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DISCLAIMER: This information is edited by members and/or the general public, and therefore may not contain official CSC information! However, the information here is (hopefully) more current than the CSC website.

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Instructional

Here you can find information from the CSC library, in convenient wiki format. Currently, image support is not working in the wiki, so pictures are not yet available.

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Learning to Sail

Learning to sail at CSC is easy and fun! The club currently has 5 sailing ratings:

Novice. These are usually issued only in the winter when there isn't much wind. The test requirements are the same as for a Junior but with lower expectations. The sailing test happens in winds less than 10 knots.
Junior. This is the most common rating at CSC. Being a Junior means you can take the dinghy out on your own and even invite your friends! To become a junior, you must pass the Junior Test (FAQ).
Advanced Dinghy. This is basically the same as a senior, except you haven't passed the keelboat test.
Senior. Can someone "in the know" fill this in? How do you become a senior?
Cruising.This has a written test that emphasized navigation, rights-of-way, navigation lights, currents and shipping channels. The sailing requirement is to organize and lead (under supervision) four cruises. One cruise each goes under the Richmond Bridge, the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. Another cruise goes through Raccoon Straits. One of the four cruises must return at least one hour after sunset. Cruising Skippers can sail anywhere reachable by water (theoretically to Sacramento) east of the line connecting Mile Rocks light and Point Bonita lighthouse.

Basic Sailing Instruction

Trim and Speed

Learning to Trapeze

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Getting the most out of CSC

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Boat Rig & Repair Techniques

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Current Cal-Sailing Projects

The fleet consists of:

Six Lido 14's
Four JY 15
Two Precision 15
Two Hunter 146
Five Lasers
Two Bytes (small Lasers)
One 505

And some Keelboats:

Two 26-foot Pearson Commanders: Daisy and Uncle Donald
Three 22-foot Pearson Ensigns: Huey, Louie and Dewey
One 25-foot Catalina Capri: Pomodoro

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Windsurfing at CSC

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Get Connected

Find out what our program is all about at our CSC Windsurfing web page.

Join our Yahoo group, with latest and archived postings - at Cal-Windsurfing

Get all the latest CSC Windsurfing chatter and news - click the link to send a blank email to cal-windsurfing-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Check the calendar for free lessons, clinics, and fast-tracks.

And don't forget to bookmark this page!

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Instruction

Is someone teaching beginners' lessons next Saturday? Is there a waterstart clinic coming up? Find out at the windsurfteacher calendar.

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Stuff to read

Jibing: how J+ windsurfer Gunnar Proppe transitioned from big-board to carved jibes, and links to great instructions on the planing jibe.

If your board is light and your sail small, let Matt tell you how to carry your full rig.

CSC Windsurfing Handbook (PDF)

Getting to J+ (PDF, from Rob W.)

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Events

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Upcoming

Still to be scheduled for Summer 2008:

Windsurfing Fast-Tracks

Junior Challenges

Waterstart Clinics

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Past

. . . because "past is prologue" . . .

Windsurfing Intermediate Seminar - "Speed on the Reach" - Repeated by popular request!, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 5:00 (by Bill Prinzmetal - who wrote the club's windsurfing manual!!)

Windsurfing Intermediate Seminar - "Speed on the Reach", Saturday, March 29, 2008 noon (by Bill Prinzmetal)

Rigging Party and Tutorial - Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 1:pm (Rob Miller)

August 25, 2007 - Junior Windsurfing Challenge - Novices, here's your chance to move up to the Junior rating and to move out beyond the wind-line! (More info: robweinberg at spindrift dot org)

July 2007 - Kids Windsurfing Workshop

July 21, 2007 (Saturday) at 2:00 pm: Junior Challenge Novices - can you navigate the chop and become a Junior? More info: robweinberg at spindrift.org

July 22, 2007 (Sunday): Windsurfing Trip to the Delta Meet at the clubhouse at 10:00. More info: matthias44 at comcast.net.

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