How to trim sails for going upwind. Tips from round the world sailor Brian Thompson

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ernesto silva - 6 years ago

Junk explanation...

Raymond Mcmaster - 7 years ago

absolute waste of 5 minutes of my life that I will never get back. The idea of making a video is to show the user by demonstration not stutter through a speech whilst trying not to smile

కిరణ్ కుమార్ బొక్కిసమ్ - 7 years ago

Could have explained better, hardly understood anything.

Loanword Eggcorn - 7 years ago

His explanation is excellent, but only if you're already familiar with basic sailing terms.

Travis Travis - 8 years ago

what's he mean centreline, centreline of what

blairrob - 8 years ago

Yup, if you were holding the end of the boom with your hand and moving it left or right would simulate the movement of the traveler while pushing it up or down would simulate the easing or tightening the main sheet. That said, both do the job of the other to some degree.

Travis Travis - 8 years ago

+blairrob does the main sheet and the traveller both move the boom

blairrob - 8 years ago

uh, centre of the boat?!! The middle in a line fore and aft.

SailorAllan - 8 years ago

on the mainsail--what about halyard tension, outhaul, cunningham.........

Loanword Eggcorn - 7 years ago

Fair questions, but probably too much to answer in a short video. For light wind ease all three to add fullness to the sail. Trim them as the wind gets stronger to flatten the sail. Trimming the cunningham moves the draft forward as wind gets stronger.

John Rogan - 9 years ago

Pip looked lost too!

John Rogan - 9 years ago

translation to english please ,Brian!

Scott Cates - 9 years ago

Not very useful watching someone simply speak to a camera without the video demonstrating the effects on sail shape. For all the efforts that went into this video, with the big name, music, and voiceover, one would think the video would be more helpful. This is kind of typical of committee-based groupthink. Get your act together over there.

Sam Dandashli - 9 years ago

Nicely done and demonstrated. I'm a bit curious though about whether these methods your describing can be applied in racing situations?

Loanword Eggcorn - 7 years ago

Yes. Sail trim matters even more when racing....

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Mr. Midshipman - 10 years ago

Lets see, if I got this correctly, Pips saying make sure you bring Brian along. This videos for people that already know how to do it and mess up a lot. To give you confidence to relax.

Mirror Cruising - 10 years ago

Thank you, Brian.

Jonathan Barrett - 10 years ago

Completely agree

Êinfach so - 11 years ago

Show the sails not the people

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