Entertaining Sailing and Boating Videos
Some days you just want to chill out and watch some videos. For this week’s post, we scoured YouTube and […]
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Sailing School Activities
Sailing school activities, including lesson plans, videos, drills, enrichment materials, and more for youth sailing instruction. This tag search will get you access to over 130 resources. Includes individual sailing school activities, as well as comprehensive curriculum documents.
Shaping Your Mainsail, Part 3: Draft Shape and Position
Welcome to our series on upwind mainsail trim. This article covers Draft Shape and Position, which is Part 3 of
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Windward Mark Rounding – Make Gains with Technique
How good is your technique at the windward mark rounding? Video evidence suggests that even some top sailors are not
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Shaping Your Mainsail, Part 2: Camber
Welcome to our series on upwind mainsail trim. This article covers Camber, which is Part 2 of a four-part unit
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Velocity Made Good (VMG) – Definition and Application
In this post we discuss Velocity Made Good or VMG. Many newer sailors are not familiar with this important concept,
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Regatta Preparation for Parents and Sailors
“Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared.” Buddy Melges “The good sailors all know
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Opti Sailors – Can You Name all the Parts of the Boat?
Here’s a fun activity for newer Optimist sailors. Use the worksheet to match the parts of the boat to the
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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
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Starting Performance Observations: Race Course Notes
Given the importance of a good start, you’d think that everyone would work very hard to master the techniques. But
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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
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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
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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
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Opti Pre-Race Checklist – Updated to 2018 Rules
Want to make sure you have all the bases covered before going sailing in the Optimist dinghy? In this post
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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
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Keeping Your Lead, Part 1: Covering Tactics at the Leeward Mark
For many readers, including your editor, losing boats on the last leg is all too common. In this series of
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How to Tie an Optimist Sail – Best Techniques
If you want to maximize performance and minimize frustration, it pays to learn the best techniques to tie an Optimist
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