AY Honor Sailing

Sailing

Skill Level

2

Year

1953

Version

09.01.2025

Approval authority

General Conference

Overview

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

5. With the help of a friend, do the following.

a. Get a sailboat underway from a dock, mooring, or beach.

b. Properly adjust sails for the following conditions:

i. Beating the wind

ii. Beam reach

iii. Broad reach

iv. Close reach

v. Downwind

c. Change tack by coming about and by gybing

d. Return the sailboat to a dock, mooring, or beach, and prepare it for being unattended