All, There was a discussion among the officers (after a SYC event last semester) about the racing rules and the need to have better rules education for SEISA sailors (especially new sailors). Rules education has always been difficult for teaching sailing to all ages, but it is necessary for all racing sailors (not just skippers) to know the rules of the road. The following are some education aids that teams should review with their sailors before the season starts.
This link is to the US Sailing basic rules education courses. Look under Racing Rules Introduction. http://www.sailingcourse.com/ This link is to the basic requirements to pass the US Sailing small boat course. It includes great stuff for teaching new sailors; boats, weather, maneuvers, knots etc.... http://www.smallboat.sailingcourse.com/ The following is a much more advanced Racing Rules test from David Dellenbaugh's excellent Speed and Smarts series. This test is pretty hard and should cause some discussion among the better sailors on a team and a bit of confusion among the newer sailors. The test requires a bit of conceptualization of the situations in your head. So it might be good to get out a chalkboard and do the whole test as a group, running through each situation and discussing the outcome. (**requires PDF reader**) Quiz: http://speedandsmarts.com/Rules_Test/87_Rules_IQ_Test.pdf Answers: http://speedandsmarts.com/Rules_Test/88_Rules_IQ_Test_Answers.pdf Each team should have a rule book in their regatta bag. I'd take the bet that most teams don't have one (though many individual skippers probably do). Cheers, Blake Billman SEISA Scheduling _________________________________________________ seisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=seisa
