SUSTAINABILITY Topic 6 - Boat Cleaning & Maintenance

Topic 6 - Boat Cleaning & Maintenance

Topic 6 - Boat Cleaning & Maintenance

Topic 6 works with five United Nations Sustainability Development Goals: Quality Education; Clean Water and Sanitation; Responsible Consumption & Production; Life Below Water; and Life on Land as they relate to Boat Cleaning & Maintenance.  

In this section, you will be introduced to Boat Cleaning and Maintenance as they relate to the sport of sailing.

You will be introduced to the importance of keeping boats cleaned and maintained by using environmentally friendly natural cleaning alternatives.

You will also learn more about invasive species and how they can travel to new places by attaching to your boats, equipment or even your wetsuit and the importance of cleaning your equipment thoroughly.

And finally, you will learn how to look after your sails that will lengthen their life as well as some ideas on how you can reuse them to the end of their life.

The Booklet provides the overall content and information on the topic.  The Trainer’s Guide has the lesson plans and steps that are to be completed in each section as well as the answers to the questions and activities of the Worksheet.

World Sailing in interested in hearing from you after you have completed Topic 6 and would like you to answer the following 3 questions and send your responses to sustainability@sailing.org.

  1. Which country do you live in?
  2. What is the name of your sailing club?
  3. How many people will use the educational resources?

Documents

26 May 2020 CURRENT VERSION

Topic 6 - Boat Cleaning & Maintenance Booklet (ENG)

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26 May 2020 CURRENT VERSION

Topic 6 - Boat Cleaning & Maintenance Trainer's Guide (ENG)

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26 May 2020 CURRENT VERSION

Topic 6 - Boat Cleaning & Maintenance Worksheets (ENG)

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