Boat Speed

MP3: 'Planing' a Laser upwind with world champ Tom Slingsby

The 2007 and 2008 Laser World Champion Tom Slingsby talks about the technique that makes him so devastatingly quick upwind in the breeze (approx 2 minutes)...

Tom Slingsby Laser technique May 08

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