The Cal Sailing Club is a non-profit, volunteer-run sailing and windsurfing club that offers lessons, recreation, and free programs for the general public and for summer programs. Members get lessons and, after achieving ratings, use of the club's fleet of 26 dinghies, 6 keelboats and 80 windsurfing boards including novice, intermediate, and advanced designs. Located on the south side of the Berkeley Marina, CSC's major activity is teaching sailing and windsurfing safety.
Membership dues and volunteer work provide access to lessons and recreational use of the club's equipment. There are no charges for lessons or use of equipment. Members have to pass rating tests and contribute work in order to achieve ratings. Qualified members can bring non-member friends out sailing as their guests.
14:40 question about "why heeling is a turning mechanism" - the mast and the height of the sails creates a turning moment when heeled away from vertical. Imagine it this way: Let's say you were sailing along, straight line, no heel, and you had a whisker pole stuck way out over the gunwales across the beam of the boat, and there was a way for something outside the boat to push or pull on the end of the whisker pole. Picturing this situation from the top down, that would tend to rotate the boat around a vertical axis through the centerboard, right? In other words, turning across the surface of the water. Now get rid of the whisker pole - When the mast is vertical, this rotational force doesn't happen, but as soon as the boat heels over, the mast is basically no longer straight up-and-down over the centerline of the boat. It's sticking out over the side of the boat, if you're heeling far enough - just like our old whisker pole was. So, pressure on the sails pushes the mast which can now act like a lever oriented along a radius which can turn the boat. So: More heel to leeward = more force pushing the bow to weather and rounding up, less heel = less force to weather and more tracking stability, reverse heel to weather = force pushing the bow to leeward, and rounding down.
Hi John, Thanks for the video. Wish I had watched it before my first sailing experience with a Quest. Have moved up to Bellingham, WA. If you are in the area, look me up. Bernard
nice video thanks! If anybody has trouble getting in their boat from the water, a trick is to bounce yourself up and down in the water. On the third bounce your life jacket will pop you up right into the boat like a cork. Have fun!
Thanks for this video, it was super helpful! The mast float on a quest is a great option and really recommended for casual sailing. I love the RS Quest! Great little boat. Would love to see more RS Quest videos, simple basic lessons would be greatly appreciated - I'm headed to the CSC website next to see what is there! The tip about climbing up the inside of the boat, and over, to get on the dagger board is pure gold. If you are next to the daggerboard it is pretty hard to clamber up onto it (even with the handy handles that are designed into the hull. Thanks!
