If you are overlapped with boats to windward as you round the weather mark, delay the hoist if necessary and continue sailing on a broad reach across the offset leg. Toledo, Ohio Scuttlebutt the first, free social media platform designed specifically for the boating community, announced today its partnership with Boat Fix to deliver a robust and engaging social media experience, combined with a service that protects a boat owner’s investment.
If there’s space and you are not overlapped with boats around you, a clean bear-away and hoisting the kite at a low angle will work. If it’s going to be a straight set, look around while you’re on the offset leg. Sailing across a long wind shadow might be too big of a price to pay, so assess these factors, make a clear exit plan, and execute it successfully. It is, therefore, important to anticipate the exit and have this conversation with my team (or yourself, if you’re sailing a singlehander) in the last third of the upwind leg.Īsk yourself the following questions: Is the top mark going to be busy with traffic, or is the fleet spread out? What’s happening on this upwind beat and what side of the downwind is priority to defend? Is jibe setting an option? It could very well be that a jibe-set will keep you on the favored side of the downwind leg, but also think about staying in clear breeze and how far there wind shadow extends, especially if there’s a long offset leg.
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When you get tangled up with another boat, it’s easy to get stuck sailing below target speed while other boats are planing away at full speed. Mark roundings are where the most gains or losses happen.
Set yourself up for a clean hoist and exit at the weather mark
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