About Learn to Sail

Is Learn to sail a simulator? No, this sailing title teaches one how to sail with digital video, narration, animation and graphics...What platform does it run on? Windows 3.1 and 95...What system configuration? At least a 486/33, 8 meg of ram, cdrom drive, sound card and SVGA video (256 colors) Where did the digital video come from? The video was contributed by SAIL magazine, digitized and compressed for the CD....Into what detail do the various topics go? Let's take a look...The Boat: parts of a boat (definitions and uses), parts and types of sails, types of boats, trailering, safety, rigging...2. Boat Handling: points of sail (great detail), wind theory, approaching and leaving moorings and docks, sailing a triangular course, anchoring, rescue overboard, capsizing, centerboard depth, anchoring and many more topics...3. Knots and Cordage; 11 sea knots, splicing, handling line, line maintenance...4. Weather; reading clouds, sea breezes, types of fog, handling severe weather, tides and currents...5. Piloting; using a compass, variation, deviation, reading a chart, the compass rose, using parallel rules, dead reckoning, aids to navigation...5. Advanced topics; using a jib and spinnaker (great detail) 6..Five interactive quizzes...

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