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Keelboat Test Report Card
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Standard
Keelboat Testing Parameters
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1 - Basic Boathandling-All keelboat tests are done on a standard 3-mark test course
-An extra mark is dropped nearby to simulate a mooring landing
-All tests are conduted in Sonars
-On red flag days, tests are done with a FULL rig
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1.1 - Tacks & Gybes are safe and controlled
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1.2 - Demonstrates wind awareness, correct POS, proper headway
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1.3 - Skipper gybes boat under full control of mainsheet
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1.4 - Skipper communicates w/ crew for all maneuvers
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2 - Rigging & Reefing & Unrigging
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2.1 - Sailor demonstrates proper rigging of sails
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2.2 - Sailor demonstrates proper OTW reefing of mainsail with no creases
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2.3 - Sails tuned for conditions w/ vang, stay, outhaul, halyard
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2.4 - Sails rolled and stowed correctly, cover attached
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2.5 - Mooring line attached through chock to bow cleat
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2.6 - All lines cleated and stowed correctly
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3 - Heave - To
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3.1 - Sailor brings the boat hove-to within boundaries of course
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3.2 - Boat stays hove-to for at least two minutes
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4 - Landing & Takeoff
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6.1 - Boat departs mooring unassisted on first try, properly rigged
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6.2 - Boat returns to mooring under controlled power at near-stop
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6.5 - Boat catches mooring ball on first/second try & recovers quickly
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6.4 - Boat arrives and departs through the hi-per channel
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5 - Course Completion
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7.1 - Boat rounds course until the instructor tells them to stop
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7.2 - Course completed w/o a runaground/capsize/collision
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7.3 - Sailor stays within 5 boatlenghts of the course at all times
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7.4 - Mark roundings are alternated port-starboard/vice-versa
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7.5 - Control of tiller and main is maintained
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7.6 - Sailor remains facing forward
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6 - Man Overboard Drill
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8.1 - Drill completed in under 2 minutes
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8.2 - MOB bucket picked up on windward side
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8.3 - MOB bucket picked up at near-stop speed
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8.4 - Boat does not strike MOB bucket at any point
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8.5 - Boat stays within 4 boatlenghts of MOB w/ visual contact
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Alex Catullo, June 2017, Taken from http://www.community-boating.org/learn
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