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    Part of the video series: How to Sail a Sailboat

    From Quick Guide: Sailing 101

    Summary: Learn how to safely and correctly prepare to sail back to the harbor in a sailboat with expert boating tips in this free video clip on sailing.

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    By Kelli Gant, Steve Damm, Ed Polkenhorn
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    Steve Damm Instructor ASA 2006 Instructor of the YearSailing still gives Steve goosebumps. Whether sailing across the bay, doing deliveries from Oregon to Cabo San Lucas, or seeing a...read more

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    "Ok we are getting ready to go in, so the first thing we are going to do is get rid of our jib. Ed is going to haul in the jib. He has his hand on the jib furling line, jib sheet, so he has some tension on it. What they do is they are going to roll it up and get three wraps of the jib sheets around the jib before they cleat it off. How do you do that? Like Steve has done just around the wench. Take the slack out of the jib sheet and a couple of wraps around it. The crew is ready and we're ready to take down the main sail. What we'll do is we'll get the engine running, because you want to always make sure you have a back-up source of power before you get rid of your one. Our power right now in our gas is the sails. We want to make sure that we have something to substitute that for because the minute that we turn into the wind we won't have any power in our sails anymore. The engine is running. It's in neutral. Turn on the engine before you trim the main sail. Yes, because the sail is our gas so before we get rid of that and loose it by turning head to wind we need to have another form of energy. Don't turn head to wind until your crew is all back in the cockpit; everyone is safe. Now we can head into the marina."

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