Racing sailors face a constant stream of strategic and tactical decisions. In the heat of a situation, it’s easier to make the right decision if you’ve seen it before. To help you accumulate experience, SailZing plans to present a series…
This category shows you how to make gains by focusing on mark strategy and tactics
You can gain or lose boats quickly while approaching, rounding, and exiting the windward mark. There are plenty of things to worry about, so we’ve compiled a windward mark preparation checklist to help you think ahead and consider everything. We’ve pulled together…
Are you losing ground or making costly mistakes at leeward mark roundings? Like any high stakes, stressful task, it helps to be prepared. In this post, we’ve compiled a leeward mark preparation checklist to help you consider everything. Plan the…
Making clean mark roundings during a sailboat race can spell the difference between maintaining a lead and losing a pack of boats. Many of us are focused on gaining an advantage in a race to stay ahead or to catch…
Your SailZing editors served as the Race Committee gate boat for the C-Scow NNN Beulah Challenge on September 24, 2017 at Lake Beulah, WI. We captured many leeward mark roundings on video and paired some examples with a great article…
Our SailZing “Sailing: Mark Roundings” Pinterest board includes tip for approaching and rounding a mark / buoy / gate.
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