Here’s Why the Long Tack is a Winning Move for Sailors
The long tack helps you minimize your mileage and keeps you out of the corners.
The long tack helps you minimize your mileage and keeps you out of the corners.
The key to fast sail trim is to have both sails matched in terms of depth and trim. Here’s how to adjust your sails the leeches match and the slot stays the same.
Shorter point-to-point races require a different level of preparation and a more assertive approach to tackling the course.
A rounding tack at the leeward mark can put you in control. The key is to anticipate the need and tack first.
Stuart Walker contemplates what to do when stuck between two winds.
Even with the best tactical foresight, we can find ourselves in a jam, but keep these three tips in your tactical toolbox, and you’ll always have a Plan B.
With the new sailing season fast approaching, it’s time to sit down and set new benchmarks for better results. “Strategy” from our April 2011 issue.
Tim Herzog explains that holding on to a lead can be as much about your mindset as it is your speed or tactics.
With foiling catamarans, match racing tactics still apply, but with narrow course boundaries and rapid closing speeds, tactics are accelerated to a new level.
Here’s what Quantum’s Bill Wiggins learned from his week with Vortex Racing, a team new to the sport, and how you can use the event to better you entire season.
Taking a big-picture look at the conditions will help you set up better, and make smarter small-picture decisions.
In his fourth installment, Steve Hunt gives us the guide to a conservative first leg.
The long tack helps you minimize your mileage and keeps you out of the corners.
The key to fast sail trim is to have both sails matched in terms of depth and trim. Here’s how to adjust your sails the leeches match and the slot stays the same.
Shorter point-to-point races require a different level of preparation and a more assertive approach to tackling the course.
A rounding tack at the leeward mark can put you in control. The key is to anticipate the need and tack first.
Stuart Walker contemplates what to do when stuck between two winds.
Even with the best tactical foresight, we can find ourselves in a jam, but keep these three tips in your tactical toolbox, and you’ll always have a Plan B.
With the new sailing season fast approaching, it’s time to sit down and set new benchmarks for better results. “Strategy” from our April 2011 issue.
Tim Herzog explains that holding on to a lead can be as much about your mindset as it is your speed or tactics.
With foiling catamarans, match racing tactics still apply, but with narrow course boundaries and rapid closing speeds, tactics are accelerated to a new level.
Here’s what Quantum’s Bill Wiggins learned from his week with Vortex Racing, a team new to the sport, and how you can use the event to better you entire season.
Taking a big-picture look at the conditions will help you set up better, and make smarter small-picture decisions.
In his fourth installment, Steve Hunt gives us the guide to a conservative first leg.
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