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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 | |
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
Visual Signals Used in Racing
Visual Signals Used in Racing | |