Boat Handling & Performance

Can’t point without pinching and losing speed? This is a common complaint. For this article, we collected everything we could find on how to solve common pointing problems. The experts are quite consistent, and what they say matches our experience.…

Here’s Part 3 of our list of capsize causes and solutions for small boat sailors. In Part 1, we covered upwind situations with too much heeling force and not enough righting moment. In Part 2, we talked about off-wind balance. To…

Here’s Part 2 of our list of capsize causes and solutions for small boat sailors. In Part 1, we covered upwind situations related to too much heeling force and not enough righting moment. In this part, we’ll talk about off-wind…

As promised in our post on major mistakes, here’s our cut at a definitive list of capsize causes and solutions for small boat sailors. Capsizing is a fertile topic: there are dozens of ways to pitchpole, broach, death roll, or just…

How smooth are you at flat water steering? Minimizing rudder movement is key to good boat speed. If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you may be oversteering. Do you saw the tiller back and forth (perhaps…

Are you working hard enough on downwind boat speed? It’s easy to lose focus, even though downwind sailing requires at least as much concentration as upwind sailing. For this post, we decided to compile a big picture list of things…