===== Basic Racing Rules ===== |* The need for racing rules | {{ :racecourse.png?150 |}} | |* Alternative penalties | {{ :alternativepenalties1.png?200 |}} | |* Protests| | |* Golden rules| {{ :goldenrule1.png?200 |}} | ===== Helming and Crewing Skills ===== |Tacking| | |Gybing| | |Beating| | |Reaching| | ===== Boat Preparation and Equipment ===== |Hull preparation| | |Mast and rigging| | |Gear and systems| | |General maintenance| | |Golden rules| | ===== Tactics ===== | Wind shadow| | | Dirty wind| | | Lee-bow effect| | | The start| | | The gate start| | | Tactics on the beat| | | Tactics on the reach| | | Tactics on the run| | | Tactics at the finish| | | Golden rules| | ===== Strategy ===== |Short beats| | | Current| | | General strategy on the beat| | | Windshifts and windbends| | | One-sided beats| | | Strategy on the reach| | | Strategy on the run| | | Strategy at the finish| | | Golden rules| | ===== Tuning ===== |General requirements| | |What are we trying to do?| | |What do all the controls do?| | |Initial set-up onshore| | |Initial set-up on water| | |Adjusting the rig for various wind strengths| | |Golden rules| | ===== The Spinnaker ===== |Spinnaker gear| | |Raising and lowering the spinnaker| | |Running| | |Reaching| | |Gybing the spinnaker| | |Golden rules| | ===== The Asymmetric Spinnaker ===== |Advantages| | |Disadvantages| | |Rigging your asymmetric| | |Equipment| | |Setting| | |Gybing| | |Tactics| | |Rules| | |Golden rules| | ===== Glossary ===== |Glossary| | ===== Visual Signals Used in Racing ===== |Visual Signals Used in Racing| |