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Mark R
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Topic: Turning corners Posted: 01 Mar 07 at 12:57pm |
Thanks very much to all for your q's and I hope that you'll find some food for
thought in the next issue of Y and Y. Next subject: making the most of the finish line.. |
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Mark R
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 1:48pm |
Thanks for the questions: keep them coming. I will try to incorporate as
much as possible into the next y and y feature. But if I leave anything out I will do my best to reply here. |
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Mark R
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 1:40pm |
Thanks for the questions: keep them coming. I will try to incorporate as
much as possible into the next y and y feature. But if I leave anything out I will do my best to reply here. |
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getafix
Really should get out more Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2143 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jan 07 at 2:37pm |
For bearing away or gybing when the breeze is up can I recommend
Steve Cockerill's Boat Whisperer DVD "Downwind" - when he explains how
the rudder movement lifts or buries the bow and how can you do a rudder
induced gybe or not (definitely better not too!) you sit there thinking
"I know this happens to me.." the solutions are there, but they aren't
always obvious
Love the idea of some exercises to practice, it's the big difference between coached sailing and learning as you go along - how to make your practice time (always limited for us non pro's) really count .... in fact an article devoted entirely to good training moves and how to plan training would be great; starting, mark roundings, tacking & gybing drills - all very handy indeed |
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Prince Buster
Really should get out more Joined: 15 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1146 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 07 at 9:50pm |
Dear Mark, I think you've got enough questions on your plate already so i'll save my question(s) for later........!!
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international moth - "what what?"
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Guest
Newbie Joined: 21 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 07 at 9:13pm |
Dear Mark, When rounding the leeward mark in a trapeze boat you want the going going hard close hauled as you pass the mark - should I nip in off the wire so I can cut close or go a bit wider and keep full speed on ... or does it just depend on the position of boats around me? regards, Rick |
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redback
Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 07 at 8:23pm |
Yes I'd like to make my gybes and tacks more consistent. Somedays I can gybe in a force 6 and get it right every time and other days I'm rubbish even in a 4. My boat is Laser 4000 so if I get it wrong there is no chance to muscule out of it - its either right or you are swimming. I suspect one of my weaknesses is where to focus my attention. Should I be looking out of the boat, or watching the crew or making sure I don't trip over something? I'll be interested in what you have say and then maybe come back on tacking - for which I think I have some comments to contribute. |
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MRJP BUZZ 585
Really should get out more Joined: 05 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1496 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 07 at 6:25pm |
Were you helm or crew sailor boi?
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HannahJ
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 07 at 6:15pm |
nice dive sailorboi
also: I've been told that in big winds it's easiest to gybe when going at high speed, but i find it difficult to move the rudder then, and always wait for lulls. When i do manage a gybe at speed, it's always very violent with the boom whacking across and the boat often slewing up to windward Edited by HannahJ |
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MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
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FireballNeil
Really should get out more Joined: 03 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 654 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 07 at 3:34pm |
How to tack a double hander with single trapeze in wiring conditions without slowing down loads!! As Pierre sais it occasionally goes well and holds the speed but others it just stops!
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