The purpose of the Crew rating is to allow you to expand your sailing knowledge beyond the basics of sailing a Tech dinghy or any of our boats on the Charles River. This rating is not required to qualify for any other rating. If you leave the Pavilion to sail elsewhere and you don’t know most of this material, please don’t embarrass us by telling everyone that you are an MIT sailor!

Detailed information is available in the Pavilion’s Instruction Manual.

Additional Knots (pp. 25–26)

• Square
• Sheet Bend
• Fishermen’s knot
• Double Half Hitch
• Anchor Bend
• Rolling Hitch

General Seamanship

• Parts of the Hull and Sail (pp. 5–6)
• Sailing Terms (pp. 16–17)
• Coil and Heave a Line (p. 27)
• Rig Types (identify six) (p. 27)
• Anchors (Types, Parts, and Uses) (pp. 17–21)
• Fittings (Cleats, Lines, Blocks, Lights) (p. 19)

Whipping (pp. 22–23)

• Plain
• Sewn

Splices (pp. 23–24)

• Eye -Three strand, 12-strand, and double braid
• Short -three strand