Introduction to Sailing
The Luffing Lassies host a two-week all day intensive course each September, which includes a week of Introduction to Sailing and a week of Introduction to Racing. These courses are taught by volunteer women from the Luffing Lassie organization.
Sailing requires physical endurance and agility. If you are considering enrolling in this two-week course, it's important to feel confident in your physical abilities to perform the following tasks:
- Pull a 130-pound Sunfish sailboat from a storage rack and roll it up and down a slope to launch from the beach in and out of the water.
- Quickly crouch into a squat, duck under a moving boom, and shift your weight from side to side on the boat.
- Swim comfortably for at least 100 yards without assistance.
- Pull yourself back onto your boat from deep water in the event of a capsize.
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Posture in a Sunfish
The Lassies teach the Introduction to Sailing course in the single handed One Design boat called a Sunfish. In this video, you can see how you would sit in the boat.
Introduction to Racing
The second week of the course is all about how to race a sailboat. The Luffing Lassies meet each Thursday throughout the school year to race their boats against each other.
You will learn The Racing Rules of Sailing according to US Sailing.
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