In January 2005 Nathan Outteridge was doing the long drive from Sydney to Melbourne when he was involved in a horrific car crash. A three-time ISAF Youth World Champion, Outteridge was told he might never walk again, let alone sail or race at the highest level. Three years later he was 49er World Champion. Four years after that he became Olympic Champion in Weymouth. We interviewed Outteridge just moments after his victory in January 2008...
An Olympic coach for the British sailing team, Steve Irish is a former 420 World Champion, but we wanted to ask Steve about his experience in the RS800 doublehanded skiff, a boat in which he and crew Martin Gotrel twice won the National Championships....
Dylan Fletcher's wearing a headcam, giving a great insight into perfect 49er boathandling from the helmsman's point of view. Front of ship is Alain Sign doing all the hard work. Watch the foot work and the coordination, and the focus on a flat boat through all manoeuvres....
A transom-mounted camera shows Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign producing some near-perfect boathandling in the 49er Olympic skiff. Watch the foot work and the coordination, and the focus on a flat boat through all manoeuvres....
Mike Lennon looks at one of the most straightforward aspects of asymmetric sailing - how to sail in a straight line. Actually, not as simple as it sounds. There's more than one way to skin a cat, and more than one way to get down the run too, apparently...
Charlie McKee talks about what it's like to go 'foilin' and 'wingin' at the same time, in perhaps the most hi-tech dinghy ever built - the wing-masted foiling Moth. Charlie reckons it's easier sailing with the wing than the standard soft sail, but it's still early days for wings on dinghies, so the learning curve is massive....
Sam Pascoe was too big for an International Moth, although he did OK. Winning the UK Nationals and taking 5th in the Worlds was not too shabby for someone who struggles to dip below 80kg. But since then Sam has become the leading light in the RS600FF foiler. Here he shares his tips for trapeze foiling. Not as scary as it sounds, says Sam...
If you thought you need to be a flyweight to sail a foiling Moth, think again. Here's Dave Lister, a couple of kilos short of 90kg, throwing his Moth through some flying tacks (facks) and gybes.
The new 'big rig' 49ers compete at the Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres for the first time. The souped-up skiffs looks well powered up even in the light breezes...
A buoyancy aid is a good thing, isn’t it? As obvious as wearing a seatbelt in a car. Not necessarily for high performance sailors, suggests Andy Rice...
In January 2005 Nathan Outteridge was doing the long drive from Sydney to Melbourne when he was involved in a horrific car crash. A three-time ISAF Youth World Champion, Outteridge was told he might never walk again, let alone sail or race at the highest level. Three years later he was 49er World Champion. Four years after that he became Olympic Champion in Weymouth. We interviewed Outteridge just moments after his victory in January 2008...
An Olympic coach for the British sailing team, Steve Irish is a former 420 World Champion, but we wanted to ask Steve about his experience in the RS800 doublehanded skiff, a boat in which he and crew Martin Gotrel twice won the National Championships....
Croatian Olympic 49er team, Pavle Kostov and Petar Cupac, demonstrate wire to wire tacking and gybing...
Mike Lennon looks at one of the most straightforward aspects of asymmetric sailing - how to sail in a straight line. Actually, not as simple as it sounds. There's more than one way to skin a cat, and more than one way to get down the run too, apparently...
Charlie McKee talks about what it's like to go 'foilin' and 'wingin' at the same time, in perhaps the most hi-tech dinghy ever built - the wing-masted foiling Moth. Charlie reckons it's easier sailing with the wing than the standard soft sail, but it's still early days for wings on dinghies, so the learning curve is massive....
If you thought you need to be a flyweight to sail a foiling Moth, think again. Here's Dave Lister, a couple of kilos short of 90kg, throwing his Moth through some flying tacks (facks) and gybes.
