Gear Shifting for Waves
Waves don’t always line up with the wind. When this happens, your approach to each tack must differ.
Waves don’t always line up with the wind. When this happens, your approach to each tack must differ.
Thirty years ago, Sailing World Senior Editor Ed Adams sought out to master the fast angles of sailing jib (or genoa) and main. Here’s a gem from the Archives still applicable today.
Much attention is given to jib luff telltales, but those ribbons streaming off the leech are equally important.
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.
Long gone are days of simple headsail trimming; with floating leads, trim and sail shape adjustments are now three-dimensional.
Could there possibly be a better block? We check in Harken engineer Matt Schmidt and Harken test pilot Ravi Parent to hear what makes the Harken Zircon Block range an efficient thing of beauty.
With modern sail design and hardware technology, ocean racing teams have more versatility with their sail inventories. Here’s how one team developed a winning inventory for the 2022 Bermuda Race.
The wind across your sails is dynamic, so too must be your sail trim. Pro sailor Erik Shampain explains the fundamentals of active headsail trimming.
Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham lays the essentials for bringing a new jib trimmer onboard and how to establish repeatable marks and setting and establishing speed loop communications.
As the wind strength changes, so too should your steering technique, with focus being on speed and heel angle.
The little yarns on your headsail are the fundamental clues to your sailboat’s sail trim and different conditions require a different look.
The goal of this new jib-sheeting system is to simplify trim while achieving consistent jib trimming at tighter sheeting angles. Many holes were drilled along the way.
Waves don’t always line up with the wind. When this happens, your approach to each tack must differ.
Thirty years ago, Sailing World Senior Editor Ed Adams sought out to master the fast angles of sailing jib (or genoa) and main. Here’s a gem from the Archives still applicable today.
Much attention is given to jib luff telltales, but those ribbons streaming off the leech are equally important.
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.
Long gone are days of simple headsail trimming; with floating leads, trim and sail shape adjustments are now three-dimensional.
Could there possibly be a better block? We check in Harken engineer Matt Schmidt and Harken test pilot Ravi Parent to hear what makes the Harken Zircon Block range an efficient thing of beauty.
With modern sail design and hardware technology, ocean racing teams have more versatility with their sail inventories. Here’s how one team developed a winning inventory for the 2022 Bermuda Race.
The wind across your sails is dynamic, so too must be your sail trim. Pro sailor Erik Shampain explains the fundamentals of active headsail trimming.
Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham lays the essentials for bringing a new jib trimmer onboard and how to establish repeatable marks and setting and establishing speed loop communications.
As the wind strength changes, so too should your steering technique, with focus being on speed and heel angle.
The little yarns on your headsail are the fundamental clues to your sailboat’s sail trim and different conditions require a different look.
The goal of this new jib-sheeting system is to simplify trim while achieving consistent jib trimming at tighter sheeting angles. Many holes were drilled along the way.
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