Having good equipment is an essential part of success in sailboat racing. But it's not the be-all-and-end-all. The 'great' think about equipment is that it gives us something to blame when the race doesn't go well, so part of SailJuice's mission is to help you work out when the equipment really is to blame, but also to keep you honest when the problem lies with, well... YOU!
Logistics is the term we use to describe all that other stuff that you have to do to get yourself and your boat on the water in the best possible state of preparation. Not always the most thrilling of topics, but often it's this stuff - the organisation and the preparation - that separates the champions from the rest of us.
Austria's Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl finished in 4th place at the 2020 49er World Championships in Geelong, just 1 point off the podium. The Austrians tell Aussie Olympic medallist Nina Curtis about some of the tweaks and customisations on their 49er skiff...
Chris Rashley's eye for detail is obvious in this walk-around of his Exocet International Moth. The bowsprit ain't pretty, but it's effective, and it's a must-have piece of kit in the Moth class these days...
Former 505 World Champion Howie Hamlin talks through a neat rigging trick that has stopped him breaking masts because he can 'set and forget' with this system...