Some useful links

Weather station at Seneca Yacht Club: https://tempestwx.com/station/84845/grid

Weather Underground Geneva: https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/ny/geneva/42.87,-76.98

Scroll down on 10-day forecast for wind predictions

Windfinder.com: https://www.windfinder.com/#12/42.8587/-76.9551/spot

Shows airflow indicators. Colors indicate windspeed. This is a prediction, not real-time measurement. Change date and time with horizontal table at the bottom of the page.

Windy.com: https://www.windy.com/?42.310,-77.640,7,i:pressure

Look at large scale weather patterns, predictions. Zoom for local.

Youtube videos:

Tacking and Jibing (or Gybing)

Tacking Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF4nThGlYRA

Gybing Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HDXDZfjQ8

There are many other similar sailing instructional videos to be found on YouTube.

Knots on Youtube

There are zillions of knot videos. They’re often quite pleasing visually.

Bowline

How to tie a bowline: https://youtu.be/YuYdLAvvzRs?feature=shared

Another demonstration of the bowline: https://youtu.be/McjYv64HOc0?feature=shared

Cleating a line

How to securely attach a line to a cleat on a boat or dock: https://youtu.be/2CLt4BEBMRk?si=jxZU8SlQZQWtvl8d

Clove Hitch

Use this to secure a line around a post or rail