Build Racing Skills with these 5 Books To build racing skills, it’s always good to refresh your understanding of key concepts and skills, so you can take them up a notch, or least not slip backwards. Here are five books…
Allan Haeger
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Rules Changes for 2017-2020 The 2017-2020 edition of the Racing Rules of Sailing contains over 40 changes from the previous version. Here we summarize the essence of eight key on-the-water changes. Rule 2 (preamble) now states that, even if you are…
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Nothing can ruin a race faster than an equipment breakdown or failure. Most breakdowns are preventable. Spring is the time to check, repair, and replace critical equipment. Based on our painful experience, here are the things to check. This article…
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3 Reasons for Sailing Fitness: If you’re an intermediate-level sailor looking to improve, you may not have considered fitness as an important part of your plans. Being fit will help you sail faster, sail smarter, and be safer around the…
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There is a lot of sailing fitness advice online and in books. We reviewed hundreds of sources and summarized the common principles and most common exercises to help you find a fitness regime that works for you. Six Sailing Fitness Training…
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Physical fitness covers a wide territory. If you want to improve your sailing through better fitness, spend your time on the aspects of fitness that count most. Three Fitness Measures of Winning Sailors A study of sailing fitness measured competitive dinghy sailor…