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Competent Crew Program

• 12:00 Meeting with your instructor, general info about the course, safety briefing, personal equipment review
  
• 13:00 Theory introduction to sailing (wind, sails, keel, reaches, reefing...) parts of the sailboat / Terminology
• 14:00 Standing and running rigging, basic ropework (fenders, lines), engine (on/off/gears), hoist main, reef, unroll JIB, winch usage
• 15:00 Undocking and setting sails. Basic sailing demonstration and exercises, steering in beam reach course
• 18:00 Berthing, tidying up the boat, knotwork
• 18:30 Short revision, Q&A

Day 2 - Monday

• 10:00 Theory of closehauled sailing, coming about. Reefing procedure. Intro to Safety at sea, Emergency procedures, VHF calls, fire, Life raft
• 13:00 VHF demo, Life on board, Cabin and deck inspection, Bending on the sails
• 14:00 Setting sails and sailing close-hauled, multiple coming about practice, safe sailing practices
• 17:00 Berthing, tidying up the boat, Short revision, Q&A

• 10:00 Theory of broad reach course, gybing. Theory aerodynamics of sails, telltales, trim of sails, apparent wind
• 13:00 Pre departure procedure practice
• 14:00 Setting sails and sailing broad reach, multiple gybing practice, safe sailing practices
• 17:00 Berthing, tidying up the boat, Short revision, Q&A

• 10:00 Theory introduction to Collision regulation. Anchoring and buoy principles
• 13:00 Setting sails, sailing between the marks, recognising marks and priorities at sea, 360 degrees turns under sail, anchoring or picking a buoy in a bay
• 17:00 Berthing, tidying up the boat, Short revision

• 10:00 Theory Man Over Board, Heave up to position of the boat. Q/A CC workbook
• 13:00 Setting sails and MOB drills, MOB examination after the practice
• 17:00 Berthing, tieding up the boat

• 09:00 Theory longside docking, propeller walk. Intro to Berthing the boat on Adriatic mooring (Day Skipper presentation)
• 09:30 Longside docking practice as Helmsman. Docking examination
• 13:00 Berthing, tidying up the boat
• 14:00 Personal feedback to students, logbook, certificates and diplomas
• 15:00 Optional drink

Note: Sailing is a weather-dependent activity, to make the best out of the course, the timetable can vary according to the forecast of the day. The instructor will let students know in due time the adapted program in case of change. There is a lunch break after morning theory, duration will be discussed with the instructor.