Learn with the Howlett Family, this RYA Video shows how to tie one of the knots needed at stage 3. The clove hitch is a bit limited when it comes to uses (as Ben says, don't use it to tie up your boat), but if you can tie this, it's easy to move on and learn to tie the rolling hitch, which is much more useful.
In this RYA video Robbie shows us how to tie a rolling hitch, one of the knots needed at stage 3. This is a very useful knot and Robbie shows us how to use it to set up a herringbone tow of several dinghies behind a safety boat.
This week we learn all about how to understand the Met Office Inshore Waters a weather forecast with Jake Humphery. There is an activity sheet to complete. This is part of Project #SailFromHome
I have some doubts over Jake's assertion that the Met Office Inshore waters forecast '...is used most widely by all RYA Instructors....'. As an RYA Instructor, I certainly don't use it. If you lived on the coast, had no access to the internet, and just a radio, or if you were planning to make a coastal passage, then it probably is the best available. But if you have internet access, there are the many more sources which are able to go into much more detail regarding your actual location (rather than the many square miles of sea covered by each of the Inshore waters forecast areas). Jake mentions Some of these.
The weather forecast websites Jake mentions are:
Finally - Met Office Inshore Waters - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/specialist-forecasts/coast-and-sea/inshore-waters-forecast
This week we learn all about the Beaufort wind scale and what a sea breeze is with Jake Humphery. There is an activity sheet to complete. This is part of Project #SailFromHome
In this RYA video Susie shows us how to tie a bowline, and how to use it to build a den. The bowline is one of the knots needed at stage 3. This is a very useful knot and essential for sailors to learn.
