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

For the fourth video in the series Pip Hare is joined by solo sailor Brian Thompson, who has earned himself 25 world records, as he explains the art of upwind trimming.

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For the fourth video in the series Pip Hare is joined by solo sailor Brian Thompson, who has earned himself 25 world records, as he explains the art of upwind trimming.

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ernesto silva
ernesto silva - 6 years ago
Junk explanation...
Raymond Mcmaster
Raymond Mcmaster - 6 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
కిరణ్ కుమార్ బొక్కిసమ్ - 6 years ago
Could have explained better, hardly understood anything.
Loanword Eggcorn
Loanword Eggcorn - 6 years ago
His explanation is excellent, but only if you're already familiar with basic sailing terms.
Travis Travis
Travis Travis - 8 years ago
what's he mean centreline, centreline of what
blairrob
blairrob - 7 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
Travis Travis - 7 years ago
+blairrob does the main sheet and the traveller both move the boom
blairrob
blairrob - 7 years ago
uh, centre of the boat?!! The middle in a line fore and aft.
SailorAllan
SailorAllan - 8 years ago
on the mainsail--what about halyard tension, outhaul, cunningham.........
Loanword Eggcorn
Loanword Eggcorn - 6 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
John Rogan - 8 years ago
Pip looked lost too!
John Rogan
John Rogan - 8 years ago
translation to english please ,Brian!
Scott Cates
Scott Cates - 8 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
Sam Dandashli - 8 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
Loanword Eggcorn - 6 years ago
Yes. Sail trim matters even more when racing....

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Mr. Midshipman
Mr. Midshipman - 9 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
Mirror Cruising - 9 years ago
Thank you, Brian.
Jonathan Barrett
Jonathan Barrett - 10 years ago
Completely agree
Êinfach so
Êinfach so - 10 years ago
Show the sails not the people

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