A full sail is power in light wind. In a breeze, pull both on to flatten it: less heel, better pointing.
Capsize recoveryIn the water by the cockpit
The drill
Stay with the boat. If you are under the sail, lift it to make an air pocket and swim out.
Make sure the mainsheet is free.
Swim round the stern to the daggerboard, keeping hold of the boat.
Check the daggerboard is fully down.
Climb onto the board close to the hull, hold the gunwale and lean back.
Best with the mast pointing into the wind. As she comes up, climb in.
Pick up a mooring
LaunchingIn the dinghy park
The drill
Penguin
A sailing sim
An RS Tera on the water, for practising the things that matter. Calm commentary from the coach boat. No points.
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Penguin is a non-commercial family project, made for fun and for the love of sailing. It has no connection with RS Sailing, and none is implied. It comes with no warranties, and it may break or be withdrawn at any time. It is a simulator: don't try this on the water.
Penguin
A sailing sim
Sign in with your username and password. Each sailor's settings and logbook are their own.
Penguin is a non-commercial family project, made for fun and for the love of sailing. It has no connection with RS Sailing, and none is implied. It comes with no warranties, and it may break or be withdrawn at any time. It is a simulator: don't try this on the water.
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Course 1
Course
Before you go afloat
Choose your kit
Don't forget
From the coach boat
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Entry
How to sail her
Controls
On a touch screen: hold the arrow buttons to steer. Drag the sliders for the mainsheet, kicker and daggerboard. Sail shape opens the outhaul and downhaul. Drag the dot on the position pad to move your weight, and keep going outwards to hike. Pinch the sea to zoom and drag it to look around. In the coach-boat picture, drag to swing the camera, pinch to move in and out, and double-tap to put it back; the View button changes the view.
With a keyboard
← →
Steer (hold)
↑ ↓
Mainsheet in / ease
Z X
Kicker off / on
R F
Daggerboard raise / lower
N M
Outhaul loose / tight (sail shape)
H J
Downhaul off / tight (sail shape)
A D
Move your weight to port / starboard (keep going to hike)
W S
Move forward / aft
B
Push the boom out (hold), for getting out of irons
C
Capsize
K
Hoist or drop the spinnaker (Feva)
U
Rudder blade: down and cleated, downhaul free, pulled up
O
Step out into the shallows (when it is shallow enough)