How to maintain clear air while sailing upwind, including sources of disturbed air, typical race course trouble spots, how to get and keep clear air, and when to consider living in bad air.
Lily Xu and her coach Jon Emmett relive the drama of the 4-way fight for three Olympic medals at the London 2012 Games. Jon even gets a bit emotional watching it all over again...
Olympic gold medallist in the Laser Radial at London 2012, Chinese superstar Lily Xu and her coach Jon Emmett talk through the processes, the ups and downs, the struggles and the eventual triumph that led to victory in a four-way fight for the medals in Weymouth.
Olympic veteran and top-flight coach Hugh Styles is using e-Sailing to help some of his clients get to grips with different tactical scenarios. Today's task in three virtual races is to learn how to battle your way back through the fleet after a second-row start...
Asymmetric downwind sailing requires a radical rethink in the way we look at the downwind leg, says 49er champion and America’s Cup helmsman Chris Draper. The opportunities in asymmetrics for gains and losses are massive with the increased separation. Chris talks through his approach to making gains on the downwind leg....
Whether it’s a single leeward mark or a leeward gate, this part of the race course offers a huge opportunity for making gains through the fleet - or losing an enormous number of places if you get it wrong.
It's sometimes a tough gamble. Quantum's Terry Hutchinson provides rules of thumb for when to foot and when to pinch. "The basic concept of going fast-forward in a lift, or pinching in a header, has been around for as long as I can remember - or at least since my junior sailing days when my instructor passed along this tactical tidbit along. Going fast-forward-what's also referred to as 'making a bearing gain' - is a great weapon to have in your tactical arsenal."
When racing on windward-leeward courses with leeward mark gates, Dave Ullman explains the process in deciding which mark to round… "It is blowing 15 knots and the wind recently shifted 5 degrees. What are you doing and looking for now?"
Tom Burnham talks about the importance to applying a tactician's brain to your job, even if like him you're at the front end of the boat doing the muscle work. Tom did the pit on board World Championship winning TP52 Quantum Racing, and talks about the stuff that he wants to know from the brain's trust at the back of the boat...
49er World Champion and Olympic silver medallist in the 470, Stu Bithell is also a mad keen Merlin Rocket racer back in the UK. Stu shares various tips on starting, race course priorities and many other things in these insightful MP3 interviews....
