Tactics: Shutout at the Weather Mark
When it’s boat-on-boat at the windward mark, there are a few moves to improve your chances of getting to the mark first.
When it’s boat-on-boat at the windward mark, there are a few moves to improve your chances of getting to the mark first.
On opposite tacks, port must yield to starboard—yet a well-timed hail can flip the advantage.
Here’s how, and how not, to play port-tack weather mark roulette to come out a winner, or least with better odds.
Stuck on the hip of leeward boat off the start? A reach-through escape might be your best next move. But don’t wait.
Good speed and smart tactics get us only so far. It’s the mental part that gets us over the humps.
The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup races in Barcelona are revealing predictable tactical patterns.
Clear comms between helm and tactician ensures that tactical situations play out as intended, and without surprise.
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.
Monitoring and communicating your relative performance in a sailboat race is essential intelligence for your skipper and the speed team.
When the tactician has his or head in the game it’s essential to have someone “paint the picture” of what’s happening up the course and nearby.
Want to be the best crew you can be? It’s easy and starts with a positive attitude and a commitment to improving.
When it’s boat-on-boat at the windward mark, there are a few moves to improve your chances of getting to the mark first.
On opposite tacks, port must yield to starboard—yet a well-timed hail can flip the advantage.
Here’s how, and how not, to play port-tack weather mark roulette to come out a winner, or least with better odds.
Stuck on the hip of leeward boat off the start? A reach-through escape might be your best next move. But don’t wait.
Good speed and smart tactics get us only so far. It’s the mental part that gets us over the humps.
The Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup races in Barcelona are revealing predictable tactical patterns.
Clear comms between helm and tactician ensures that tactical situations play out as intended, and without surprise.
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.
Monitoring and communicating your relative performance in a sailboat race is essential intelligence for your skipper and the speed team.
When the tactician has his or head in the game it’s essential to have someone “paint the picture” of what’s happening up the course and nearby.
Want to be the best crew you can be? It’s easy and starts with a positive attitude and a commitment to improving.
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