Starting Techniques: The Full Speed Approach

Starting Episode 2: The Full Speed Approach

Looking for a new strategy to get you clear air at the start of your sailboat race? Watch and learn how to execute the Vanderbilt Start, a full speed approach that gets you out of the pack and over the line while maintaining maximum manoeuverability and control.....




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Starting: The Dinghy Start
Starting Strategies Episode Three - The Dinghy StartLearn how to execute the best approaches - and avoid the pitfalls - to the common dinghy race start. Also, get a quick tip on how to figure out which end of the starting line is favoured.....





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Port Tack starting - worth the risk?
Port tack start for Burling and Tuke49er World Champions Pete Burling and Blair Tuke pulled off a stunning port tack start at the European Championships in Helsinki. They won the start and won the race (and the Championship!). But a high-risk strategy too far? Let's take a look at the critical success factors...





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Starting Strategies: The Port Tack Approach

7 - Starting Strategies The Port Tack Approach

This daring strategy takes advantage of the natural holes in the fleet that develop just before the start. While some sailors consider the port tack approach more of a back-up plan than a strategy, it can be very useful in a crowded fleet.....




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Starting: Reaching out and Reaching in

Starting: Reaching out and Reaching in

Watch an example of "Reaching out and Reaching In", a classic starting strategy used successfully in club races every weekend. There is no magical starting technique that will be successful in every condition, and every sized fleet. That's why it's important to practise several different approaches....


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MP3: Pre-start Preparation in sportsboats - Justin Chisholm counts down to a great start

Melges 24 start at WorldsAudio (9 minutes): The 30 minutes leading up to a start are critical times, especially when you're about to start in high quality big fleet. Melges 24 sailor Justin Chisholm is a creature of habit, and here he reveals his pre-start routine...




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Derek Clark sculling to gain a winning start-line position

Derek Clark scullingDerek Clark, coach to the British 49er squad, talks about the skill of sculling the boat and flick-tacking during the final minutes up to the start. The best boats can sit and hold their position for more than two minutes, giving them a huge advantage at start time...


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Slow-speed boat control **
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...
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Winning the Pin in the 49er FX
Winning the Pin in the 49er FXWatch the GBR girls in gold vests book their favoured slot at the pin end and dominate the start of this 49er FX race in Hyeres...






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MP3: Paul Goodison reveals his starting technique tips **

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..."


Paul Goodison at the Olympics

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Paige Railey making the perfect pin-end start **

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".....

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