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Clinics and Instruction
Welcome to the world of sailing on an Ideal 18! The Ideal 18, designed by Bruce Kirby and built by Shumway Marine, is a stable keel boat that is perfect for those learning to sail and race, but also sophisticated enough to keep high level racers engaged year after year.
The One Design program at Pequot Yacht Club will offer a series of clinics. In addition, this page provides resources for learning about the Ideal 18. Please visit the Pequot YC One Design Instruction website for details on boat handling, boat speed, strategy, and tactics for Ideal 18 Sailing. There are also a series of videos at the bottom of this page that show the basics of rigging and sailing the Ideal 18.
Clinics at Pequot
Boat Handling Clinic
Saturdays, June 2nd, 9th, 23rd, 2024. (1pm-4pm)
Meet on the junior porch at 1pm for each clinic. Register on the club calendar event.
Spinnaker Clinic
Sunday, June 30th 10am-4pm, 2024. (10am-4pm)
10am-12pm - Dock Talk; rig your boat
12pm-1pm - Lunch
1pm-4pm - Sail and Debrief
This tutorial helps you get out on the water, from rigging to launching, sailing and docking –
all from the Community Sailing docks in Southport Harbor.
On the water Clinic on prepping, flying and stowing the Ideal 18 spinnaker.
Knots Made Easy
This FREE video series includes nine of the most important sailing knots, explaining what they’re used for and how to tie them. You can watch one or watch them all, and practice before you get out on the water. Knots in this series includes:
- Bowline
- Fast Bowline
- Cleat Hitch
- Clone Hitch
- Coiling / Flaking a Line
- Figure 8 / Stopper Knot
- Square / Reef Knot
- Rolling Hitch
- Round Turn & Two Half Hitches
