The Sail Smart: Sailing Reference Cards is a set of 10 separate cards (20 pages) worth of educational quick reference material that each sailor should have at his or her fingertips. Each 5 Mil laminated card measures 8.5” x 11”, is double-sided and is waterproof. They are compact, portable and can be shuffled in any order that you like before filing or putting into a binder. The set is handy, colorful and in an easy-to-understand format with beautiful, intuitive illustrations.
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Card Topics include:.
Card 1 - Aids to Navigation - Buoys, Beacons, Lights and other lateral ATONs
Card 1 - Aids to Navigation - Marks with no-lateral significance included mid-channel mark, dayboards, special marks, etc.
Card 2 - VHF Radio - Safety situations, Responding to a MAYDAY call, Emergency radio procedure
Card 2 - Nautical Flags & Morse Code - Letters and Numbers, their meanings, and their morse code signatures
Card 3 - Weather Overview - High & Low Pressure Systems, Buys Ballots Law, Warm and Cold Fronts, USCG Warning displays
Card 3 - Predicting the Weather - Cloud formations, Sea and Land Breezes, Observations, and more.
Card 4 - Crew Overboard - Priorities, Procedures, and Hypothermia survival and treatment
Card 4 - Crew Overboard Recovery - Figure Eight, Quick Stop, Heave-To Method, and Jibe Stop
Card 5 - Coastal Navigation - Coastal navigation overview and steps, Nautical Chart scale, Dead Reckoning, Navigational Notations
Card 5 - Coastal Navigation - Estimated Position, Getting a Fix, Running Fix, Danger, Turn, and Transit Bearings
Card 6 - Celestial Navigation - Essential concept, Diagram, Latitude & Longitude overview, How-to and specific steps with a logical stepwise flow from beginning to end.
Card 6 - Celestial Navigation - The Sextant, Using the Sextant, and Plotting the Assumed Position
Card 7 - Docking - The Game Plan, Boat Management, Prop Wash & Prop Walk, Pivot Turn, Preferred Docking Method
Card 7 - Anchoring - Finding the right spot, Dropping and Retrieving Anchor, Anchor Rode Calculations and Anchor Watch
Card 8 - Rules of the Road - Overview, Lookout, Safe Speed, Risk of Collision, Action to Avoid Collision, Narrow Channels, Sailing Vessels, Overtaking
Card 8 - Rules of the Road - Head-On Situation, Crossing Situation, Action by Give-Way Vessel, Action by Stand-on Vessel, Hierarchy of Privilege, Application, Power-Driven and Sailing Vessels, Anchored Vessels, Definitions, Maneuvering & Warning Signals, Restricted Visibility, and Signals to Attract Attention
Card 9 - Sailing in the Groove - Points of Sail, Changing Course, Helm Balance, Weather Helm and Direction References
Card 9 - Sailing in Heavy Weather - Overview, Jack-Line System, Storm Sails, Decision Making, Heave-To, Drogues and Sea Anchors
Card 10 - Knots - Round Turn & Two Haff Hitches, Clove Hitch, Slipped Clove Hitch, Cow Hitch, Rolling Hitch, Trucker’s Hitch, Cleat Hitch, Anchor Hitch, Halyard Hitch
Card 10 - Knots - Overhand Knot, Square Knot, Sheet Bend, Double Overhand Knot, Ashley Stopper, Figure 8, Carrick Bend, Bowline, Bowline on a Bight