Quantum Sail Design Group’s David Flynn takes a look at the Zen of sailing better and faster in his series, “The Racers Edge.”
Tried and tested rules for racing the Racer Cruiser Successfully.
It’s been a pretty breezy spring all in all (with of course the exception of our very own Annapolis NOOD Regatta).
With the season just beginning for many of our local sailors, I thought it might be a good time to get back to the basics.
As I head back from another Key West Race Week, I can’t help but reflect on the simple things that more often than not end up being the keys to doing well.
I was out blasting around testing reaching spinnakers the other day on a new C&C 30, and I was reminded of how much fun sending it on a close reach really was.
Argghh matey… there’s nothing like the leeward rail buried in the water, the tiller or wheel gripped firmly fighting the pressure, or is there?
Downwind starts make even the best tacticians nervous. Volumes have been written about proper technique, tactics, and strategy for upwind starts.