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Table of Contents
Basic Racing Rules
| * The need for racing rules | |
| * Alternative penalties | |
| * Protests | |
| * Golden rules |
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 - 57 * Current - 58 * General strategy on the beat - 60 * Windshifts and windbends - 60 * One-sided beats - 62 * Strategy on the reach - 62 * Strategy on the run - 63 * Strategy at the finish - 64 * Golden rules - 66
Tuning
* General requirements - 67 * What are we trying to do? - 68 * What do all the controls do? - 69 * Initial set-up onshore - 73 * Initial set-up on water - 74 * Adjusting the rig for various wind strengths - 74 * Golden rules - 75
The Spinnaker
* Spinnaker gear - 77 * Raising and lowering the spinnaker - 79 * Running - 81 * Reaching - 81 * Gybing the spinnaker - 85 * Golden rules - 86
The Asymmetric Spinnaker
* Advantages - 87 * Disadvantages - 87 * Rigging your asymmetric - 90 * Equipment - 90 * Setting - 91 * Gybing - 94 * Tactics - 95 * Rules - 95 * Golden rules - 96
Glossary
* Glossary - 97
Visual Signals Used in Racing
* Visual Signals Used in Racing - 99