Video Tip: Tacking and Gybing

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Patrick - 5 years ago

I'm reading the ASA training manuals for my 101, 103,104 and 114 and am going to fail because of all the lingo. I am sooo much better with hands-on than book fed knowledge. Frustrating.

American Sailing Association - 5 years ago

There are lots of great resources on our website including this article... https://asa.com/sailing-terms-you-can-use/

Razag Abdullah - 5 years ago

Wonderful video

Dave Hudson - 5 years ago

Pretty funny actually- “American “ sailing association yet they use UK spelling of Jibe!

Jeffrey Clement - 5 years ago

Do you guys have more current videos?

American Sailing Association - 5 years ago

Check out Docking Made Easy (https://asa.com/online-sailing-course/docking-made-easy-videos/), Knots Made Easy (https://asa.com/online-sailing-course/knots-made-easy-videos/), and our Bite Sized Lessons (https://asa.com/bite-sized-lessons/).

Rudy Infante - 7 years ago

Are you in Florida?

American Sailing Association - 7 years ago

This video was shot in Marina del Rey, CA. But we have a lot of ASA Certified Sailing School in Florida - see https://asa.com/schools/florida/

American Sailing Association - 7 years ago

We have schools all over the world... For schools in Florida please visit https://asa.com/schools/florida/

Homefront - 7 years ago

All your videos are great, thank you!

Andy Papademetriou - 5 years ago

Mopping your wax wax dcsaa

Jerry Crow - 7 years ago

I too noticed that each time the instructor gave commands, he changed the termonology, phrase, etc. I chuckled when the warning that the boom would be moving so as to allow the crew to duck happend after the boom had already pass by their heads. Consistancy, timing, and results.

Loanword Eggcorn - 8 years ago

The instructor does a really good job of clearly explaining what's going on and why, but perhaps gives the final summaries too quickly for new sailors. Also, we use simpler language: prepare to tack, ready, tacking; prepare to jibe, ready, jibing. Adding a specific "centering the main" in the middle of the jibe is a great idea. Will do that. As tanguerochas mentions, that's especially useful when there's another crew member on the main sheet, but it's still good crew communication when the helmsman is also handling the main.

American Sailing Association - 8 years ago

Great feedback... I think what we can do is add some text captions to the video to make it really clear what the commands are!

tanguerochas - 9 years ago

We generally use "Prepare to Gybe!" rather than "Ready to Gybe" reserving "Ready to" for upwind maneuvers. The "Centering the Main" distinction is especially important when separate crew is handling the Main Sheet.

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American Sailing Association - 9 years ago

VIDEO - ASA Sailing Made Easy Quick Tip: Tacking and Gybing. ‪#‎SailingMadeEasy‬ ‪#‎LearnToSail‬

Troy MacDonald - 9 years ago

great video!

Joshua Rossnagel - 10 years ago

I have been preparing to take a sailing class this fall and I've been studying The Handbook of Sailing to get a grasp of some concepts. While I understand the mechanics of these maneuvers your video really helped me to understand them better. I'm ready to have a hands on approach :-)

Dkkhjk Mhjhvj - 7 years ago

Joshua Rossnagel I know I'm reaaaallly late but for anyone who reads this don't stress about sailing, it's just fun, they'll teach you everything at sailing lessons, 6 days in so far and I'm learning roll tacks as skipper, only reason I'm watching this is because I missed a day and have just been guessing

Loanword Eggcorn - 8 years ago

Agree videos are really helpful to show some of the techniques in action. Hope your class went well and you're enjoying sailing!