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1. You are launching from a beach, and the wind is blowing on to the land, this means the shore is a what?
2. You leave the shore on a port tack avoiding the no-sail zone. You could go on a close-haul, but the wind is blowing on shore at an angle so you can what?
3. You are approaching the start line, you know all the other boats are faster than you and you want to have right of way. What do you do?
4. You set off and tack towards the first buoy. What do you do when you get there?
5. You have rounded the buoy and are 90 degrees from the wind. Are you sailing on a broad reach?
6. The wind dies down and you are slowing. Should you heel the boat towards you?
7. You have started moving again when you approach the second buoy, how do you round the buoy?
8. You are racing down wind and are ahead of everyone in your class, when a gust of wind causes you to capsize. You have to right yourself by swimming round to the centreboard, and what must you do?
9. You sail across the finish line, when a horn/ whistle/ claxton sounds, telling you you have finished the race. You head in. Which of these must you do approaching a shore but not a pontoon?
10. You have arrived at shore, what should you do now?
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