Sailing

Year 5/6 Term 4 Sailing Program

As part of the Physical Education program, Year 5 and 6 boys in Term 4 swapped the school hall for a sailing boat for a five week sailing course. This annual sailing program takes place at Balmoral Sailing Club with the boys having the opportunity to learn from experienced sailing instructors. The Stage 3 boys take part in both land theory and water activities. Land theory activities include:

• Introduction to parts of the boats, rigging and de-rigging

• Points of sail, no-go zone and sail setting

• How to visualise wind direction on land

• Rules of the road – starboard versus port, windward versus leeward, power versus sail, overtaking

• Rope work and knots

• Physics of how a sailboat works. This knowledge is then progressively applied on the water in safe activities on craft that include ‘optimist’, laser ‘pico’ and hobie cat sailing boats with boys learning to steer, control speed, tacking, jibing and race.