Especialidades JA/Navegación a vela/Requisitos
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1. Tener la especialidad de Natación II.
2. Conocer las «reglas generales» para la navegación.
3. Saber cómo las condiciones meteorológicas y las condiciones de alto oleaje pueden afectar a la seguridad y el desempeño de la vela.
4. What safety precautions should be followed when sailing?
5. With the help of a friend, do the following.
- a. Get a sailboat underway from a dock, mooring, or beach.
- b. Properly adjust sails for the following conditions:
- i. Beating the wind
- ii. Beam reach
- iii. Broad reach
- iv. Close reach
- v. Downwind
- c. Change tack by coming about and by gybing.
- d. Return the sailboat to a dock, mooring, or beach, and prepare it for being unattended.
6. Know how to tie and use the following knots in sailing:
- a. Square knot.
- b. Bowline.
- c. Clove hitch.
- d. Figure-eight.
- e. Two half-hitches.
- f. Mooring hitch.
7. List ways to care for your sailing equipment throughout the year.
8. Have a knowledge of at least 20 terms used in sailing and their meanings.
9. Identify at least 15 parts of a sailboat.
10. Demonstrate the rescue of a person overboard.
11. Demonstrate what to do when a sailboat capsizes.
