Intermediate Windsurfing with Adam

Prerequisites:

• registered as a UBC Sailing Club member for the current season
• at least 10 times on the water in a range of conditions after completing beginner windsurfing
• ability to sail upwind efficiently using a centreboard
• wetsuit

If the class does not reach the minimum required number of registrants, we will cancel the class to avoid running it at a financial loss to the club. You will be notified of a canceled class about 24 hours before the start of the first session.

Intermediate windsurfing lessons aim to help you sail faster, more efficiently, and to maneuver and turn confidently on the water. This course covers:

• Gybe and (review of) tack.
• Selecting appropriate windsurfing boards and sails for the conditions, including an introduction to shortboards without a centreboard.
• Club procedures and policies including intermediate windsurfing zone, maximum wind speeds for intermediate windsurfing, signing out, managing, and returning gear at Jericho.
• Using the harness (saves your arms).
• Beach start (helps prepare you to learn water starts).

To pass the course, your instructor must feel confident in your ability to do the following:

• Take proper care of the lighter and more delicate intermediate equipment in a safe manner, including thorough inspection before and after use.
• Know right-of-way, show awareness of your surroundings on the water, avoid obstacles and stay within the intermediate area.
• Select appropriate gear for the conditions.
• Be able to self-rescue back to shore at any point.

For you to pass this course, your instructor must see that you can demonstrate all of the above and they must feel confident that you can safely launch and return to shore at Jericho.

Conditions and skill-level permitting, we may join the Sunday race as a windsurfing fleet for an optional final day. This will be at the discretion of your instructor.

If you are unsure if this is the right class for you, feel free to contact our head instructor at headinstructor@ubcsailing.org.

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