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eric_c
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Topic: Race training Posted: 09 Dec 19 at 5:29pm |
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Nick Craig's book is good IMHO.
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 19 at 9:02am | |
I bought a copy from them two weeks ago and it arrived in a couple of days so no complaints from me.
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RTFM
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Dec 19 at 7:49am | |
Don't be tempted to buy the Eric Twiname’s 'Sail, Race and Win' book off eBay from a company called 'World of Books' who advertise this book for sale. Avoid them. Poor seller, took 10 days to get it - and then only after opening up an eBay case..
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Nobby.
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Oatsandbeans
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 3:49pm | |
Yes it was a good day when they banned them.
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davidyacht
Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1345 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 3:40pm | |
I guess that some things have improved ... I found that the secret of wearing bottles was to surreptitiously empty them when they got to be hard work ... mind you I was the helm, tended to wear them on the first beat then dump them. Now those big old heavy jackets you took down to the water’s edge, they were something else and did not get much lighter through the race! Happy days
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Happily living in the past
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By The Lee
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 12:43pm | |
The role of a coach is to provide an unbiased perspective from outside the boat. It is very difficult to be truely objective when self coaching due to comformation bias.
That said self coaching is obviously very import because we can't expect to have a coach every time we go on the water.
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Oatsandbeans
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 12:43pm | |
I once sailed with the top 470 sailor in the country at an event in Kiel. On the way out to the start he passed me over a weight jacket and said “you will be needing this”. I had never worn weight before and this was 4 bottles. I was all over the place. This guy was fast off wind and he did it by using large course alterations to pick up waves and surf down them, and there was me frenetically in and out- adjusting my height continually , trying to pump when he shouted, with 10kg of water bottles on my chest. I have never had a tougher days sailing. I did however get better as the week progressed, and it an amazing feeling if I ever sailed without a weight jacket after that-so easy to move around! Funny though he never asked me to sail with him again-I wonder why?
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Oinks
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 11:24am | |
"The piece about sailing with Elvstrom is wonderful. " Anyone out there sailed with any proper rock stars? If so, what did you learn? I sailed a 707 for a season with some top 14 sailors sometime back now and what I learnt was my place in the overall (sailing) scheme of things!
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ian.r.mcdonald
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 10:03am | |
The piece about sailing with Elvstrom is wonderful. A snapshot on how the real superstars are still sailors, but in a slightly different way.
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Nov 19 at 9:56am | |
Good spot eric_c thanks, bought the one example of the updated edition.
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