Keelboat Instructor Resources

Welcome to this special section for you... accredited and current Australian Sailing Keelboat Instructors!

In this section we will aim to provide you with additional resources that will assist 
you in delivering Learn to Sail Keelboat courses. These resources have been created 
by a working group consisting of Senior Instructors from around the country, led by the 
Keelboat Chief Instructor. 

These resources are intended to be a guide that will assist instructors in the nationwide 
delivery of quality and consistent programs.

Feedback: Your opinion is important to us... 
so if you do wish to share your feedback about these Keelboat Instructor resources, please 
email training@sailing.org.au

Click on the links () below to access the instructor resources:

Start Crewing + Helming

• Run Sheet  - Start Crewing course
• Run Sheet  - Start Helming course
• Teaching Notes  - recommended sequence of instructor notes that will result in a constant method in teaching the fundamental keelboat skills. (Print, cut and laminate!)
• Keelboat Tutorials  - Youtube Playlist

Activity Cards 

• Activity Card 1  - Safety Briefing
• Activity Card 1A  - Points of Sail, Parts of the Boat
• Activity Card 2  - Tacking

• Activity Card 3  - Heave To

• Activity Card 4  - Gybing
• Activity Card 5  - Man Overboard
• Activity Card 6  - Trimming
• Activity Card 7  - Sailing a Triangular Course
• Activity Card 8  - Reefing
• Collated Start Crewing and Helming Resources 
• Collated Diagrams for Participants

Spinnakers - Symmetrical 

• Runsheet  - Spinnakers Symmetric
• Teaching Notes  - Spinnkaers Symmetric
• Activity Card 8  - Spinnaker Types and Terminology
• Activity Card 9  - Rigging Symmetric Spinnaker
• Activity Card 10  - Hoist & Drop Symmetric Spinnaker
• Activity Card 11  - Gybing Symmetric Spinnaker
• Activity Card 12  - Depowering Spinnakers
• Activity Card 13  - Spinnaker Terminology
• Collated Symmetric Resources 
• Collated Symmetric Diagrams for Participants 

Spinnakers - Asymmetrical 

• Runsheet  - Spinnakers Asymmetric
• Teaching Notes  - Spinnakers Asymmetric
• Activity Card 8  - Spinnaker Types and Terminology
• Activity Card 9A  - Rigging Asymmetric Spinnaker
• Activity Card 10A  - Hoist & Drop Asymmetric Spinnaker
• Activity Card 11A  - Gybing Asymmetric Spinnaker
• Activity Card 12  - Depowering Spinnakers
• Activity Card 13  - Spinnaker Terminology
• Collated Asymmetric Resources 
• Collated Asymmetric Diagrams for Participants

Keelboat Shop Resources

• Keelboat Syllabus & Log
• Introductory Keelboat textbook (pdf)

Additional Keelboat Instructor Resources

• Keelboat Syllabus
• Introductory Keelboat - textbook for Keelboat Instructors (viewable via issuu.com)
• Instructor Handbook 

Other Program Instructor Resources Pages:

• Click here to access Dinghy Instructor Resources

• Click here to access Windsurf Instructor Resources

• Click here to access Powerboat Instructor Resources

• Click here to access Wing Instructor resources

Discover Sailing Centre - Operating Standards and Guidelines 

• Resources webpage link
• Ensure you read an understand the current centre requirements set by Australian Sailing. A reminder also to take another look at your centres operating documents including working with children, emergency/first aid and safety management (entrapment, boom strikes, dehydration etc).