Tacking Activity 2 – Centremain

The Sand to Salt Tacking Activity Sheet (2) for Centremain Double-handed Dinghies.

This activity sheet forms part of our tacking and gybing series for small sailing boats (dinghies) and helps with revising the essential steps needed to complete a safe, efficient tack . This sheet is for students who have learned how to tack with our poster and are testing their knowledge.

A tack is when the boat is turned more than 90 degrees with the bow turning though the no go zone (through the wind) and over to the other side. Centremain refers to where the mainsheet is located in the boat - if it comes from the middle, it is centremain.

This activity takes all the individual parts of the tacking sequence, jumbles them up, and asks you to cut them out and put them in order. There is a second sheet that has the boat diagrams for each of the 5 major stages, where the smaller steps can be glued into.

About the Tacking Poster:

• 1 x Sheet with all the tacking steps to be cut out (centremainsheet doublehanded tacking)
• 1 x Sheet with boat diagrams on showing the manoeuvre for gluing the text parts onto.
• 1 x Answer sheet for guidance.

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