Five-time US Match Racing Champion Dave Perry has some great tips about how to make sense of the wind. His advice is aimed at the match racer, but much of the same principles apply to fleet racing too. "When ahead, it's always tricky to know whether to “cover” your opponent or “sail your own beat,” meaning sailing to the pressure and tacking on the shifts. I call this decision “Terry or Torben...."
Tactician Bucky Smith was a key member of the Australian team that achieved a resounding victory in the Audi Etchells World Championship 2009 held in Melbourne. He tells Tracey Johnstone how the Worlds was won...
SailJuice spoke to Neil Marsden just after he’d spent a day watching the 470 Junior Europeans and analyses why two teams who rounded the windward mark together ended up almost 20 places apart by the end of the first reach. Who says nothing ever happens on the reaching legs?
In this video, Will offers some tips for surviving a "Parade Race", demonstrates trimming for speed when you've overstood the mark, and drives home the importance of doing your pre-race homework....
