SAIL POWER FOR CRUISERS
In this online class, explore sail configurations and controls for optimal boat speed and balance for cruising monohulls and catamarans.
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Have you ever thought that your cruising sailboat is slow, or that you are motoring too much? Maybe you’re not quite sure which sail controls to tweak to improve your boat’s performance. This online class, taught by Captains Lisa & Andy Batchelor, will help answer those questions and empower you to improve your boat's speed and efficiency while under sail. Whether you are a new sailor or an experienced skipper, you'll benefit from the skills and techniques taught in this class on your next sailing trip.
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WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?
This online class is suitable for all levels of sailors who’d like to improve their understanding and skills to make their boats sail faster, more efficiently, and more comfortably. It is an excellent complement to all ASA sailing courses.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
Learn the fundamentals needed to achieve optimal boat speed and balance. Learn about different types of sails and their relative advantages. Understand how true and apparent wind affects your sail trim, and how that trim varies if sailing upwind or downwind. After this class, you will be itching to get out on the water to experiment with new sail trim techniques.
TOPICS COVERED
- Headsail And Mainsail Trim
- Angle Of Attack
- Twist – Why And How
- Mainsheet, Vang, Traveler Controls
- Jib Car Position
- Boat Balance
- Weather Helm
- Preventers And Boom Brakes
- Reefing
- Heavy Weather Tactics
- Cruising Sail Combinations For Upwind, Reaching And Downwind
YOUR HOSTS
CAPTAINS LISA BATCHELOR FRAILEY & ANDY BATCHELOR
Sail Solomons ASA School & Charter Base, Founders
Captains Andy Batchelor and Lisa Batchelor Frailey are both lifelong sailors and retired military officers. Andy served in the Royal Air Force in aviation and intelligence, and Lisa served in the US Navy in aviation, meteorology and oceanography – a combination of skills that have proven very useful to sailing and passagemaking. They founded and operated Sail Solomons ASA school and charter base, receiving numerous awards for ASA Outstanding School and Outstanding Instructors.
Andy and Lisa wrote ASA’s textbooks for Bareboat Cruising, Catamaran Cruising, and Dinghies and Outboard and are the primary contributors to ASA’s Advanced Cruising and Seamanship text. Their most recent book, Docking & Maneuvering Made Easy, is American Sailing’s new textbook for the ASA 118 Docking Endorsement. Lisa also regularly teaches the ASA 119, Marine Weather Endorsement.
Cruising for seven years onboard their Passport 47 ZINGARO and Outbound 46 KINETIC, Andy and Lisa have made numerous coastal passages and ocean voyages, conducting cruising and passagemaking training while living aboard in exotic locations. They also organize and lead sailing flotillas on cruising catamarans and monohulls in the Caribbean. Andy and Lisa are regular speakers at Cruisers’ University and present many live and virtual seminars.
Andy and Lisa launched Kinetic Sailing to offer marine consulting, charter brokerage, instructional yacht deliveries and tailored instruction with a global scope. They are USCG Captains, cruisers, instructors, analysts and business owners with a wealth of experience in the sailing industry.