(Of course if you prefer we can develop a more rigourous training schedule to include heavy weather sailing tactics, night navigation and offshore preperations. )
Points of sail and sail trim
Use of gennaker
Reefing and reducing sail area, heaving to
Use of preventers (dutchman)
Anchoring and docking under sail
Roller furling
Tacking/gybing
Docking under power, use of forward and reverse:
Familiarity with charts and symbols
Understanding and applying the "rules of the road"
GPS navigation: DTW, SOG, CMG, VOG, Bearing etc:
Use of handbearing compass. "Cocked hat" plot
Plotting a course, how to adjust for tides, wind etc:
Daily weather forecasts, use of logbook, barometer
Use of life jackets, jacklines, liferaft
Radar, aquiring targets, plotting course
Use of man-overboard pole,slings etc:
Man-overboard recovery
VHF radio procedures - pan pan pan and mayday
Engine checks: Oil, coolant, raw water strainer
Engine start/stop procedures
Use of heads and holding tanks
Battery charging and monitoring
Safe use of stove and oven, use of "sniffer"
Use of electronics, depth, speed, wind, speed, log
How to "set" the anchor and check
Calculating scope ratio and swing diameter