Boat tuning is important, not just for making the boat go fast but making it more manageable too. However, if you start obsessively measuring your rig tension while you’re still capsizing three times a race, remember your priorities. Compared with boathandling and tactics, boat tuning is really just the icing on the cake...
Audio (6 minutes) and text interview: Olympic Champion Anna Tunnicliffe talks through her tuning tips for the Laser Radial, and how she adjusts the rig through the wind range. "The vang in the Laser has a big influence in your sail setup, so just really pay attention to what the vang is doing for you. In the big breeze, we see people not pulling on their vangs enough, and in the light air people don't use their vang enough..."
