Month: July 2017

Rarely, and for only short periods of time, can you experience a balanced helm during a 20+ knot downwind. Helm exists indefinitely; it’s just a matter of how much. As the wind increases, so does the factor of helm influenced by the center of effort vs the center of lateral resistance, heel angle and boat speeds.

Everything you need to know about VMG, course skew, wave skew, shifts and pressure for downwind sailing. Filmed at The Gorge.

This two part video looks at how to rig your vang in the most efficient way and how to mark it so that you can set it correctly at any time on the race course.