Turning corners

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

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

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.