Sailboat Racing Tips: Short Course and Long Course Tactics
Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on tactics and strategy differences between short and long race courses.
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Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on tactics and strategy differences between short and long race courses.
Long gone are days of simple headsail trimming; with floating leads, trim and sail shape adjustments are now three-dimensional.
The movement of clouds is easy to forget when the action is in front of you, but the key to your next race win may very well be above. Here’s how to play the clouds.
Like any boathandling skill or board skill, repetition is key, but these simple steps from a world champion will help you nail your wingfoiling tacks consistently.
Mike Ingham shares his tips and insights on light-wind lake racing and what matters most. Hint…Breeze and boatspeed matter most.
Racing editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on how to handle puffs and shifts on typical lake venues, especially when it’s “windy and weird.”
Monitoring and communicating your relative performance in a sailboat race is essential intelligence for your skipper and the speed team.
Take the header to the pressure? When it’s light, you betcha, says Mike Ingham in his latest Sailboat Racing Tip.
We mic’d up Andy Horton and Travis Odenbach on the J/70 for a practice race. Listen in to hear how these top sailors get around the racecourse with fleet management, tactics and strategy calls.
Want to be the best crew you can be? It’s easy and starts with a positive attitude and a commitment to improving.
High mode, low mode or somewhere in between, there’s a faster way to get to the mark first. The key is shifting into the right mode at the right time.
A leeward gate rounding, especially a crowded one, provides opportunities to pass boats and set up for the next leg.
Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on tactics and strategy differences between short and long race courses.
Long gone are days of simple headsail trimming; with floating leads, trim and sail shape adjustments are now three-dimensional.
The movement of clouds is easy to forget when the action is in front of you, but the key to your next race win may very well be above. Here’s how to play the clouds.
Like any boathandling skill or board skill, repetition is key, but these simple steps from a world champion will help you nail your wingfoiling tacks consistently.
Mike Ingham shares his tips and insights on light-wind lake racing and what matters most. Hint…Breeze and boatspeed matter most.
Racing editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on how to handle puffs and shifts on typical lake venues, especially when it’s “windy and weird.”
Monitoring and communicating your relative performance in a sailboat race is essential intelligence for your skipper and the speed team.
Take the header to the pressure? When it’s light, you betcha, says Mike Ingham in his latest Sailboat Racing Tip.
We mic’d up Andy Horton and Travis Odenbach on the J/70 for a practice race. Listen in to hear how these top sailors get around the racecourse with fleet management, tactics and strategy calls.
Want to be the best crew you can be? It’s easy and starts with a positive attitude and a commitment to improving.
High mode, low mode or somewhere in between, there’s a faster way to get to the mark first. The key is shifting into the right mode at the right time.
A leeward gate rounding, especially a crowded one, provides opportunities to pass boats and set up for the next leg.
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