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Thunder Road 
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 Topic: Getting BetterPosted: 21 Jul 14 at 3:22pm |
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I have always thought that Garry Hoyt 'Go for Gold'' probably tells you all you need to know about sailing and life.
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Finn GBR16 Thunder Road.
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Noah
Really should get out more 
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Posted: 21 Jul 14 at 4:34pm |
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Nick
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ChrisI
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Posted: 21 Jul 14 at 7:44pm |
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Eric Twiname - Start to Win.... the classic.
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iGRF
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Posted: 21 Jul 14 at 7:52pm |
+1, The Bible, still relevant today. |
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fab100
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Posted: 21 Jul 14 at 11:15pm |
Thanks James, and MerlinMags I'm a big fan of Start to Win too Not sure if anyone's mentioned this one, but try volunteering to go out on the Safety boat with one of your clubs better sailors. Follow, close as possible, and watch, really watch, the boats at the front, then those at the back. Then try and put into words what they are doing right and wrong and get your companion to critique your analysis and give their observations too. Jot them down. Next time out, put the good things into practice and avoid the duffer-moves. Over time, you should be able to sail to your own internal critique/commentary. Am I sailing to my strategy? Is the boat flat and fore and aft trimmed right? Is the rig right (set-up and sail-trim)? Am I positioned well vis-a-vis other boats, now and for the next set of moves (tactics)? How well am I sailing the waves/chop? The best way to test your application of this is of course class racing among others, some of whom you expect to beat and others you'd love to beat. Little point either getting hammered and demoralised or, alternatively, stealing candy from babies. Clive
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Dan LXIX
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Posted: 22 Jul 14 at 3:02pm |
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I'll un-lurk for a moment.
I bought an actioncam when I got my Phantom a few months ago, and having it stuck either on the deck facing back, or clamped to the transom bar looking forward means I am able to watch myself making all sorts of mistakes - it's very useful. The facing forward mode is also really good, because you can see the boats in front of you (to a point anyway) and that's where the better sailors are, so you can try and compare what you're doing with them.
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