“en”:”Letu2019s look at launching where the wind is blowing on shore. This is also sometimes called a lee shore. In this situation when you face the water you should feel the wind blowing onto your face, and it is also the hardest to launch from as the wind will always try and blow you back ashore. Position your boat on the beach on its trolley with the bow of the boat pointing towards the wind. Rig the sails. Make sure the mainsheet is completely slack to allow the boom to flutter in the wind, which keeps the sail loose with no power, and stops it from blowing off the trolley accidentally. Also make sure the kicking strap is slack. Fit the rudder, and fit the safety pin. Check all drainage bungs are in place to stop the buoyancy tanks from filling with water as you sail along. Next introduce the boat to the water, keeping the bow head to wind. This will keep the sails flapping and make manoeuvring easy. Continue walking the boat into the water until it floats off the trolley. And then untie the painter. Park your trolley ashore above any high water mark on the beach.
With the crew holding the boat, climb aboard. To help keep you stable push the centreboard down, but only by a few inches to stop it hitting the bottom when in shallow water. Unfurl the jib if you havenu2019t already done so. Push the rudder down a few inches to allow the tip of the blade to make contact with the water. Grab the tiller and mainsheet and now youu2019re ready to go. Keep a good look out to make sure that your path is clear from other vessels and pay particular attention to any swimmers or other water users in the immediate area.
With the bow of the boat pointing head to wind like this you will be in the centre of the no go zone and unable to sail. To get sailing, ask the crew to push the bow of the boat out of the no go zone onto a close reach point of sailing like this. This sailing angle allows you to sail easily from the beach and avoids the possibility of becoming stuck in the no go zone and being blown back ashore.
The crew then climbs aboard. Gently pull in both sails a little bit to get moving, but as the rudder isnu2019t fully down you should leave the beach slowly. Once adequate depth has been reached release both sail control sheets to stop the boat, and lower the rudder blade fully. Then secure the downhaul rope to keep it in position. Lower the centreboard to suit the close reach point of sailing, pull the sails back in and sail away. Letu2019s now look at this with a racing fleet. Here they are adopting the same procedure. Boats are parked on trolleys with the nose pointing into wind. The sails are hoisted and the rudder fitted and bungs checked. The boats are led into the water nose first and floated off the trolley. The trolley is then parked above the high water mark. As we mentioned when learning itu2019s best for the helm to climb aboard first, but as you become more proficient you can opt for the crew to get in first. Here with the crew aboard and the sails flapping, the helm turns the boat away from the no go zone and smartly hops into the boat, quickly grabbing the tiller and mainsheet.
Slowly sail away from the beach until deeper water is reached, where the centreboard and rudder can be fully lowered.. “
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