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.
Choosing the right mainsheet can often be a decision that can make or break your day of racing. Factors to […]
Closehauled. What is it and where is it anyway? Some sailors seem to be able to find it and stay in it, all the time. Others pass through it, but can’t seem to hang around for very long.
It’s impressive how much one drill can reveal about a sailor's downwind technique, even at Olympic levels. This drill highlights rudder errors, sheeting mistakes and body position errors rapidly. It also provides a different, and great, sense of feel and connection with the boat. We recommend it for coaches as well.
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.
How and where to sit is key to being able to control your weight placement downwind. Here we look at various positions across all wind ranges.
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.
Nothing is more frustrating than getting your mainsheet tangled in a manoeuvre. Most of the time there is no rhyme or reason. Here’s the secret to frustration free sailing shown in the video, along with some other small tips that may help.
Launching in onshore breeze can seem tricky, but with a few tips, it can be a smooth and easy experience. Click below to read our full tutorial.
Pinching is bad, but what happens next is worse...
After just moments of noticing they are sailing too close to the wind, the helms person bears away back to the correct angle. What they don’t know is that they are slipping sideways due to something even worse: stalling of the sail. The reason? a shift in apparent wind.
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 […]
The death roll is the most common way to find yourself swimming. Moments after slamming into the water, the boat proceeds to turtle, leaving a helpless, swimming sailor to scramble to recovery gasping for air through the cold water and frustrating slurs as the fleet passes him/her by helplessly.
