SailZing.com Contributor Henry Chesnutt (Lake Harriet Yacht Club) chatted with MC Scow Champion Bill Colburn after he won a Lake Harriet Yacht Club Championship race recently in “harrowing and gusty conditions”. Bill is a four time ILYA MC Champ from 2008-2011.…
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.
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Here’s a well-done video from the International Sailing Academy showing the importance of shooting up to maintain your gap on the starting line. This video shows the technique in Lasers, but is applicable to other small boats. Starting: Shooting Up…
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Two of your SailZing editors battled it out in positions 1-2 for most of a recent Wednesday night MC race. The race analysis shows two keys to success: 1) start in a position to get to the first shift and…
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Well, while one SailZinger was PRO for the race, the other was sailing to a win in the MC-Scow. The wind was very gusty so I had to use some of the learning that we’ve shared on SailZing.com to finish…
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Upwind Strategy & Tactics
Racing Strategy Choices: Positioning by Stuart Walker – SailZing Book Review
by Allan HaegerRacing Strategy Choices Want a systematic approach to developing your race strategy? Stuart Walker (Positioning: The Logic of Sailboat Racing) says successful race strategy depends on determining which one of three conditions (categories) is present. He gives plenty of examples…
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Pre-Start Routine – Insights from Zenda U Mike Brown from Rush Creek YC shared the most valuable tips he received as a student at the 2017 Zenda U in Eustis, FL. We got three good insights from Mike. This video…