Washington Yacht Club
DaySailing Handbook
Contents

CHAPTER 2 - CLUB FACILITIES, ACTIVITIES, AND ORGANIZATION

• 2.1 Facilities
• 2.1.1 Business Office
• 2.1.2 Waterfront Activities Center
• 2.2 Boats
• 2.2.1 Lasers
• 2.2.2 Laser IIs
• 2.2.3 Flying Juniors
• 2.2.4 420s
• 2.2.5 470s
• 2.2.6 Sailboards
• 2.2.7 Finn
• 2.2.8 505
• 2.2.9 Catamaran
• 2.2.10 Other Boats
• 2.2.11 Spinnakers
• 2.2.12 Boston Whaler
• 2.2.13 Rental Keelboats
• 2.3 Activities
• 2.3.1 Recreational Sailing
• 2.3.2 Lessons
• 2.3.3 Snooze 'N Cruise
• 2.3.4 Racing
• 2.3.5 Informal Racing
• 2.3.6 Work Parties
• 2.3.7 Telltale
• 2.3.8 Email Lists
• 2.4 Yacht Club Organization
• 2.4.1 Officers
• 2.4.2 Paid Positions
• 2.4.3 Chiefs
• 2.4.4 Committee Chairs
• 2.4.5 Dues-Exempt positions
• 2.4.6 General Meetings
• 2.4.7 Executive Council

• 3.1 Ratings
• 3.1.1 Novice
• 3.1.2 Intermediate
• 3.1.3 Skipper
• 3.1.4 Instructors
• 3.1.5 Specialty Ratings
• 3.1.5.1 Sailboards
• 3.1.5.2 Catamaran
• 3.1.5.3 Keelboat Novice
• 3.1.5.4 Keelboat Skipper
• 3.1.5.5 Boston Whaler
• 3.2 Boat Use Procedures
• 3.2.1 Sail Locker
• 3.2.2 Check-Out Procedures
• 3.2.3 Damage Reporting
• 3.2.4 Workshop
• 3.2.5 Miscellaneous Rules

• 4.1 Sailboat Nomenclature
• 4.1.1 Hull
• 4.1.2 Spars and Rigging
• 4.1.3 Sails
• 4.2 Marlinespike Seamanship
• 4.3 How Boats Sail
• 4.3.1 Theory
• 4.3.2 Sail Adjustment
• 4.3.3 Sailing Terms
• 4.3.4 Coming about and Jibing
• 4.3.5 Coming About
• 4.3.6 Jibing
• 4.3.7 Speed Control
• 4.3.8 Approaching and Leaving Docks
• 4.3.9 Heavy Weather Sailing
• 4.3.10 Sail Folding
• 4.3.11 Spinnaker Flying
• 4.4 Rigging
• 4.4.1 Mainsail
• 4.4.2 Jib
• 4.4.3 How tight?
• 4.4.4 Rigging Novice Boats
• 4.5 Rules of the Road

• 5.1 Emergencies and Hazards
• 5.1.1 Lee Shore
• 5.1.2 Capsize
• 5.1.3 Man Overboard
• 5.1.4 Life-Saving Notes
• 5.1.5 Whalers
• 5.1.6 Rigging Failure
• 5.1.7 Rudder Damage
• 5.1.8 Hull Puncture

• A.1 Laser
• A.1.1 Rigging
• A.1.2 Sailing
• A.1.3 Derigging
• A.2 Laser II
• A.2.1 Rigging
• A.3 Sailboards
• A.3.1 Rigging
• A.3.2 Sailing
• A.3.3 Sailboard Rules
• A.4 Keelboats

• B.1 Definitions
  
• B.2 Rules
• B.2.1 Basic Open Water Rules
  
• B.2.2 Basic Rules Near Marks