ON-WATER SKILLS CHECKOUT - Level 1 Recreational Catamaran (Nacra 500/570)

The on-water skills checkout consists in the demonstration of safety sailing and capsize recovery.

Eden J. Zhang, our Recreational Catamaran Captain will be there with Locarno prominent F-18 sailor Rupert Slight, to review capsize procedures, and assess your competency in launching, landing, on-water handling, and capsize recovery. 

Prerequisite:

• Clubroom Orientation & Rigging Clinic (Part 1 & 2) for the same vessels. 
• Members are expected to complete Parts 1 and 2 prior to attending this skills checkout, or having been cleared out after attending Intro to Catamaran for Beginner lessons sailing Locarno boats Nacra 500 and/or 570.
  

Tasks

• Transport craft to water
• Controlled launch (install centerboard, deploy and lock rudder(s) while maintaining some semblance of course control and stability)
• Stay near shore
• Maintain a heading
• Tack
• Gybe
• Figure 8
• Man over board rescue
• Heave to
• Capsize and recover
• Controlled landing (low speed, retract board(s), unlock rudder(s), boat into irons in standing depth, no boat contact with bottom or shore
• Return craft to derig location

Make sure you review beforehand the Catamaran Rigging videos and documents on our website, located under Sailing Documents and links:

https://www.clublocarno.com/Sailing-Documents-and-Links