Justus Schmidt and Max Boehme were the surprise winners of the European Championship in Porto 2015. One starting tactic that worked beautifully for the young Germans was the 'port tack option', which became more and more popular in the fleet on the final day...
Yachting World's Matt Sheahan interviews Paul Campbell-James, who does the wing trim on board Ben Ainslie's AC45F. These foilers are inherently unstable, making it a constant battle of foil and wing adjustment to keep the foiling catamaran on an even keel, so to speak! The meaty bit of the info starts about 1 min. into the video....
Multiple World Champion and Olympic gold medallist Nathan Outteridge demonstrates the process of rigging the Moth. Of course each Moth is set up slightly differently, so this simply serves as a guide....
Top Moth sailor and sail designer Mike Lennon talks about the latest technical developments to roll out of the 2015 Worlds in Australia. Mike's sails were well represented at the top of the finish order, with Chris Rashley 4th and Chris Draper 5th overall...
Helming from the trapeze is easier than it looks. But it is wise to get some experience on the trapeze crewing for someone else first, so that you can develop good trapezing technique before combining it with helming...
In skiffs and catamarans, finding the strongest wind pressure is generally the biggest priority downwind, says multiple skiff champion Chris Nicholson. Knowing where to look for it, though, can be pretty tricky because you're often travelling faster than the breeze...
Olympic coach for the British sailing team, Steve Irish is a former 420 World Champion and a great RS800 skiff sailor. In part 2 of this interview we asked Steve about sailing the RS800 with the kite....
Nathan Outteridge talks through the technology that is making the A-Class catamarans fly. Nathan is best known for his exploits in the 49er, winning the Olympic gold medal and multiple World Championships. But he's won the Moth Worlds too, and with his duties as an America's Cup helmsman it makes sense to get to grips with the challenges of hydrofoiling wherever those opportunities arise....
Bora Gulari tells Sailing Talk about his amazing win at the International Moth World Championships in 2009. Weighing more than 80kg in a supposedly lightweight class, and using his most old and tired sail instead of a new one, the Detroit foiler really got his Mach II hull motoring in The Gorge....
Bora Gulari talks technical, looking at some of the killer technology that helped him win the International Moth Worlds in The Gorge. He also breaks some of the myths about Moths and foiling boats, such as needing to be a flyweight, and talks about the joys of turning up 'The Dial'....
Yachting World's Matt Sheahan interviews Paul Campbell-James, who does the wing trim on board Ben Ainslie's AC45F. These foilers are inherently unstable, making it a constant battle of foil and wing adjustment to keep the foiling catamaran on an even keel, so to speak! The meaty bit of the info starts about 1 min. into the video....
Multiple World Champion and Olympic gold medallist Nathan Outteridge demonstrates the process of rigging the Moth. Of course each Moth is set up slightly differently, so this simply serves as a guide....
2014 World Champion Nathan Outteridge talks about developments in the Moth, the things that matter, and the things that don’t....
Nathan Outteridge talks through the technology that is making the A-Class catamarans fly. Nathan is best known for his exploits in the 49er, winning the Olympic gold medal and multiple World Championships. But he's won the Moth Worlds too, and with his duties as an America's Cup helmsman it makes sense to get to grips with the challenges of hydrofoiling wherever those opportunities arise....
Bora Gulari talks technical, looking at some of the killer technology that helped him win the International Moth Worlds in The Gorge. He also breaks some of the myths about Moths and foiling boats, such as needing to be a flyweight, and talks about the joys of turning up 'The Dial'....