Watch the Extreme Sailing Series live from Boston!
For the first time, every minute of the racing action from Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Boston will be available live on the internet. Starts at 1300 hours local time in Boston, USA...
Double Olympic medallist Mitch Booth explains his approach to sailing catamarans upwind as rapidly as possible. "When you’re sailing a high-performance catamaran upwind, you’re looking to achieve neutral feel in the helm, perhaps a slight pull into the breeze. A good sign of ideal set-up is if you don’t have to move too much mainsheet...."
GUNBOAT G4-01 Timbalero III finds the limit while racing on the final day of Les Voiles de St. Barth. Still early days for bringing foiling to the masses, but accidents like these are all part of the uneven learning curve of progress....
Double Olympic medallist and world champion in numerous cat classes, Mitch Booth talks through the basics of good rig set-up on a multihull. "With the speeds that modern twin-trapeze cats achieve, upwind sailing is all about minimising drag in the hull and rig. The first priority is to get the windward hull out of the water, but once you’ve done that you can think about knocking the power out of the sails and flattening them off as much as possible whilst keeping that hull flying....."
Olympic silver medallist Charlie Ogletree talks through reaching techniques in catamarans. "One of the common mistakes you see is the wind will drop a knot or two, and the natural reaction is to trim the sheets harder to keep the hull up. This is the exact opposite of what you should do. You should ease the sheet, which straightens the mast and generates more power from the sails...."
Big news across the sailing world is THAT capsize - Russell Coutts pitchpoling an AC45 in San Francisco, resulting in the three-time America’s Cup winner plunging headfirst through the wing sail. Justin and Andy also compare notes on their respective visits to Porto Cervo earlier this month - Andy for a windy Loro Piana Superyacht regatta and Justin for an equally blustery Audi Sailing Series Melges 32 event....