ea vertically rather than by pivoting, If the centerboard at the side of the boat instead of the center aleeboard. &s fixed underneath the boat, and is different from a pard because it also provides ballast (weight), which keep the boat upright by counteracting the wind pressure sails. On a centerboard or daggerboard boat, the weight sailors is used as movable ballast to stabilize the boat. ds, centerboards, and keels all act to prevent the from slipping sideways through the water. ‘rudder is used to steer the boat, and is controlled by a tiller ta tiller extension which is held by the helmsman (the person the boat). To steer, you push or pull the tiller in the te direction you want the boat to go. ‘Apram isa small sailboat known for its square, at bow. Bybee common on lager boats to provide ample stability A daggerbeard is ised and lowered vertical Tiller extension Tiller ‘Accenterboard pivois as its reise and lowered. d WetertineParts of the Rig 05> Above the hull is the rig, consisting of sails, mast, and rigging, ‘The mast holds up the sails to the wind. Boats with a single mast have either one sail called a mainsail, or two sails, a mainsail and smaller forward sail, called a jib. A boat with only a mainsail is cat-rigged (not to be confused with a catamaran). A boat with both a mainsail and jb is called a sloop. Typical examples are shown, Other kinds of rigs are shown in the APPENDIX ‘The mast on many smaller boats is strong enough to stand upright by itself without additional support. Other boats need supporting wires to keep the mast standing. These supporting wires are called standing rigging. The wires connecting the Acat-rigged boat has single sil and often has a mast that can sand by tel without addtional support. [Astloop has two sails, a mainsail an a jb, and usually requires shrouds, a foestay, and sometimes a ackstay to keep the mast standing upright Some boas have ational rast suppotin he frm o spreaders, which are horizontal tus atached to each side of the mast and connected to the shrouds 2 Shroud adjuster or turnbuckleMost beginning sailors are surprised to learn that there are two svays wind and sails interact to propel a boat. In one mode, sails “bend!” the wind to create lit which actually pulls the boat forward. In another mode, the sails simply block the wind and push the boat forward. Remember these two principles..push and pull Push and Pull oer Modem sails are designed to form a curved shape when they are hit by the wind. This curved shape generates lift by “bending” the wind as it flows . across both sides of the sails surface. This lift OW | S is your boat's power, and it pulls the boat forward and sideways. The centerboard or keel keeps the boat from slipping Or sideways, so most ofthe sails lifts translated into forward motion. KEY CONCEPTS + Push-pull principle elit «Windward & leeward * Controling sail power * Constant angle to the wind * Sail telltales both sides ofa sal, it creates that pulls the ‘bal onward ad sideways. Xe ‘The cenierboard keeps the boat rom sliding sideways, translating most ofthe lit Into forward motion