Abby Brown – Collegiate Sailor Profile
We sat down with Collegiate Sailor Abby Brown after she crewed to a 2nd place finish with skipper Mike Schroff […]
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Racing Strategy & Tactics
This category develops your ability to sail smart, focusing on racing strategy and tactics. Subcategories include strategy principles, tactical principles, and specific strategies and tactics for starting, upwind, downwind, reaching, marks and finishes.
Allan Terhune – Boat Handling, Speed & Windward Marks
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series with Allan Terhune, Jr., North Sails – Manager One Design North America Division. He shared ideas
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Schroff and Brown: Team Building & Sailing Fast
Mike Schroff (Melges 15 – USA242) is a lifelong, winning dinghy and big boat sailor, originally from Rhode Island, who
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Allan Terhune Starting Tips
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series with Allan Terhune, Jr., North Sails – Manager One Design North America
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Andy Burdick Starting Tips
Andy Burdick, Melges Performance Sailboats, shared winning starting tips with SailZing.com after he dominated the 2023 MC Scow Train Wreck regatta.
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Big Fleet Starts: Challenges and Priorities
This article has been updated. If you rank racing skills by degree of difficulty and potential for gain/loss, big fleet
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Sailing the Race Course – Downwind Leg for Beginners
In this article, we will outline the first Downwind Leg for Beginners with lots of links for more information. If there’s something
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Sailing the Race Course – Windward Leg for Beginners
In this article, we will outline the first Windward Leg for Beginners with lots of links for more information. If
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Sailing the Race Course – Starting for Beginners
In this series of articles, we will introduce the key concepts of sailing a race from preparation to the starting
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Peter Keck – 2022 Champion of Champions Interview
Peter Keck is the 2022 Champion of US Sailing‘s Championship of Champions event held at Shore Acres Yacht Club on
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David Starck: In the Mix at 2022 Championship of Champions
David Starck, sailing with his wife Jody, finished 4th in the U.S. Sailing C. of C. regatta in October 2022,
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2022 ILYA Championship Debrief: Race-Course Notes
The 2022 ILYA Championship were held August 18-21 at Lake Geneva, WI. Approximately 200 boats raced in four classes –
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Melges 15 ILYA Champion 2022 Shares Race Course Notes
We interviewed Melges 15 ILYA Champion 2022, Jonathan Bailey from North Lake, WI about his race course notes from his win at Lake Winnebago.
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2022 X Boat Champion Shares Race Course Notes
2022 X Boat champion Owen Kohut and crew Ivar Eiseman won a hard-fought regatta at the senior X boat Inland
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Use Gears Tactically for Puffs and Separation
How do you use gears tactically? In our post Learn to Change Gears, we discussed three primary gears to manage
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Upwind Tactics Principles
Some experts say that strategy is more important than tactics. Good strategy gets you around the course faster, but it’s
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