Goalscape #1: goalsetting with a European 49er Champ & a Fireball World Champ ***

In part 2 of our look at advanced goal-setting software, Emmett Lazich joins Goalscape's Marcus Baur and SailJuice's Andy Rice to explain how he uses goal-setting technology to help him coach teams to world championship winning success. Lazich has coached Nathan Outteridge to Olympic glory in London 2012 and numerous 49er World Championships, and also coached the Finland 49er team to Olympic gold in Sydney 2000.

It was a belter of a leg. With a forecast for 30kts on the nose and wind against tide, the Gibraltar Strait provided a sharp focus for the leg from Cascais to Alicante.

Volvo Ocean Race winner Rob Greenhalgh shares his secrets on how to put a winning keelboat campaign together... how he prepares and trains and what his priorities are ashore and on the racecourse. Download his Professional Sailing Campaign goalscape. It's a masterclass. Tailor it to your specific campaign, goals and budget and you are off!

Ask a professional sailor what his most precious resource is, and most will say it's 'Time'. Surely it's Wind or Water, isn't it? Well, that bit we can't control, but how we use our time we certainly can control. Here is some background to how and why Rob Greenhalgh structured his Tour Voile campaign, getting his Oman Sail Farr 30 sailing team up to speed in a matter of weeks during the spring of 2010....

Designed by two-time Olympic 49er sailor Marcus Baur, this skeleton Goalscape template gives you the basis of a great campaign planner for your sailing. Combine this with some of the ideas in the Goal Setting section of Articles in SailJuice and start building your comprehensive plan for the next phase of your sailing.

Getting a high performance skiff like a 49er or 18-foot skiff downwind in big breeze and steep waves is one of the greatest challenges you’ll face, as anyone who watched the 49er Medal Race in the Qingdao Olympics will remember. Here are some of the techniques needed to help overcome this problem...

Dave Evans, one of GBR's best 49er helmsmen, talks about the crucial skill needed to slow the skiff down when charging through big waves. Otherwise, it's the dreaded pitchpole. Watch, listen and learn if you want to stop falling over the handlebars.....

Derek 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...

Video Review: For many sailors this was their first look at the Olympic venue for Weymouth 2012, and what a week it was. The first four days were full-on hardcore high-wind races. And then the Medal Race day went out with a whimper, testing a whole different range of skills. SailJuice partnered up with Sailing Talk podcaster Justin Chisholm of OffshoreRules.com to record some of the action and interviews with the Olympic stars who had flown in from round the world.....