Mark Control Settings – Get Fast, Quicker
If Olympic sailors, coaches, and America’s Cup teams take the time to mark control settings, why shouldn’t the rest of […]
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Boat Handling & Performance
This category focuses on developing good boat handling & performance skills. These skills will help you develop stellar boat speed, solid tacks and gybes, and smooth mark roundings.
Smooth Weight Movement in Light Air
Top sailors prioritize smooth weight movement and constant angle of heel, especially in light air. In light air, flow over
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Downwind Boat Speed Checklist: Avoid the Slows
Are you working hard enough on downwind boat speed? It’s easy to lose focus, even though downwind sailing requires at
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Raise Your Board in Heavy Air – Three Reasons
Most tuning guides for centerboard dinghies and scows tell you to raise your board 1-2″ in heavy air. In this
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Manage Upwind Helm Balance for Speed and Feel
Struggling with boat speed? Want to sail more by feel? Understanding and managing helm balance will help. In this post
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Ten Ways to Use Shroud Telltales
As racing sailors, we’re striving to “become one with the wind,” instinctively making use of every little change. If you
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Try the “No-Hike Hands Drill” for Better Puff Response
Here’s a drill to sharpen your puff response techniques. Most sailors know about “ease/hike/trim,” but many do not execute it
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Sailing Fast Upwind: Time-tested Phrases from Influential Sailors
Are you a newer racing sailor? If so, sailing fast upwind may be one of the toughest things to learn.
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Cat-Rigged Scows: Is “Boom Over the Corner” a Good Thing?
Boats with only a mainsail (no jib), sometimes called cat-rigged boats, sail upwind with their boom further out than boats
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Accelerate Your Improvement – North Sails Post-Regatta Debrief
Pro sailors joining a new class expect to learn the boat quickly. They use their fundamental knowledge to dive into
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Ease for Speed – Vaughan Harrison: Sailing World
As a beginning sailor, your editor had to learn to sheet the mainsail hard enough to control the leech and
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Sailing by the Lee: A Primer
We’ve had several newer sailors ask us about sailing by the lee. This is not a well-understood topic, especially for
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Puff Response: Variations on Ease, Hike, Trim
Thus far in our SailZing posts about puff response, we have consistently advocated “feather and ease, hike, and trim” as
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Heavy Air Gybes: Conquer Fear with Technique
Are you afraid of heavy air gybes (or jibe) due to either lack of experience or too many painful experiences?
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Light Air Boat Speed: Focus on Flow
A well-sailed boat can develop a great speed advantage; … so it is not unusual to see the largest race-winning
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Boat Speed with Dave Ullman and Roble / Shea Sailing
In our final Roble/Shea episode, legendary sailor and coach Dave Ullman joins with Olympic qualifiers Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea
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