In this series of articles, we will introduce the key concepts of sailing a race from preparation to the starting sequence, buoy roundings and finishing. The target audience for this information is sailors that may have never competed in a…
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.
-
-
Peter Keck is the 2022 Champion of US Sailing‘s Championship of Champions event held at Shore Acres Yacht Club on Barnegat Bay, NJ on October 9, 2022. We asked Peter to share some of what it took to win the…
-
David Starck, sailing with his wife Jody, finished 4th in the U.S. Sailing C. of C. regatta in October 2022, held on Barnegat Bay. The event was held in MC Scows, a boat which they had never sailed before. Considering…
-
The 2022 ILYA Championship were held August 18-21 at Lake Geneva, WI. Approximately 200 boats raced in four classes – A Scow, E Scow, C Scow, and MC Scow. We caught up with the top performers in the E and…
-
We interviewed Melges 15 ILYA Champion 2022, Jonathan Bailey from North Lake, WI about his race course notes from his win at Lake Winnebago.
-
2022 X Boat champion Owen Kohut and crew Ivar Eiseman won a hard-fought regatta at the senior X boat Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) regatta at Clear Lake, IA. This is remarkable, since it is Owen’s first ILYA Champs senior…
