Racing Question #24
You are racing in one fleet, and your buddy is
going racing for the first time in another fleet. He is a competant sailor, with limited racing experience. Just before leaving the yacht club, he asks you for advice. Without being technical. What is the best advise you can give him, in one sentence, that if he follows it, will give him the best chance for a respectable showing? |
Racing Question #24
Try to stay near the front and mimic the leading captians tactics, you won't
pass them, but they shouldn't pull away from you either. "Bart Senior" wrote in message et... You are racing in one fleet, and your buddy is going racing for the first time in another fleet. He is a competant sailor, with limited racing experience. Just before leaving the yacht club, he asks you for advice. Without being technical. What is the best advise you can give him, in one sentence, that if he follows it, will give him the best chance for a respectable showing? |
Racing Question #24
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:26:10 -0400, "Philip Carroll"
wrote this crap: Try to stay near the front and mimic the leading captians tactics, you won't pass them, but they shouldn't pull away from you either. "Bart Senior" wrote in message . net... You are racing in one fleet, and your buddy is going racing for the first time in another fleet. He is a competant sailor, with limited racing experience. Just before leaving the yacht club, he asks you for advice. Without being technical. What is the best advise you can give him, in one sentence, that if he follows it, will give him the best chance for a respectable showing? Don't run out of beer. Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now! |
Racing Question #24
Try to stay in clear air and stick with the fleet.
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Racing Question #24
SAIL LOCO wrote:
Try to stay in clear air and stick with the fleet. That's good, but I'd add "stay close to the starting line and push in there hard 10 seconds to go, don't wait till the gun to step on the gas." Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
Racing Question #24
The one thing that I think is most decisive would be to tack with the
windshifts, preferable without getting out on a limb. OzOne wrote: Get a good start, stay out of trouble and stay with the fleet. Sounds reasonable enough, but isn't getting a good start and staying out of trouble somewhat contradictive ? Peter S/Y Anicula |
Racing Question #24
Where I race most, windshifts are more important than current for most
of the time, but I suppose that if you sail in an area with significant current, this should be your primary concern. Peter S/Y Anicula "Peter S/Y Anicula" skrev i en meddelelse ... The one thing that I think is most decisive would be to tack with the windshifts, preferable without getting out on a limb. OzOne wrote: Get a good start, stay out of trouble and stay with the fleet. Sounds reasonable enough, but isn't getting a good start and staying out of trouble somewhat contradictive ? Peter S/Y Anicula |
Racing Question #24
OzOne wrote:
Nope, Usually in a small fleet there's tons of gaps to jump into and at 30 seconds to go there's still plenty of time to slot into one at full steam. Even at 10 to go, you can be off the sterns of the early birds and going hard for a slot. Bit more difficult when you get 50 or 60 boats on the line, but then a newby probably wouldn't be in there anyway. In our Wednesday night races the startline is often not quite 90 degrees to the wind. The line is usually not very long, compared to the number of starting boats. This sometimes results in quite chaotic situations close to the favourable mark. A newbie would most likely be better of at the unfavourable end of the line, staying out of trouble and getting clear air. Did I mention getting clear air? No, but you should have. Peter S/Y Anicula OzOne skrev i en meddelelse ... On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:48:23 +0200, "Peter S/Y Anicula" scribbled thusly: The one thing that I think is most decisive would be to tack with the windshifts, preferable without getting out on a limb. OzOne wrote: Get a good start, stay out of trouble and stay with the fleet. Sounds reasonable enough, but isn't getting a good start and staying out of trouble somewhat contradictive ? Peter S/Y Anicula Nope, Usually in a small fleet there's tons of gaps to jump into and at 30 seconds to go there's still plenty of time to slot into one at full steam. Even at 10 to go, you can be off the sterns of the early birds and going hard for a slot. Bit more difficult when you get 50 or 60 boats on the line, but then a newby probably wouldn't be in there anyway. Did I mention getting clear air? Oz1...of the 3 twins. I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. |
Racing Question #24
Do you use fancy instruments, that gives you the true wind-direction,
on Etchells ? Peter S/Y Anicula |
Racing Question #24
OzOne wrote:
No instruments at all. Compass and windex. I really like that. The boat I race on has these instruments. For a long time they did not work properly, which created more confusion than results. Now they finally work as intended, and, as the skipper says "It's almost like cheating". The advantage is that you only have one variable to relate to. Sounds simple but it really makes it a lot easier to get an overview over the windpattern. Maybe a true champ would not need them ? Peter S/Y Anicula |
Racing Question #24
Good advice. That's what I would say.
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:26:10 -0400, "Philip Carroll" wrote Try to stay near the front and mimic the leading captians tactics, you won't pass them, but they shouldn't pull away from you either. "Bart Senior" wrote You are racing in one fleet, and your buddy is going racing for the first time in another fleet. He is a competant sailor, with limited racing experience. Just before leaving the yacht club, he asks you for advice. Without being technical. What is the best advise you can give him, in one sentence, that if he follows it, will give him the best chance for a respectable showing? |
Racing Question #24
Good advice!
OzOne wrote On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 02:15:11 GMT, "Bart Senior" scribbled thusly: You are racing in one fleet, and your buddy is going racing for the first time in another fleet. He is a competant sailor, with limited racing experience. Just before leaving the yacht club, he asks you for advice. Without being technical. What is the best advise you can give him, in one sentence, that if he follows it, will give him the best chance for a respectable showing? Get a good start, stay out of trouble and stay with the fleet. |
Racing Question #24
More good advice. Luffing at the start is no way to start.
DSK wrote SAIL LOCO wrote: Try to stay in clear air and stick with the fleet. That's good, but I'd add "stay close to the starting line and push in there hard 10 seconds to go, don't wait till the gun to step on the gas." |
Racing Question #24
Bart Senior wrote:
More good advice. Luffing at the start is no way to start. The problem with this thread is trying to keep it brief. Whole books have been written on starting, much less everything else about racing. DSK |
Racing Question #24
DSK wrote:
Bart Senior wrote: More good advice. Luffing at the start is no way to start. The problem with this thread is trying to keep it brief. Whole books have been written on starting, much less everything else about racing. "Get a good start, extend your lead." -Buddy Melges -- //-Walt // // http://cagle.slate.msn.com/working/040514/matson.gif |
Racing Question #24
Walt wrote:
"Get a good start, extend your lead." -Buddy Melges You forgot the part about "don't look back." Welcome back Walt! DSK |
Racing Question #24
DSK wrote:
Walt wrote: "Get a good start, extend your lead." -Buddy Melges You forgot the part about "don't look back." I've never agreed with the part about don't look back. It's fine for the upwind legs, but you'd better be looking back on the downwind legs - that's where the wind is - and hopefully the fleet too. Welcome back Walt! Thanks. -- //-Walt // // http://cagle.slate.msn.com/working/040514/matson.gif |
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