We never went into any particular race saying, ‘Oh, you’ve got to go left,’ or ‘You’ve got go right.’ You had to continually adapt up the beat and see where the pressure was. There were pretty big pressure differentials and…

With clear air, you’ll have superior boat speed, along with the opportunity to respond to any wind shift…  Championship Tactics, by Gary Jobson and Tom Whidden Clear Air Upwind – Don’t Settle for Less Try to sail near a champion…

Watch as Dan Guidinger and Dan Quiram, the top two finishers in the 2017 MCSA Masters Championship, discuss how they maintained consistency despite extremely shifty conditions on Cedar Lake, WI. Keys to Consistency Only three sailors finished the three-race regatta…

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…

Sail the Lifted Tack We all know this is a fundamental upwind racing strategy, but do we know when and how to apply it correctly?  This article summarizes the clearest explanations we’ve found aimed at sailors that want a little…

This article in Sailing World by Steve Hunt is a good summary of first beat strategy for intermediate sailors.  It emphasizes key principles such as: Get clear air Stay with the fleet Go to the favored side, but don’t be…