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HannahJ 
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 Topic: high performance racingPosted: 17 Jul 07 at 3:45pm |
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Well different boats scare different people! (Like mine when it's been in the garage for weeks and still needs mending
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MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 3:42pm |
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I consider a high performabce boat one that scares me and a 4k doesnt!
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Ross
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 3:20pm |
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I think the term "high performance" is more of a description of the sailor. You need to perform to a high standard to be able to sail the boat. If your crap then you wont be sailing it very well at all! You do not need to perform well as a sailor in a topper for example, but to sail a full rig laser you have to perform better.
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 2:05pm |
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.... this one???
Till noon we quietly sailed on, Under the keel nine fathom deep, . yeah, what is high performance? Edited by GK.LaserII |
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allanorton
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 11:33am |
name a boat that sails off wind that isn't apparent |
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Dead Air
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 9:45am |
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The 4K sails off of apparaent wind, seems a pretty good definition of a high performance boat in this day and age |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 9:28am |
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Is a laser 4k a high performance boat? I consider high performance to be 49er, 14, cherub etc etc.
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ifoxwell
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Posted: 17 Jul 07 at 8:28am |
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I agree racing is a completely different game from just sailing. And racing high performance boats is slightly different from racing lasers… or at least it is at club level. Rather than stress over boat on boat tactics or wind shifts concentrate more on clear air, pressure and ultimately boat speed. Not to say that all the normal things aren’t important just that a fast boat in clear air will always beat a slow boat, the gains are so much greater.
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redback
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Posted: 16 Jul 07 at 9:42pm |
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I think racing a high performance boat is a step up in ability compared to sailing one. A much bigger step up than when in slower boats. Sailing a 4000 as I do I often encounter people who have sailed them when on holiday and think they will do well at racing. Invariably they do badly and capsise a lot, many are put off which is a shame. I suppose the big difference is that they have been able to tack and gybe when they've wanted to, not when other boats or the course has forced them to. Similarly they have not had to think ahead about: which gybe to get onto after a windward mark, which gybe to come into the leeward mark, and when to tack to clear other boats and arrive set up correctly for the windward mark. You'll have noticed I've mentioned transistions that you have to make under pressure something you rarely have to do when just blasting, and as you know its the transistions which are the tricky bits with high performance boats. So enjoy the new challenge and don't get put off by poor results, and let us know how it goes. |
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BBSCFaithfull
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Posted: 16 Jul 07 at 9:07pm |
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Sailorboi. If you pm me i will try and help you as much as i can! With regards to starting. If your in a mixed handicap fleet. Try and get a good start in clear wind if you're the fastest boat and also just duck slow boats such as lasers as you really just have to try and perform as well as you can. Oh and in lighter days always try and gybe and tack towards pressure.
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