TPS Session shore based

TPS Session 2025

Given that this is a very low tide day, we'll take advantage by going down the pier to see where the mud and channels are in our marina.  Usually a mystery to all but the most experienced PE sailors, this will help you not get stuck on the mud in any boat which you are sailing out of PE. We'll perhaps take some photos and post them on the club's media channels.

After that, we'll return to the clubhouse and do some chart / theory / knots work TBA.  What do you need to practice or discuss? 

What is the flash signal of the yellow-black mark between the QFR and Rosyth? What SHOULD it be and what do you do with that information when sailing the Forth at night?  What should you NOT do? What would be the consequences to your person or your boat if you don't understand that flash signal?

General description

TPS is group-lead.  We pick a skipper-task for the session, probably one we're all supposed to know how to do, but haven't actually done before, or done on THIS boat.  When did you last recover a human-weight MOB... in heavy weather... at night?  And all the REAL challenges that presents.  This is why we practice these skills in TPS, so that you've got some familiarity for when you need it.

What we will do on each session depends on what the participants (you) have on the wish-list to practice.  After booking, email Scot Corrigan with the email detailed on the booking confirmation with practice suggestions.

In the past we have covered (and might revisit)

ON THE WATER PRACTICE 

• Man Over Board (MOB) recovery under sail, using a bucket and fender MOB and using Fred, the Club's 40kg dummy.
• Anchoring and weighing anchor under sail
• Reverse sailing
• Night sailing by lights on the Forth
• Calculating and TESTING a Course to Steer (CTS)
• Berthing under sail and leaving under sail
• Spinnaker flying
• Towing under sail
• Springing off a pontoon in adverse weather
• Berthing a boat to a pontoon single handed
• Creating a deviation card for a specific boat

Much more...

IN THE CLUBHOUSE PRACTICE

• How a 2 stroke works and common problems
• Passage planning for trips on the Forth
• Col Regs quiz
• Lights, marks, shapes quiz
• Knots, better knots, better ways and different ways to tie a familiar knot, knots from land trades that mariners should know

Last updated 8:24pm on 4 June 2025