Ever seen those cycle couriers hold their bikes upright, even when they're stopped waiting for the lights to change? It takes great bike-handling to do that. And as Olympic gold medal winning coach Jon Emmett points out, it takes great boat-handling to sail slowly too. How is it the best sailors can sail faster than the rest of us, and sail slower than the rest of us too? It's a skill worth emulating...
Laser Olympic Champion Paul Goodison tells Jon Emmett some of his secrets to starting consistently and securing a front-row position up the first beat... "If I'm in the middle of the line and I'm unsure, I'll point the bow of the boat directly at the pin end and line the tiller up in the middle of the boat to see where that's aiming, and look through the tiller to see where that's aiming..."
In this video, Paige Railey puts on a perfect demonstration of the classic 'win the pin, tack and cross the fleet' strategy. OffshoreRules.com's editor Justin Chisholm said it "was simply mesmerising to watch and all the more impressive given the near sixty boat fleet and the fact that this final start was under a black flag".....
