Keelboat Level 1 Dockside

Slots will be allocated in signup order (no lottery).  If more students sign up than can be accomodated, all on the waitlist will be notified by email of any cancellation, and the first to respond will get the slot.  You can check your signup status on the website. 

If you are registered, just show up at the scheduled time – with pfd in hand, gloves and closed toe shoes.  We will meet you at the J-dock entrance ramp and take you through the key steps for getting a Club keelboat ready to sail.

We won’t be on the water just yet – it’s important to know how to get a keelboat ready, just as with a dinghy. But we will walk you through most of the following:

·                What to tell the crew to keep them safe

·                Boat inspection

·                How to check safety gear

·                How to go over rigging and choose sails for the wind conditions

·                How to reef at dock

·                Motor basics

·                How to derig and put a keelboat away