Improve Your Weeknight Race Results
The good thing about a long summer of weeknight racing is the chance to improve from week to week.
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The good thing about a long summer of weeknight racing is the chance to improve from week to week.
Polars and sail charts are crucial tools for sailors to ensure they have the right sail at the right time, but their accuracy requires effort.
There’s more to asymmetric-spinnaker trimming than simply easing to the curl.
Clear comms between helm and tactician ensures that tactical situations play out as intended, and without surprise.
Sail the middle or hit the edges? It’s a simple question with many answers.
There are those who wait for a good start and those who take matters into their own hands.
With every tactical decision, there should be consideration given to how to gain, but when there’s an inevitable loss, the focus then is how best to minimize it.
At the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg we staged a Q&A session with Hall of Famer Augie Diaz, and he delivered some priceless advice.
A few scientific sailing minds delve into the forces at play when it comes to these common boathandling techniques.
An Olympic veteran shares her approach when preparing for your next regatta and achieving your desired results.
Boatspeed on the racecourse begins with preparation ashore and ahead of the race. Here’s a few starter steps to get you on the path to fast.
Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on tactics and strategy differences between short and long race courses.
The good thing about a long summer of weeknight racing is the chance to improve from week to week.
Polars and sail charts are crucial tools for sailors to ensure they have the right sail at the right time, but their accuracy requires effort.
There’s more to asymmetric-spinnaker trimming than simply easing to the curl.
Clear comms between helm and tactician ensures that tactical situations play out as intended, and without surprise.
Sail the middle or hit the edges? It’s a simple question with many answers.
There are those who wait for a good start and those who take matters into their own hands.
With every tactical decision, there should be consideration given to how to gain, but when there’s an inevitable loss, the focus then is how best to minimize it.
At the 2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg we staged a Q&A session with Hall of Famer Augie Diaz, and he delivered some priceless advice.
A few scientific sailing minds delve into the forces at play when it comes to these common boathandling techniques.
An Olympic veteran shares her approach when preparing for your next regatta and achieving your desired results.
Boatspeed on the racecourse begins with preparation ashore and ahead of the race. Here’s a few starter steps to get you on the path to fast.
Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham shares his insight on tactics and strategy differences between short and long race courses.
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