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After a decent front row start, what’s the next priority? Answer: holding your lane and going fast, so you can […]

Thus far in our SailZing posts about puff response, we have consistently advocated “feather and ease, hike, and trim” as […]

Successful sailors know how to manage their thought process during the race. In The Sailing Cycle, we described Zack Clayton’s […]

Bad starts happen. As we showed in Starting Performance Observations, it’s common to see half or more of the fleet […]

Are you afraid of heavy air gybes (or jibe) due to either lack of experience or too many painful experiences? […]

Always, always use a line sight. Dave Dellenbaugh, in Speed and Smarts (Issue 128) Are you skeptical about the value […]

Crossing situations force you to evaluate options, sometimes rather quickly. Asking the right questions will help you make a better […]

Ever had your carefully planned approach ruined by last-minute wind shifts while starting? Wind shifts affect your time and distance […]

In a previous post, we described four downwind strategy mistakes that cause sailors to lose places quickly. We had seen […]

In this week’s episode, Olympic qualifiers Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea discuss downwind tactics for youth. Need a better way […]