Two Ways to Sail Less Distance - Part 1
Two Way to Sail Less Distance Part 1Shortest Distance #1: How to make sure you’re sailing the least possible amount of distance by always being on the lifted tack, and why trading height for speed on the upwind leg is rarely worth it.....




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Getting Things Done, the Sarah Ayton way
Brotherton & AsquithAfter retiring from 49er racing in 2004, Paul Brotherton went on to coach Sarah Ayton's crew to gold in the Yngling at the 2008 Olympics. Here, Paul reveals the single most important ingredient that he took away from the Ayton campaign and which he has since applied to everything he has done since, both as a championship sailor and a world-class coach...
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Starting Strategies: The Port Tack Approach

7 - Starting Strategies The Port Tack Approach

This daring strategy takes advantage of the natural holes in the fleet that develop just before the start. While some sailors consider the port tack approach more of a back-up plan than a strategy, it can be very useful in a crowded fleet.....




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Starting: Reaching out and Reaching in

Starting: Reaching out and Reaching in

Watch an example of "Reaching out and Reaching In", a classic starting strategy used successfully in club races every weekend. There is no magical starting technique that will be successful in every condition, and every sized fleet. That's why it's important to practise several different approaches....


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Andrew Mills - Why I retired from professional sailing
Andrew MillsAndrew Mills talks about why he has retired from professional sailing even though his results are world class in the Finn Olympic singlehander: "I’ve been getting into the top 10 recently, but not quite quickly enough for my liking in terms of giving myself the best shot at qualification for the British slot for the 2016 Olympic Games...."
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Multihull rig tune with Mitch Booth **
Mitch BoothDouble 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....."
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MP3: Darren Bundock on trapezing style in catamarans **
Bundock & Ashby getting going upwind Multiple Olympic medallist and Tornado World Champion Darren Bundock explains why it's important to look good when you're trapezing. If you look the part, you are probably sailing the part too...
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Scheidt Technique
Scheidt TechniqueRobert Scheidt, five-time Olympic medallist and widely acknowledged as the greatest Laser sailor ever seen, demonstrates world class technique upwind and downwind in the Laser...







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Capsize recovery
Capsize recoveryGetting the boat upright as soon as possible, with Olympic gold medal winning coach Jon Emmett....









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Learn on land **
Rick Perkins Musto SkiffHow the temptation of a £5 note convinced a Musto Skiff sailor to stand up through his tacks... and why you should be tempted too....
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Steve Irish: Downwind skiff sailing in the RS800
RS800 reachingOlympic coach for the British sailing team, Steve Irish is a former 420 World Champion and a great RS800 skiff sailor. In part 2 of this interview we asked Steve about sailing the RS800 with the kite....
 
 


 
 
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Simple Tuning advice from Richard Estaugh

Tuning your boat really doesn't need to be that complicated. Sometimes it's easy to think that the better the sailor, the more finely they tune their rigs, especially if they're a sailmaker. Here's some great advice from the late great Richard Estaugh with some straightforward tuning advice for sailors who like to complicate things a bit too much...


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