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Terry's Tips: Finding Your Balance
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Buoy Racing by Terry Hutchinson
Sailing upwind can be a lot like walking on a tightrope. Finding your equilibrium is difficult. Once you balance everything, however, forward progress will come rapidly.
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March 28, 2013How to Recognize Pre-Start Wind Shiftsby Steve HuntStrategy: There’s a lot going on in the final minutes of the pre-start, and a keen eye to what’s happening up the course and with your own sails can help you recognize, and react to, a last-minute shift.
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March 28, 2013Stability Modeby Amelia QuinnLet your adrenaline pump as you count down to the next tiny Armageddon—as long as you’re prepared you should stay upright.
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March 25, 2013Photo of the Month: Jesús Renedoby Meredith PowlisonSpanish photographer Jesús Renedo captured March’s Photo of the Month out of his home base in Palma where Olympic hopefuls were training in big breeze and waves for the ISAF Sailing World Cup.
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March 22, 2013The New Twist on Mark-Room in the 2013 Racing Rules of Sailingby Dick RoseTrying to squeeze inside a right-of-way boat that’s botched their mark rounding can be tricky. A new mark-room rule makes it even riskier.
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March 22, 2013When to Cross: Using Crosswinds and Position Linesby Andy Horton With Dave PowlisonThe oft-heard question for the skipper is “Can we cross?” With a hand-bearing compass and some quick math, you can provide a confident answer.
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March 22, 2013Persistence Pays Off at Farr 40 Worldsby Stuart StreuliWinner’s Debrief: For Helmut and Evan Jahn’s Flash Gordon team, a decade of hard work resulted in a win at the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championships.
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March 14, 2013The Safety Netby Amelia QuinnIf you have a good routine, you can always be prepared for the worst-case scenario at regattas. Well, almost always.
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March 12, 2013Three Winning Team Race Movesby Amanda Callahan, Illustrations by Kim DowningAt the upper levels of team racing, many sail according to the same “playbook.” In the end it all comes down to which team can execute the play the quickest. Here are some moves to help you execute and get your team across the finish line in a winning combination.
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March 5, 2013Terry's Tips: The Ultimate Warm-Up Planby Terry HutchinsonIt's one of the first things you learn in grade-school gym: the value of a proper warm-up. But getting ready for a sailing race requires more than 20 jumping jacks and some hamstring stretches. Terry Hutchinson takes you though his pre-race plan.
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February 25, 2013Photo of the Month: Tim Wrightby Meredith PowlisonWe catch up with Tim Wright, the photographer behind February’s Photo of the Month. The intrepid liveaboard photographer took this shot—which our associate art director best described as “gnarly”—of the Class 40 Voiles 44 during the RORC Caribbean 600.
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Gulf of Maine Racing Assoication first race of the season, SailMaine Shakedown Regatta, kicked off on Saturday, June 8. "Sugar Sugar" leads the pack at the the start of the first race.
Photo by Ann-e Blanchard
Results: http://sailmaine.org/shakedown/Sailwave%20results%20for%20SailMaine%20Shakedown%20Regatta%20at%20SailMaine%202013.pdf
SailMaine information: http://sailmaine.org/home.html
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