Sailing Aids

Cheap Reseller Hosting

free hosting by fateback

hosting reseller

100WebSpace offers 100MB Web Space

Carcoar Dam Sailing Club

Sailing Aids

(Click on a link below that will open in a new window)

dot

Glossary of Sailing Terms

dot

CDSC Rules and By-Laws

dot

Sailing Racing Rules in Brief

dot

Sailing Rules Simulator and Quiz - (thanx to Martin Horder at Wang SC for the link) updated

Four Basic Rules - an illustration *

Sailing and Boat Tuning Guide

dot

Sailing and Racing Skills

dot

Handicap Yardsticks and Corrected Time

dot

Wind Speed Indicators - Beaufort Scale

dot

Laser Clinic

dot

Roll Tacking - example photo *

dot

Gybing - example photos *

dot

Capsizing and righting your boat - example photos *

dot

Tying Various Sailing Knots: *

Bowline - a common sailing knot that calenderdoesn’t slip - example photos 1 and 2 (6 photos)
Figure of Eight - useful for preventing a rope from slipping through a block - example photo
Cleat Knot - used to secure lines to cleats - example photo

More knot tying

boats

Back to News

Back to Top of Page

Photo Sources:
Ell, S., Dinghy Sailing, New Holland, London, 2001.
Werner, D., Sailor’s Start-Up: A Beginner’s Guide to Sailing, 2nd edn, Tracks, California, 2001.

Page Updated 19 October 2006