Yellow Pennant

• Aware of the wind direction
• Able to put on personal buoyancy correctly
• Confident in the water wearing personal buoyancy
• Assist with rigging a dinghy
• Able to cleat a halyard
• Tie figure of eight and reef knots
• Capsize and stay with the boat
• Launch a dinghy and get under way with assistance
• Steer and tow a dinghy when sailing and when being towed
• Paddle or row round a short triangular course
• Assist with recovery and stowage
• Know what to wear when sailing
• Know the names of the basic parts of the boat
• Know how to call for assistance
• Know how to prepare to be towed
• Sailing Test

Orange Pennant

• Able to rig an Oppie
• Tie a round turn & two half hitches and a bowline
• Able to get under way and return to the shore in an offshore wind
• Able to right an Oppie
• Able to go about (reach to reach)
• Able to get out ‘of irons’
• Able to sail a figure of eight course across the wind
• Able to stop a dinghy by lying-to
• Aware what is meant by and learn how to gybe
• Know how to choose the right personal buoyancy
• Know more ways of knowing the wind direction
• Know what is meant by windward and leeward
• Know how to prepare for a multiple tow
• Sailing Test

Red Pennant

• Able to rig an Oppie
• Tie a round turn & two half hitches and a bowline
• Able to get under way from and return to the shore in an offshore wind
• Able to right an Oppie
• Able to beat to windward
• Able to get out ‘of irons’
• Able to sail a figure of eight course across the wind
• Able to sail a triangular course
• Able to stop a dinghy by lying-to
• Able to gybe in light winds
• Know how to choose the right personal buoyancy
• Know what to wear when sailing
• Know more ways of finding the wind direction
• Know what is meant by leeward and windward
• Sailing Test

Blue Pennant

• Able to rig and launch in an offshore wind
• Able to sail backwards away from a pontoon in an offshore wind
• Able to reef a dinghy ashore according to weather conditions
• Able to right a capsized dinghy efficiently, bail out and sail on
• Able to apply the basic ‘rules of the road’
• Sail a figure of eight course upwind/downwind
• Able to demonstrate all points of sailing
• Able to apply the ‘five essentials’
• Able to return to a beach, jetty or mooring safely
• Know the points of sailing
• Know the basic ‘rules of the road’ for sailing dinghies
• Know how to obtain a weather forecast
• Know when to reef
• Know what action to take to help those in distress
• Know the basic organisation of racing
• Sailing Test

Green Pennant

• Able to rig and launch in an onshore wind
• Able to sail backwards away from a pontoon in an offshore wind
• Able to reef a dinghy ashore according to weather conditions
• Able to right a capsized dinghy efficiently, bail out and sail on
• Able to apply the basic ‘rules of the road’
• Sail a figure of eight course upwind/downwind
• Able to demonstrate all points of sailing
• Able to apply the ‘five essentials’
• Able to return to a beach, jetty or mooring safely
• Know the points of sailing
• Know the basic ‘rules of the road’ for sailing dinghies
• Know how to obtain a weather forecast
• Know when to reef
• Know what action to take to help those in distress
• Know the basic organisation of racing
• Sailing Test
• Racing Test