Nice explanations, thanks. I like the suggestion to ease the sails until luffing, to show when the sails are too loose/luffing and then tighten up. One thing that helps my students understand close-hauled is to have them try pointing as high as they can into the wind, to see where the no-go-zone starts and how the sails react, then they can come back to close-hauled. They can actually feel and see the difference. Once students know how to tack and gybe and trim sails accordingly, then we practise doing a slow 360 circle in light winds, looking at each point of sail and how to trim and adjust the sails as we go around the circle. Thanks for the nice video!
Amazing, -complexity with an alternative and more simplistic explanation. THANKS!
Nice explanations, thanks. I like the suggestion to ease the sails until luffing, to show when the sails are too loose/luffing and then tighten up.
One thing that helps my students understand close-hauled is to have them try pointing as high as they can into the wind, to see where the no-go-zone starts and how the sails react, then they can come back to close-hauled. They can actually feel and see the difference.
Once students know how to tack and gybe and trim sails accordingly, then we practise doing a slow 360 circle in light winds, looking at each point of sail and how to trim and adjust the sails as we go around the circle.
Thanks for the nice video!
Excellent!