All areas are assessed based on further development required by the student or they are performing the task consistently.
Balance
- Demonstrate optimal body position at all time while sailing
- Balance boat for conditions using hiking and trapezing
- Push body out onto trapeze before clipping in
- Clip in to trapeze using a straight arm
- Trapeze with feet together and shoulders back
Sail Trim
- Crew identifies point and speed modes for helm upwind
- Helm trim main and drive to keep crew trapezing
- Trim jib leech to keep top and bottom telltales breaking together
- Draw air flow around a cat and sloop rigged sail plan
Direction
- Steer to keep pressure in kite on reach and run
- Steer boat to promote planing and surfing with a kite
- Head Up
- Free-fly kite into the leeward mark
- Douse kite to windward at a leeward mark
- Head up and tack around a mark
- Demonstrate a tactical rounding with a kite
- Time trial
Bear Off
- Identify opportunities for bear away and gybe sets at a mark
- Perform a leeward hoist around a windward mark
- Perform a windward hoist around a windward mark
- Set spinnaker pole once kite is hoisted (ww and lw hoist)
Tack
- Roll tack using the trapeze puck to roll the boat
- Perform wire to wire tacks at 1 minute intervals
Gybe
- Gybe kite by switching pole after gybe
- Gybe with kite on command and at 1 minute intervals
Stop
- Crew back mainsail to stop
Go/Accelerate
- Crew provide countdown information to helm during start
- Bear off by backing the jib
- Line up on a beat with a tuning partner and accelerate
Down-Speed
- Sail slowly with a kite
- Release kite halyard to make a reach mark layline
Seamanship
- Evaluate geographical and tidal effects at a new sailing venue
- Choose rig settings for the day’s conditions
- Describe how the presence of a jib accelerates air around main
- Place telltales on jib luff and leech, and on mainsail leech
- Correctly rig kite each day for training
Tactics/Strategy
- Implement racing strategy and tactics while racing
Physical Literacy
- Participate in a daily physical warm up prior to training
Mental Training
- Set skill/process based goals for training and racing sessions
- Maintain a written log book throughout training
- Participate in a 1-2 day local regatta