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Steering Techniques For Different Winds - By Steve Hunt October 12, 2021

Steering Techniques For Different Winds As the wind strength changes, so too should your steering technique, with focus being on speed and heel angle. By Steve Hunt October 12, 2021 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest Share on email As the wind builds, use heel angle as your guide: Steer and use the sails to keep the boat on its feet and stay fast in the chop. Paul Todd/ Outside Images It’s good to have rules of thumb to help you sail the boat as fast as possible in all conditions. Such guidelines can help the skipper drive their best and give the crew a common purpose in how they react to changes in wind. One distinction that can help you increase speed is to identify if you should be telltale or heel-angle sailing. In lighter winds, telltale sailing is appropriate—the skipper works hard to stream the telltales at all times for maximum speed, and the crew moves around to create perfect heel. In overpowered heel-angle sailing conditions, the skipper can steer much more freely, focusing on a consistent heel angle while the crew hikes hard. In light air, it’s all about maintaining speed; in breeze, it’s all about the heel angle. Underpowered Conditions Here, the crew controls heel angle and the skipper sails exclusively to the telltales. The goal is to stream the telltales, setting up the boat for maximum speed. The heel angle is totally on the crew, and it’s best if someone can communicate the power in the boat—maybe the skipper or mainsheet trimmer—to help coordinate the team’s movements. If it’s really light, you might be heeling the boat a little extra to leeward, and just how much needs to be communicated to the crew so the boat feels as good as possible. READ MORE #racing #sailboatracing #sailing #sailinglife #sailingboat #sailingphotography #proregatta #tracking #gps

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How to Build a Sailing Team - By Jonathan McKee January 11, 2022

How to Build a Sailing Team Whether building a new team or rebuilding one for the next season, consider how best to combine trust, experience and commitment, as well as skills. By Jonathan McKee January 11, 2022 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest Share on email Returning to full-crew racing on his Riptide 44, Dark Star, the author assembled a crew with different skillsets but a shared commitment to improve. Jan Anderson The past two years have been strange ones, on land and on the water. Big-boat racing essentially stopped on Puget Sound in March 2020, stranding any racing ambitions for my teammates and me on the 44-foot Paul Bieker-designed Dark Star. Gradually, I figured out a way to race the boat doublehanded, and a few local events opened to allowing shorthanded crews. It turned out to be a really fun period, but during this time my regular teammates moved on to other boats. I couldn’t blame them as I had nothing to offer. READ MORE #racing #sailboatracing #sailing #sailinglife #sailingboat #sailingphotography #proregatta #tracking #gps #teambuilding

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Sailboat Racing Tips: Room at the Leeward Mark

Sailboat Racing Tips: Room at the Leeward Mark How best to handle a leeward mark rounding when there's uncertainty—or even disagreement. By Dave Reed January 10, 2022 Sailing World Racing Editor Mike Ingham shares his best practices for dealing with overlap situations at the leeward mark; how to get around fast and clean and how to best to communicate throughout the rounding. SEE MORE #racing #sailboatracing #sailing #sailinglife #sailingboat #sailingphotography #proregatta #tracking #gps #rules

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A Prescription for Better Upwind Speed

A Prescription for Better Upwind Speed A cause-and-effect guide to getting power in your sails when you need it and adjusting for when you don’t. By Erik Shampain August 20, 2019 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest Share on email The ever-adjustable Etchells has the tools to infinitely adjust the sail-power demands for certain modes. Off the start, for example, a high traveler and sails sheeted hard allows a high mode to hold a lane. Paul Todd/NOOD Regatta After a successful day of one-design racing I’m often asked: “What base numbers do you use?” and “What were your rig settings today?” These are valid enquiries, and like tuning guides, they’re a great place to start when initially setting up your boat. At the end of the day, however, consistent speed usually comes down to knowing how to adapt, on the fly, to changing conditions. It sounds pretty simple: first, identify the problem—inability to point, lack of speed—then, look critically at your setup to find a solution. But there’s a lot more to it than that. Let’s start with one basic principle: a boat is either looking for power, in perfect power, or overpowered. READ MORE #racing #sailboatracing #sailing #sailinglife #sailingboat #sailingphotography #proregatta #tracking #gps

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Sailboat Racing Tips: For Your New Jib Trimmer

Sailboat Racing Tips: For Your New Jib Trimmer 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. By Dave Reed January 25, 2022 #racing #sailboatracing #sailing #sailinglife #sailingboat #sailingphotography #proregatta #tracking #gps

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470 European Championship highlights focus on new Paris 2024 event - GERALD NEW

Portugal continues as the Mecca of International dinghy sailing events with the 470 European Championships starting this weekend in Vilamoura, Portugal. Following on the Finn Europeans and the 470 Worlds plus various Olympic qualification events, Portugal will host the 470 Europeans from 30 April – 7 May and the Finn Gold Cup from 8 to 12 May. As with the 470 Worlds, while Olympic selected competitors will race in the separate men and women’s events, the biggest fleet will be for the newly popular Mixed Crew event. Newly popular because it is a Mixed Crew 470 event that will be used at the Paris 2024 Games – taking the class back to its Olympic roots. It was as an Open Event that the 470 was selected for the 1976, ’80 and ’84 Games, before being split into separate men’s and women’s events from the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games onwards. Note that when an open event, no mixed crew featured on the medal podium, and it was not until the 1984 Games in Los Angeles that a mixed crew actually took part . . . when Britain’s Cathy Foster helmed with crew Pete Newlands, winning a race and finishing seventh overall. Thus while Britain has its two Olympic Team GB crews entered in the men and women’s events, the biggest British entry is in the Mixed Crew event, with four British Sailing squad crews entered. Of course we now have to wait on the new Alternative Olympic Event list, demanded by the IOC, to see if the Mixed 470 stays or perhaps gets split back to men and women’s events for Paris 2024! Provisional British entry for the 2021 European Championships. Women:GBR – 1 Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre Men:GBR – 4 Luke Patience and Christian GrubeGBR – 55 Martin Wrigley and Alexander Hughes Mixed:GBR – 11 Vita Heathcote and Ryan OrrGBR – 7 Amy Seabright and James TaylorGBR – 875 Freya Black and Mmarcus TresslerGBR – 889 Georgina Povall and Arran Holman Related Post: World Sailing in search for another made-for-TV sailing event World Sailing in battle to keep Olympic event #proregatta #funsailing #sailmore #sailyacht #sailingboat #sailinglifestyle #sailingyacht #sailinginstagram #sailingpassion #watchsailing #trackingapp #sails #yachtrachting #sail #dinghy #stayfit #sailinginstruments #vendeeglobe #oceanracing #dinghysailing #sailing #olympicsailing #regatta #iceboat #americascaup #volvooceanrace #sb20 #dragon #star #snipe #470 #laser #icla #optimist #olympicclasses

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Steering Techniques For Different Winds - By Steve Hunt October 12, 2021

How to Build a Sailing Team - By Jonathan McKee January 11, 2022

Sailboat Racing Tips: Room at the Leeward Mark

A Prescription for Better Upwind Speed

Sailboat Racing Tips: For Your New Jib Trimmer

470 European Championship highlights focus on new Paris 2024 event - GERALD NEW

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