Boat Speed

If you try sailing your dinghy heeled to windward when you’re practising, chances are you’ll sail much more upright during racing. And that means you’ll be faster...

Prebend and mast rake are two very different things but also very inter-related factors when setting up your rig for optimum speed...

Part 1 of 3 articles looking at the importance of good boat trim. Sailing a dinghy upright is a skill that marks out the good sailors from the rest. So why don’t we all do it?

A quick look at some of the basic sail settings to help you balance up the rudder so that boat tracks more easily - and more quickly - through the water...

Boat tuning is important, not just for making the boat go fast but making it more manageable too. However, if you start obsessively measuring your rig tension while you’re still capsizing three times a race, remember your priorities. Compared with boathandling and tactics, boat tuning is really just the icing on the cake...