Beat the Shadow: How to Find, Use and Escape Bad Air
You’re off the line fast, in a clean lane. Then a boat tacks right on your nose, and your wind
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staying in breeze downwind
Downwind Boat Speed Checklist: Avoid the Slows
Are you working hard enough on downwind boat speed? It’s easy to lose focus, even though downwind sailing requires at
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Sailing by the Lee: A Primer
We’ve had several newer sailors ask us about sailing by the lee. This is not a well-understood topic, especially for
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Downwind Tactics with Roble / Shea Sailing
In this week’s episode, Olympic Sailing Team members Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea reveal their downwind tactics secrets. There’s plenty
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Downwind Strategy Mistakes: Four Ways to Get Passed
As the 2019 summer racing season gets underway, your SailZing editors have been gathering race experiences to help drive home
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Downwind Strategy: Use Apparent Wind Clues
Dave Dellenbaugh’s Speed and Smarts, Issue 130 (May/June 2014) has a very informative diagram showing how to use apparent wind
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Sail Faster Downwind: In Pressure and By the Lee
I think our biggest gains were made downwind. … The boats really like to be sailed with some twist at
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