taking it up. 321 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.320 That's it. 322 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.700 See, this way keeps it from binding. 323 00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.940 That's it. 324 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.580 Bring it up. 325 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.220 Bring it up. 326 00:20:25.710 --> 00:20:26.430 Good, okay. 327 00:20:30.550 --> 00:20:33.790 See, it's important to get the wire back in 328 00:20:33.790 --> 00:20:36.230 as close to the mast as possible 329 00:20:36.230 --> 00:20:37.310 so we got a good pull out. 330 00:20:37.550 --> 00:20:38.570 All right, go ahead, a little more. 331 00:20:39.130 --> 00:20:39.650 A little more? 332 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:39.950 A little more. 333 00:20:39.950 --> 00:20:40.290 Right up here. 334 00:20:40.410 --> 00:20:42.010 Right, get the mark all the way down. 335 00:20:42.170 --> 00:20:42.770 That's it. 336 00:20:42.890 --> 00:20:43.310 Come on. 337 00:20:43.850 --> 00:20:44.030 See it? 338 00:20:44.710 --> 00:20:44.710 339 00:20:47.890 --> 00:20:49.170 All right, very good. 340 00:20:50.110 --> 00:20:51.890 Okay, don't forget to take out your winch handle. 341 00:20:52.330 --> 00:20:52.890 All right, sit. 342 00:20:52.890 --> 00:20:55.090 The store's back over there. 343 00:20:55.510 --> 00:20:57.150 Donna, if you'll just head up into the wind, honey, 344 00:20:57.150 --> 00:20:58.430 we'll put up the headsail. 345 00:20:58.830 --> 00:21:02.630 All right, Ron, as you'll see, this is a jib halyard. 346 00:21:02.710 --> 00:21:04.090 Usually they're on a winch like this, 347 00:21:04.110 --> 00:21:06.150 but because we sail shorthanded quite often, 348 00:21:06.450 --> 00:21:07.330 this has a brake on it. 349 00:21:07.330 --> 00:21:08.250 We can let it go. 350 00:21:08.450 --> 00:21:10.630 I can ease the sail down and go forward, all right? 351 00:21:11.010 --> 00:21:12.150 Now, it's just like the main. 352 00:21:12.730 --> 00:21:13.290 That's it. 353 00:21:13.310 --> 00:21:15.630 Okay, stop bringing it up and I'll guide it. 354 00:21:16.490 --> 00:21:17.290 Very good. 355 00:21:18.150 --> 00:21:18.770 That's it. 356 00:21:19.570 --> 00:21:21.910 All right, Mary Ann, you stand by to trim on that sheet. 357 00:21:26.710 --> 00:21:28.410 Ready to fall off. 358 00:21:29.350 --> 00:21:30.810 All right, let's trim a little. 359 00:21:31.950 --> 00:21:32.850 Trim it in. 360 00:21:34.910 --> 00:21:36.390 Okay, we're a sailboat. 361 00:21:38.070 --> 00:21:39.230 Ready to come about? 362 00:21:39.490 --> 00:21:39.850 Ready. 363 00:21:41.530 --> 00:21:41.550 Ready. 364 00:21:42.330 --> 00:21:43.230 Helm to lead. 365 00:21:46.630 --> 00:21:47.230 Release. 366 00:21:51.170 --> 00:21:51.890 All right, now, we're going to get the sailboat ready. 367 00:21:51.890 --> 00:21:54.650 That's it, Mary Ann. 368 00:21:54.850 --> 00:21:56.030 You can tell, girl. 369 00:21:56.650 --> 00:21:58.170 All right, now, put your winch handle in. 370 00:21:58.290 --> 00:21:59.190 That's it. 371 00:22:00.630 --> 00:22:00.930 Okay. 372 00:22:01.130 --> 00:22:02.390 That was very good. 373 00:22:02.750 --> 00:22:03.510 We crank it. 374 00:22:03.510 --> 00:22:05.210 When it gets too hard, go the other way. 375 00:22:05.310 --> 00:22:06.310 It's a two-speed winch. 376 00:22:06.770 --> 00:22:07.850 All right, that's fine. 377 00:22:07.970 --> 00:22:08.450 Settle down. 378 00:22:08.990 --> 00:22:09.510 That's good. 379 00:22:09.510 --> 00:22:10.150 Hold that. 380 00:22:18.290 --> 00:22:19.310 All right. 381 00:22:19.970 --> 00:22:20.930 This is sailing. 382 00:22:21.570 --> 00:22:22.390 How's it feel? 383 00:22:22.590 --> 00:22:23.850 Oh, it feels great, man. 384 00:22:24.070 --> 00:22:24.830 I really feel good. 385 00:22:25.550 --> 00:22:26.850 Isn't this a beautiful day? 386 00:22:26.930 --> 00:22:28.590 My gosh, you can ask for it any nicer. 387 00:22:28.750 --> 00:22:29.890 You think it beats power boating? 388 00:22:30.110 --> 00:22:31.030 I think it does. 389 00:22:31.630 --> 00:22:32.510 I really do. 390 00:22:32.910 --> 00:22:34.030 What about you, there? 391 00:22:34.450 --> 00:22:35.290 I think it's great. 392 00:22:35.330 --> 00:22:36.070 You want to sail the boat? 393 00:22:37.150 --> 00:22:38.170 No, this is a lot of fun. 394 00:22:38.230 --> 00:22:38.630 It really is. 395 00:22:38.890 --> 00:22:40.170 You don't have all that noise. 396 00:22:40.510 --> 00:22:41.410 It's really great. 397 00:22:41.610 --> 00:22:42.730 You don't need any fuel, do you? 398 00:22:42.750 --> 00:22:43.490 That's right. 399 00:22:48.430 --> 00:22:49.470 All right, ready about? 400 00:22:49.610 --> 00:22:50.010 Ready. 401 00:22:51.670 --> 00:22:52.430 Ready. 402 00:22:53.570 --> 00:22:53.870 Ready. 403 00:22:56.170 --> 00:22:56.930 Helmsley. 404 00:22:59.610 --> 00:23:00.130 Release. 405 00:23:06.150 --> 00:23:07.050 That's it. 406 00:23:07.090 --> 00:23:07.610 Trim. 407 00:23:08.930 --> 00:23:10.450 Okay, very good. 408 00:23:10.710 --> 00:23:11.350 Keep trimming. 409 00:23:12.650 --> 00:23:13.290 That's it. 410 00:23:13.310 --> 00:23:14.150 Keep going, honey. 411 00:23:14.310 --> 00:23:14.970 That's good. 412 00:23:16.210 --> 00:23:20.910 Okay, now when you steer, you just make it easy, easy moves, you'll feel them. 413 00:23:20.990 --> 00:23:22.090 And they'll have to come back. 414 00:23:22.550 --> 00:23:25.710 Once you see the boat correct, you come back and you feel the pressure on it, see? 415 00:23:26.110 --> 00:23:28.690 See, actually, we got two forces going, or three, really. 416 00:23:29.130 --> 00:23:31.410 The head's trying to drive the boat off this way. 417 00:23:32.170 --> 00:23:34.350 The main is trying to drive it back up into the wind. 418 00:23:34.510 --> 00:23:37.830 And the third force is here on your tiller, which is now a wheel. 419 00:23:38.130 --> 00:23:39.510 It's a rudder, that's it. 420 00:23:40.030 --> 00:23:40.610 All right. 421 00:23:40.870 --> 00:23:41.270 Okay? 422 00:23:41.510 --> 00:23:41.910 That's it. 423 00:23:41.910 --> 00:23:43.470 Just take easy, easy moves. 424 00:23:43.470 --> 00:23:46.090 Let it settle down. 425 00:23:50.690 --> 00:23:51.570 Let it go. 426 00:23:52.290 --> 00:23:52.810 That's it. 427 00:23:52.910 --> 00:23:54.170 Plenty of scope out now. 428 00:23:54.570 --> 00:23:58.850 The term scope relates to the amount of anchor line let out relative to the depth of the water. 429 00:23:59.310 --> 00:24:02.830 A scope of seven to one is considered safe in most weather and sea conditions. 430 00:24:03.450 --> 00:24:06.050 If you're in ten feet of water, let out seventy feet of line. 431 00:24:06.530 --> 00:24:10.210 Make sure you check the nature of the bottom, the rise and fall of tides, if any, 432 00:24:10.210 --> 00:24:14.310 your relationship to other boats, and that you are protected from wind and waves. 433 00:24:14.770 --> 00:24:16.770 Well, how did you enjoy your first day of sailing? 434 00:24:16.970 --> 00:24:18.130 I really enjoyed it. 435 00:24:18.450 --> 00:24:20.090 You're catching on really nicely. 436 00:24:20.430 --> 00:24:21.090 I'm very serious. 437 00:24:21.390 --> 00:24:22.210 You think so? 438 00:24:22.550 --> 00:24:24.990 You can't learn everything in one day. 439 00:24:25.810 --> 00:24:31.730 I was listening to the radio a little while ago, and there's a possibility of some weather change coming through tomorrow, another front coming through. 440 00:24:32.950 --> 00:24:34.610 So, you know, don't get excited. 441 00:24:34.750 --> 00:24:38.050 A sailboat reacts just a little bit differently than a powerboat does. 442 00:24:38.050 --> 00:24:42.330 We might have to put up a small head sail and we'll possibly have to reef the main. 443 00:24:42.590 --> 00:24:49.150 We reef down the main, which means basically we shorten the main so that there's less sail area exposed to the wind. 444 00:24:49.470 --> 00:24:53.530 And the boat will then ride on an even keel. 445 00:24:53.650 --> 00:24:58.770 So we'll just go through it one step at a time and there's no problems. 446 00:25:01.850 --> 00:25:04.730 Okay, guys, we're out of the lee of the island now. 447 00:25:04.730 --> 00:25:15.850 Like we talked last night, the wind is really starting to pick up, so I think what we'll do is we'll put a reef in the main and it'll level us off a little and we'll go just as fast. 448 00:25:16.690 --> 00:25:18.230 So Donna, honey, why don't you take the helm? 449 00:25:18.650 --> 00:25:19.010 Okay. 450 00:25:19.530 --> 00:25:21.830 All right, you can hold that course right there. 451 00:25:22.450 --> 00:25:25.390 All right, Mary Ann, I want you to take care of the main sheet. 452 00:25:25.510 --> 00:25:27.590 When I tell you to ease, ease it out. 453 00:25:27.610 --> 00:25:29.610 When I say to take it in, you take it in. 454 00:25:30.170 --> 00:25:31.730 Ron, you and I are going to go forward. 455 00:25:32.090 --> 00:25:33.350 We're going to start the reef on the main. 456 00:25:33.350 --> 00:25:36.190 Now you're going to be working the winch on the boom, which has the reefing gear. 457 00:25:36.530 --> 00:25:38.910 Now I'll be easing out the main as you take it in. 458 00:25:39.310 --> 00:25:40.750 Okay, what about the safety items? 459 00:25:41.130 --> 00:25:42.130 It's a good idea. 460 00:25:42.350 --> 00:25:45.610 Fine, if you feel more comfortable, just snap it on up by the mast. 461 00:25:45.890 --> 00:25:47.210 You'll be able to work a lot easier. 462 00:25:47.790 --> 00:25:48.790 Okay, everybody got it? 463 00:25:49.010 --> 00:25:49.850 All right, let's do it. 464 00:25:56.730 --> 00:25:57.530 All right. 465 00:25:57.590 --> 00:26:00.130 All right, Mary Ann, ease me some main sheet. 466 00:26:03.570 --> 00:26:05.790 One more ease. 467 00:26:42.050 --> 00:26:47.150 The real thrills of sailing come with direct participation, whether you're pulling on a 468 00:26:47.150 --> 00:26:52.730 halyard, cranking a winch, preparing a meal, charting a course, or assuming command at 469 00:26:52.730 --> 00:26:53.170 the helm. 470 00:26:54.230 --> 00:26:59.090 If you want to be part of a crew and accept responsibility in order to do it right and 471 00:26:59.090 --> 00:27:03.330 keep it safe, you must strive to understand the basic knowledge of what it means to be 472 00:27:03.330 --> 00:27:10.590 a sailboat sail, the essentials of communication, the correct use of terminology, the giving 473 00:27:10.590 --> 00:27:16.750 and execution of commands, the techniques of good seamanship, and maintain an ever 474 00:27:16.750 --> 00:27:19.690 present awareness of safety at sea. 475 00:27:24.110 --> 00:27:24.890 There's lighthouse. 476 00:27:26.350 --> 00:27:28.210 Boy, that's going to be a boomy job. 477 00:27:28.650 --> 00:27:30.070 Yeah, but it's an important one. 478 00:27:32.230 --> 00:27:35.110 Delano, you're looking good. 479 00:27:35.770 --> 00:27:37.030 Have a safe trip. 480 00:27:37.290 --> 00:27:37.930 Thank you. 481 00:27:37.970 --> 00:27:39.490 We're working at it. 482 00:27:44.030 --> 00:27:49.590 Sailing, do it right, keep it safe, has been brought to you in the continued interest of 483 00:27:49.590 --> 00:27:51.550 safe boating by Miccolo. 484 00:28:07.890 --> 00:28:09.290 Thank you.