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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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February 6, 2013Trim It Right, Shoot It Rightby Chuck AllenNorth Sails' Chuck Allen shares tips on how to get the right angles when capturing your onboard sail-trim photos.
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January 31, 2013The Sports Psychiatristby Amelia QuinnThe right attitude and a little bit of psychiatry in the front of the boat will go a long ways toward success.
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January 29, 2013Photo of the Month: Onne van der Walby Eleanor LawsonSailing World caught up with Onne van der Wal this week to talk about sailing photography and January's Photo of the Month. With more than 20 years of experience, van der Wal has traveled all over the world shooting sailboats, and this month he was on site for Key West Race Week, the scene of this photo.
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January 8, 2013Getting Handicap Racing On Parby Ken ReadHandicapping our boats is a start, but wouldn’t it be better if we could handicap ourselves, too? What works for golf could work for sailing. Gaining Bearing from our November/December 2012 issue.
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January 2, 2013Frostbite Wreckageby Jonathan MckeeAfter a long absence from sailing Tasars, Jonathan McKee returned in less-than glamorous fashion, relearning a few simple lessons along the way.
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December 11, 2012Weighty Issues of College Sailingby Gary JobsonCollege sailing fosters technically and tactically savvy sailors, but it can do a better job of inspiring lifelong sailors. Jobson Report from our November/December 2012 issue.
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December 4, 2012The Power of Positive Rudder Angleby Andy Horton With Dave PowlisonWith a few simple calculations and measurements you can take your understanding of your boat’s rudder angle beyond its “feel.” Boatspeed from our November/December 2012 issue.
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November 27, 2012Fleet Race Firstby Amelia QuinnA crew's guide to the building blocks of team racing: boathandling and boatspeed.
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November 26, 2012Frostbiting Gear Guideby Meredith PowlisonThe right gear can make all the difference when battling both the elements and your competitors.
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November 19, 2012From the Archives: Beating the Sailboardsby Gary HoytCan a sit-down boat exceed the speeds that purpose-built sailboards have established? In this Need for Speed article from our March 1992 issue, Gary Hoyt weighs the merits of windsurfers.
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PYC Etchells Fleet 27 Tuesday night racing kicked off on May 14, 2013.
Photo by Ann-e Blanchard
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Dear Dr. Crash,
What's all this I hear about water ballast? In my experience it just makes the boat very sluggish and doesn't stabilize it very well. It also makes for a wet and cold day on the water.
Soggy in Sandusky
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