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How to Fill the Foretriangle

With modern sail design and hardware technology, ocean racing teams have more versatility with their sail inventories. Here’s how one team developed a winning inventory for the 2022 Bermuda Race.

sailboats

How to Ensure A Good Start

Following a few basic steps and implementing a pre-start routine ensures consistently good starts. Here’s your go-to primer.

Jib sag/headstay tension

Dynamics of Headsail Trim

The wind across your sails is dynamic, so too must be your sail trim. Pro sailor Erik Shampain explains the fundamentals of active headsail trimming.

Around the Sailing World

Lockdown Learning

During the heart of the winter COVID-19 lockdown sailors got resourceful in ways to connect and learn.

sail trim

Helm, Trim, and Heel

Mike Ingham explains how a quality mark rounding requires input from the sails, hull, foils, and crew.

SANTANDER, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 18:  470 Women - USA1712 - Anne Haeger / Briana Provancha in action during Day 7 of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships on September 18, 2014 in Santander, Spain.  (Photo by MickAnderson/SAILINGPIX via Getty Images)

Doublehanded Dynamics

Listen in on 470 champions Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha to learn about skipper-crew communications.

Constructive dialogue after racing is one of the single most important steps to improving. Designate someone on the team to lead the discussions, share notes, and carry over action items to the next day's sailing. Here, Ed Baird and Terry Hutchinson rehash a day of TP52 racing.

Terry’s Tip: Talk it Over

Communication on the water and off are essentially the same; but more often than not, what you talk about on shore and in between regattas will have bigger rewards on the water.

J/122

How to Fill the Foretriangle

With modern sail design and hardware technology, ocean racing teams have more versatility with their sail inventories. Here’s how one team developed a winning inventory for the 2022 Bermuda Race.

sailboats

How to Ensure A Good Start

Following a few basic steps and implementing a pre-start routine ensures consistently good starts. Here’s your go-to primer.

Jib sag/headstay tension

Dynamics of Headsail Trim

The wind across your sails is dynamic, so too must be your sail trim. Pro sailor Erik Shampain explains the fundamentals of active headsail trimming.

Around the Sailing World

Lockdown Learning

During the heart of the winter COVID-19 lockdown sailors got resourceful in ways to connect and learn.

sail trim

Helm, Trim, and Heel

Mike Ingham explains how a quality mark rounding requires input from the sails, hull, foils, and crew.

SANTANDER, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 18:  470 Women - USA1712 - Anne Haeger / Briana Provancha in action during Day 7 of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships on September 18, 2014 in Santander, Spain.  (Photo by MickAnderson/SAILINGPIX via Getty Images)

Doublehanded Dynamics

Listen in on 470 champions Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha to learn about skipper-crew communications.

Constructive dialogue after racing is one of the single most important steps to improving. Designate someone on the team to lead the discussions, share notes, and carry over action items to the next day's sailing. Here, Ed Baird and Terry Hutchinson rehash a day of TP52 racing.

Terry’s Tip: Talk it Over

Communication on the water and off are essentially the same; but more often than not, what you talk about on shore and in between regattas will have bigger rewards on the water.

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