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Shaping Your Mainsail, Part 1: Angle of Attack

Welcome to our series on upwind mainsail trim. This article covers Angle of Attack, which is Part 1 of a […]

Realistic Appraisal: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 4

Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one. Horizons Magazine, quoted […]

Understand Focus: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 3

Everyone knows you have to “focus” to do well in sailing. But what do you understand focus to mean? Is […]

Playing Hard: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 2

I want to bring that childlike approach every night – just go out there and have fun. I want to […]

Mental Skills for Sailing – Part 1: Know Why You’re Competing

Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical. Yogi Berra The big variable is your state of mind. Big […]

Windward Mark Laylines: Get them Right

One of our readers told us he sees lots of sailors losing ground because they don’t realize the importance of […]

Ducking: Decide and Execute

Ducking another boat is something you don’t want to do often. As Stuart Walker says, “Don’t let ’em cross.” But […]

Keeping Your Lead, Part 2: Covering Tactics on the Beat

To continue our series on keeping your lead, we turn to covering tactics on the beat. We reviewed several books […]

Ease the Bolt Rope to Keep Your Sail in Shape

Is your sail more than a year old? If so, you should ease the bolt rope to bring the sail […]

MC Boards Sticking? Three Potential Causes

If you have an MC Scow numbered 2476 or earlier, you may have had the lee boards stick in the […]
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