How to Balance Weight Placement
Trimming your sails isn’t the only important adjustment you can make. Here’s how to take a more proactive approach to moving your crew weight around the boat.
Trimming your sails isn’t the only important adjustment you can make. Here’s how to take a more proactive approach to moving your crew weight around the boat.
When it comes to winning a long event, it’s good for everyone to be on the same page about what’s essential – from the practice until the final race.
The long road to a world championship is often thought of as a lonely one. But it doesn’t have to be.
There’s a method to maintaining or advancing your overall place in the regatta, and the process begins with managing your placement in the fleet.
These 10 simple but effective practices can make all the difference on the racecourse.
When you find yourself heading back to the line to restart, don’t despair, there’s a whole racecourse ahead to get back in the race.
You can respect your competitors, push the limits, and race hard while not losing sight of the big picture.
The second lap of a windward-leeward racecourse is just as important as the first. Look for more opportunities for clear passing lanes.
The experts offers their top tips on the small things that can have the biggest impact on your boatspeed.
Join the layline parade to the weather mark too early or too late, and you’ll struggle to round. Pick the right moment, and you’ll capitalize at the top of the beat.
Even the best tacticians pick the wrong side on occasion. When that happens, the key is to identify things aren’t going well and move to minimize the damage.
These funny boat and sailing phrases help make teaching easier.
Trimming your sails isn’t the only important adjustment you can make. Here’s how to take a more proactive approach to moving your crew weight around the boat.
When it comes to winning a long event, it’s good for everyone to be on the same page about what’s essential – from the practice until the final race.
The long road to a world championship is often thought of as a lonely one. But it doesn’t have to be.
There’s a method to maintaining or advancing your overall place in the regatta, and the process begins with managing your placement in the fleet.
These 10 simple but effective practices can make all the difference on the racecourse.
When you find yourself heading back to the line to restart, don’t despair, there’s a whole racecourse ahead to get back in the race.
You can respect your competitors, push the limits, and race hard while not losing sight of the big picture.
The second lap of a windward-leeward racecourse is just as important as the first. Look for more opportunities for clear passing lanes.
The experts offers their top tips on the small things that can have the biggest impact on your boatspeed.
Join the layline parade to the weather mark too early or too late, and you’ll struggle to round. Pick the right moment, and you’ll capitalize at the top of the beat.
Even the best tacticians pick the wrong side on occasion. When that happens, the key is to identify things aren’t going well and move to minimize the damage.
These funny boat and sailing phrases help make teaching easier.
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