DETAILED LESSON PLAN - INTERMEDIATE

LESSON 1

• Downwind sailing. Wing & wing. Lee shore concerns.
• MOB scenarios.  Coiling lines.
• Sail trim on all points of sail.
• Knot craft. Sheet bend. Whipping a line.
• Docking procedures. Use of spring lines.

       
LESSON 2

• Man overboard using figure 8.
• Navigation tools. Dividers, drawing compass. Parallel rulers. 
  
• Reading charts.  Compass Rose.  Lat/Long.  UTM coordinates.  Nautical charts.  Work sheet.
• Plan a trip to Bird Island.
• Climbing the mast. Bosun’s chair. Climbing harness.
• Anchoring. Marking anchor location with mooring buoy. Hand signals.
• Docking.
  

       
LESSON 3

• Reefing when it’s too late.
• Forereaching.
• Heaving to for M.O.B. recovery.
• Navigating to Bird Island.  GPS & waypoints.  Compass & chart work.
  
• Right of way scenarios.  Work Sheet.
• VHF procedures. May Day. Pan pan. Sécurité. 

• Safety. Tethering, jack lines, chest harness.
• Identifying navigation lights at night.
  
• Celestial navigation basics.
• MOB at night.
• Reefing at night.
• GPS for night navigation.

       
LESSON 5    Practicum/Written Test

• An assessment of all Intermediate topics, with random maneuvers requested and evaluated by the instructor.