One rule of thumb is to ease your sheets when you're feeling slow, but the goal should be to never get slow. Here's how.
One rule of thumb is to ease your sheets when you're feeling slow, but the goal should be to never get slow. Here's how.
Sailing is a sport where feel is very important. If you are doing something wrong, the boat feels bad. We come to recognize these feelings and associate them with corrections. Over time, our set of corrective activities can become so in tune, that you can sail the boat without ever getting a bad feeling.
Very few sailors excel in light wind and choppy water. It is the most challenging condition because your sail and telltales aren’t always working. You must constantly anticipate changes in boat speeds and this never allows you to get comfortable.
Once hiking conditions present themselves, a balanced boat with appropriate rig setup becomes particularly important to maximize your hiking efforts into productive speed. In order to obtain our upwind objectives, we need to get the powerful rig working for us by setting up appropriately for the conditions.
In this video, learn how to get a speed edge and how to maintain your clear air going downwind.
Learn about Efficiency and Power in the laser mainsail and learn how to increase speed through trimming and easing the mainsail based on boat speed and sail forces.
What is the best advice you've been given when trying to sail fast in light winds? For me, I remember […]
