In these videos you will learn the most important basics of sailing. If you've always wanted to learn how to sail, these films are just right for you. The chapters are structured similarly to a basic sailing licence in a sailing school. Everything is explained as simply as possible so that you can concentrate on the essentials.
The Grabner Sailing Academy team wishes you good luck and lots of fun sailing!
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1. THE SAILING CATAMARAN
In this first video you will learn about the most important parts of the sailboat. As you can see, this is a catamaran – that is, a boat with 2 hulls.
Catamarans feature excellent sailing characteristics. The Happy Cat can reach speeds of over 16 knots.
2. SET THE SAILS, CAST OFF, MOOR
In this video we show you the first important steps on your sailboat – in this particular case, on the inflatable Happy Cat. In just a few minutes, you'll learn how to set the sails, slip the boat – that is, push it into the water – and how to moor and cast off.
3. STEERING COURSES, SAIL POSITIONS
In this video you will learn on which courses you can sail, how to steer correctly and how to adjust the sail position to the respective course!
When sailors speak of courses, they usually mean the direction of travel in relation to the wind direction.
4. TACK AND JIBE
In this video we show you how to tack and gybe. The tack is a turn with the bow through the wind. When gybing, the stern turns through the wind.
5. AVOIDANCE RULES SAILING SIMPLY EXPLAINED
In this video we briefly explain the most important right-of-way rules for sailors. However, please always enquire about local peculiarities before sailing. This video does not provide legally binding, complete information on all regulations concerning sailing – only the most important basic rules are explained.
6. SAILING SAFETY
Sailing is probably one of the most fascinating sports in which you interact with the forces of nature. This is exactly what can lead to unwanted situations from time to time – learn how to prepare for them in this video.
7. RAISE THE CATAMARAN AFTER CAPSIZING
Everyone who works on their skills in catamaran sailing will capsize once in a while. This video shows you how to right the boat after it has capsized.
8. MAN OVERBOARD MANEUVERS
In sport sailing, it can happen from time to time that a crew member goes overboard. In this video, we show you how to get him or her back on board.
It makes sense to practise the "man overboard manoeuvre" regularly. In an emergency, it helps if every move is right! Initially, it's best to practise with a buoy!
9. SAIL TRIM: SAIL FASTER WITH THE RIGHT TRIM
If you want to get the best performance out of your boat, this video is for you.
10. ROLL-BOOSTER SAILING
For even more sailing fun in light winds, the Grabner company has developed the Roll-Booster.
This special headsail is very similar to the cut of a gennaker, but can additionally be sailed on 'downwind courses'. Thanks to the larger sail area, you are about 30 % faster than with the standard foresail.
11. TIPS FOR SAILING ON A HULL
The feeling of flying has always fascinated us humans – sailing on one hull comes very close. In this video, we show you how to do it.
SAILING TERMS
Abeam: Perpendicular to the direction of travel
Accidental gybe: Unintentional turning of the boom
Backboard: The left side in the direction of travel
Bear away: A change of course away from the wind
Belay: To fasten a line
Block: An enclosure with one or several pulleys over which lines run
Booster: A light large headsail for downwind, upwind and beam reach courses
Bow: The front end of a vessel
Bowman: The crew member at the foresheet
Capsize: To overturn
Catamaran: Double hulled boat
Centreboard: Vertical plate in the water, to minimise the drift
Clew: The rear corner of a sail
Coil up: To fold a line in regular loops
Crew: Boat manning
Curry clamp: Serrated spring clamp for fixing lines (sheets)
Easing: To yield the pull on a line in a controlled manner
Foresail: A small headsail
Forestay: Front mast mounting
Griping: The tendency of a sailboat to turn into the wind
Gybe (or jibe): To turn into the wind with the stern
Halyard (or halliard): Line for setting the sails
Harden in: To haul in the sail
Heave-to: Turn into the wind with the boat
Heeling: The leaning of a boat
Lee helm: The tendency of a sailboat to bear away from the wind while under sail
Lee side: The side away from the wind
Leech: The edge of a sail (luff, leech, foot)
Leeway: Lateral drifting due to the effects of wind or current
Luff up or head up: A change of course towards the wind
Manoeuvre: Activities that bring about a change in boat handling
Mast top: The top end of a mast
Portside: The left side in the direction of travel
Relative wind: A combination of actual wind and fair wind
Rig: Connection between hull and sail (mast, boom, shrouds and forestay)
Rig: To attach a sail to a boom, mast or stay
Running rigging: Collective term for sheets, halyards and downhauls
Sail head: The top corner of a sail
Sail tack: The front corner of a sail
Sheet: A line used to regulate the position of the sails
Shifting: The transfer of the mainsail from one side to the other
Shiver: Fluttering or flapping of the sails
Shroud: Standing rigging to hold the mast up from side to side
Shroud-mounted telltales: Show the wind direction
Standing rigging: Collective term for stays and shrouds
Starboard: The right side in the direction of travel
Stern: The rear end of a ship
Stern rope: Mooring line at the stern
Swing at anchor: Swaying of the boat in the wind or current in front of the anchor or buoy
Tack: To turn into the wind with the bow
Tarpaulin: Boat cover
Tiller: The "steering rod" of the rudder
To back wind: Holding a sail to windward
Trapeze: Hiking or sitting out setup on yawls and dinghies
Traveller: Device for adjusting the mainsheet tension direction
True wind: The wind that actually blows
Windward or weather side: The side facing the wind
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