Coaching Double Handed Resources Sailing Skill breakdowns and troubleshooting guide to assist double handed coaches. [Type text] Double Handed Sailing Acknowledgements Written by: Jen Braem With: Erik Van der Pol Contributors: Steve McBride Oliver Bone Michael Leitch Jessica Round Editors: Rob Fox Photographs taken by: Teddy Skiffington Jonathan Parker Sailors in Photos: Jen Braem Erin Flanagan Fraser McMillan Erik Van der Pol Written in Partnership with Royal Victoria Yacht Club, BC Sailing, and the Canadian Yachting Association Written October 2011 DoubleHandedSailing | CoachingResources 2 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Roles in the Boat: The Crew and the Helm ............................................................................................................................. 6 Communication: .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Roles in the Boat ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Weight Placement and Body Position ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Upwind Body Position ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Body Position: Going Through the Gears ............................................................................................................................ 9 Trapeze .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Clipping In and Getting out on the Wire ........................................................................................................................... 10 Unclipping from the Wire ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Trapezing: Form and Weight Placement........................................................................................................................... 11 General Form ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Tacking a Double Handed Dinghy ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Roll Tacking ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Wire to Wire Tacks ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Spinnaker .............................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Symmetrical Spinnaker Hoist: ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Troubleshooting Spinnaker Hoists ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Windward Spinnaker Hoists .............................................................................................................................................. 19 What’s the difference between a windward and leeward hoist? ................................................................................ 19 Reach Hoists .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Troubleshooting Windward Spinnaker Hoists .................................................................................................................. 20 Spinnaker Gybes................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Symmetrical Spinnaker Gybe: ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Troubleshooting Symmetrical Spinnaker Gybes ............................................................................................................... 22 Spinnaker Douse: .............................................................................................................................................................. 25 Troubleshooting Symmetrical Spinnaker Douses ............................................................................................................. 26 Trimming and Helming with the Spinnaker ...................................................................................................................... 27 Reaching with the Kite ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 DoubleHandedSailing | How a Sail Works: Trimming for Speed ................................................................................................................................ 29 Basic Sail Theory ................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Mainsail Trim and Controls ............................................................................................................................................... 33 Mainsheet and Bridle Tension ...................................................................................................................................... 33 General rule of thumb for mainsheet tension upwind: ................................................................................................ 33 CoachingResources 3 Boom Vang .................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Cunningham .................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Outhaul ......................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Mainsail Trimming Guide .................................................................................................................................................. 35 The Jib ............................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Trimming the Jib ............................................................................................................................................................... 38 Windward Sheeting and Barber Hauling ....................................................................................................................... 39 Jib Cunningham ............................................................................................................................................................. 40 Jib Halyard Tension ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 Centre of Effort ................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Centre of Lateral Resistance ............................................................................................................................................. 42 Heel and Helm ................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Tuning a Double Handed Dinghy .......................................................................................................................................... 44 Aspects of Tuning .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 Mast Heel Position ........................................................................................................................................................ 44 Mast Rake...................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Rig Tension .................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Pre-Bend.......................................................................................................................................................................