• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • RSS Feed
Follow Sean:

Archive for February, 2008

To The Windward Mark: Advanced Tactics

To The Windward Mark: Advanced Tactics

We’ve already looked at how to get a great start in FW racing, but what about after the start? The first upwind beat to the windward mark is certainly the most important leg of the race, and with the trend for shorter races on the Pro FW Circuit these days, your position at th…

Full Story

Power to Weight: Your Stance vs Antoine’s

Power to Weight: Your Stance vs Antoine’s

After the Antoine Albeau domination of the 2007 FW Worlds in Brazil, a great post was written by Andreas Macke posing some ideas on how one man could dominate an event so much. One thing to consider is that Antoine is around 100kg whereas 2nd placed Steve Allen was 82kg at the even…

Full Story

 

Want to Improve? Recommended Reading

High Performance Sailing - Frank Bethwaite Sail Performance - C.A. Marchaj A Manual of Sail Trim - Stuart Walker Physics of Sailing Explained - Bryon Anderson Meteorology at the Millenium - International Geophysics Wind Strategy - Sail To Win