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Beginner’s Course

Spring 2025

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Styret // The board :))

Einar (kasserer)

Guro (leder)

Jonas (Kommunikasjon)

Siri og Moa (Trening og regatta)

Alexander (nestleder)

Liv (Rekruttering)

Theodor (Melges)

Nora (Arrangement og sosial)

Joost (Ynling)

Erland (Økonomi)

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What are your expectations for this course?

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My expectations for you

At the end of this course you should be able to:

Rig the boat by yourself
Sail the boat out of the port
Know the safety principles of sailing
Participate in the “Yngling” trainings
Evaluate weather conditions
Take a boat out in light to medium weather conditions

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Safety first!

Weare a life jacket!

This is not only recommended but also the law

Whatch your head

Pay attention to the boom!

Check the conditions

More on this later

Wear enough clothes

There is always a chance of falling in the water

Never sail in the dark!

Our boats do not have lanterns so it is illegal to sail them in the dark
Check sundown time before heading out

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Evaluating weather conditions

Use your eyes!

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Forecast

A beginners guide to sailing forecasts:

1-2 m/s = 1-4 knots - very little wind, safe but boring

3-5 m/s = 5-10 knots - perfect, not too windy

6-7 m/s = 11-16 knots - starting to get windy, be careful if you are not with a coach

over 8 m/s = 16 knots and above, not safe for beginners at all

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Værmelding // Weather Forecast

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Værmelding // Weather Forecast

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Yngling Melges

BÅTENE VÅRE // OUR BOATS

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Yngling

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Yngling

Bom//Boom

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Hvor sitter man i båten?// Where do you sit in the boat?

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Seile-begreper // Sailing terms

STYRBORD // STARBOARD

BABORD // PORT

BAUG // BOW

AKTER // STERN

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Where is the wind coming from?

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Vindretningene // wind directions

Vindøyet // Head to wind

Kryss // upwind

Slør // reach

Skarp lens // close downwind

Platt lens // straight downwind

You can sail different directions. The three main courses are upwind, downwind and reach.

The last direction is head to wind and this one will not get you anywhere. It is impossible to sail straight towards the wind.

Upwind, the closest you get to sailing straight towards the wind, usually about a 45 degree angle to the wind (as shown in the figure). This is used to go towards the wind by going in a zig-zag pattern at a 45 degree angle, switching from one direction to the other (port and starboard)

Reach, wind coming from the side of the boat, 90 degrees

Downwind, going away from the wind direction, be careful when going directly downwind because here the boom can switch sides very quickly. As you learn more you will be able to tell when it’s about to switch but even experienced sailors can take a hit and as the boats get bigger the injuries get more serious.

kryss/ upwind: not straight to the wind, you can sail diagonally one way, turn and sail the other way- zigzag- climb. the important thing is not to go to high, then the sail will flapp and you will loose speed and stop.

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Pause // Break

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How to sail in any direction

This slide is a bit tricky explaining clearly, so if you have any questions, shout out!

First step is to make sure you are sitting on the opposite side of the sail, then:

Pulling your rudder towards you will make the boat turn away from the wind-direction
Pushing the rudder away from you makes the boat point higher to the wind

If you were to drive a motorboat, you would drive anywhere you wanted just pointing in that specific direction. With sailing it is a bit different. The only direction you cannot sail in is the one pointing straight ahead to the wind. What happens then? - your sails start flapping, and you will eventually start drifting backwards.

To prevent this from happening, if you feel your sails start flapping a little bit pull the rudder towards you to head away from the wind. You will really feel this happening, when we go out sailing tomorrow and sunday.

As shown in the slide there is also different sail-adjustments for different angles. Sailing towards the wind (as close as you can, without flapping) the sheet should be tightened, the more you point away from the wind the more you have to release the sheet.

If you ever were to tilt the boat, not capsizing but really tilted on the side, you would want to release some power. The mainsail is the boats power centre. Therefore release the mainsheet to tilt back and the sail will start flapping and you will stop.

Here is an example of the zig-zag pattern shown on the right, this is what a course could look like for a race or practice.

It has upwind, reach and downwind. Marks 3 to 1 is an upwind cours, then marks 1 to 2 is a reach/downwind on port tack. The boat gybes at mark 2 and sails a reach to mark 3.

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SLAG // TACK

JIBB // GYBE

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Regler i seiling // Rules of sailing

Wind

Avoid collisions no matter who has right of way!!

There are many rules in sailing and these are the three most important.

Starboard-Port (left photo)

The boat sailing on starboard tack compared to the wind (boom on port side) has right of way
The person person on port has to avoid as soon as they realize the situation

Leeward-Windward

The person that is the furthest away from the wind (leeward) has right of way
The person closest to the wind (windward) has to avoid

Always avoid collision

The most important rule!
If you see that the other person will not avoid then you have to do it yourself to avoid collision and file a protest later (if in a race)
Communicate! It is better to talk to the other person first, get their attention and yell if you need to (in sailing there is a lot of yelling but that is mostly because we are far away from each other and need to communicate)

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Hva gjør jeg når det er for mye vind? // What should I do if there is too much wind?

Hold deg rolig :) // and keep calm :)
SLIPP SKJØTET! // let go of the main sheet
Vindøyet // head to wind
Du mister du trykket i seilet og båten stopper opp // you depower the sail and will stop

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Inn og ut av havna // In and out of harbour

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Knuter // Knots

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Hvordan fungerer konkuranser i seiling? // How do we compete in sailing?

A sailing competition is called a regatta
A Regatta can have one or multiple races (big boats usually have one and smaller have multiple)
The order in which you finish determines your score (first place = 1 point, second place = 2 points, third place = 3 points ect.)
If there are multiple races the scores get added up and the person with the least points wins.

Course:

The race course is made up of a start line, multiple marks and a finish line
The course is made clear to all participants before hand

Start:

The start is between two marks (or a mark and a race committee boat)
The race committee gives a warning signal that the start procedure has begun (it is usually 5, 3 or 1 minutes long) and gives multiple warning signals during the countdown to let the sailors follow and synchronize their watches
Before the final start signal sailors must remain on the leeward side of the line (away from the wind) and as the final start signal is made sailors can cross this line to begin the race
Sailors who are over the line either have to go back and start again or in some cases are disqualified (this is made clear by the race committee beforehand)

During race:

Sailors are to round the marks in the correct order and from the correct side
The finish line is between two marks and when the last boat crosses this line the race is finished and a new start can begin

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NTNUI Seiling

Spond

This is where all events and trainings are announced.
You will be put in the “Yngling” group and any event that appears here on spond you are welcome to sign up for.
Trainings are always announced on spond and you just click attend to sign up.
be quick some trainings are popular and spots go quickly.
Honor your commitments! Please come to the trainings you have signed up for and if you absolutely cannot make it, let Siri and Moa know so that the spot may go to someone else.

Facebook

Important announcements will be published in the “NTNUI Sailing members” group.

Instagram

Follow @ntnuiseiling on instagram for photos and updates from all the different groups.

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NTNUI Seiling

Tuesday training

Sail Ynglings, without coach

Thursday trainings

With a coach in Rib
Will try to set a course and give corrections

Wednesday Regattas

Against other sailors in Trondheim
This is good practice for racing

Boat rent

50kr/boat/hr (min. 3hrs)
First rent available after course

Other events

Student championship
Sailing League
Thursday aftersails at pub (with quiz)
Julebord, hyttetur, ect.
Other local regattas

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NTNUI Seiling Grupper // Groups

Yngling

Nybegynnergruppen//Beginner group
Sails the Ynglings
Most people start here unless you can prove you have a lot of racing experience.

Elitelaget

Sails in the “eliteserie” in Seilsportsligaen
Big commitments and set hours you are expected to train before regattas

Comitees

Social, Recruitment, PR, Melges technical, Yngling Technical ect.
Help out the board members with their tasks.

Melges

Sails the Melges 24
The racing group
You are able to sign up for all regattas

Unge lovende

“A stepping stone toward the melges group”
If you show enthusiasm, commitment and progress, you will be placed in this group.
Can join monday practices if there are available spots.
Can join melges regattas if there are available spots.
Have to be able to coach and join “dugnadsarbeid”

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Vår/Spring 2025:

Oppdal (Ski)
After sail
Nybegynnerkurs og utsjekk
Studentliga i Seiling
Onsdagsregattaer
Tordenskjold
Ungdomsliga
Seilsportsliga
Yngling NM
Færderseilasen
Grundig Womens Regatta
Hankø Race Week

Høst/Fall 2024:

After sail
Nybegynnerkurs og utsjekk
Onsdagsregattaer
Ungdomsliga
Seilsportsliga
Dame NM
Melges NM
Høstpokalen
Student NM i seiling
Tautra
Julebord

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Seilsportsliga

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Student NM i Seiling

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Social media <3

@ntnuiseiling

NTNUI Seiling

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Quiz

OR ?

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Questions?

THANKS!