Laser Sailing - Racing Ride Along With Andrew Scrivan 2 - [HD]
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the wind is usually not consistent enough that you can sit back still and cruise, there's almost always another gear for you to find out on the water. The longer you can sail faster, the easier it will be to win. Hope that helps and feel free to drop a line anytime!
I've found that frequent, hard hiking is taking a toll on my ankles (tendinitis, bursitis etc. from riding the strap). I've generally always sailed Lasers barefoot; now I'm wondering if you can recommend a hiking boot that provides some structural support & protection?
Appreciate your expert feedback, as always,
C
regards,
-when I'm going upwind on a small, shifty lake (like a pond) should I point and pinch or should I bear down and go for boatspeed.
-When I am going upwind on a big lake should I point and pinch or should I bear down and go for boatspeed.
-When should I use my telltales.
Thanks, your sincerely Jack
Use your tell tales often but also go by feel, if you're only looking at your tell tales you'll miss puffs, shifts and waves coming that can also impact your speed greatly, use them but don't only use them, use all the information you pick up on. Resort back to the telltales when you're slow. Leeward always streaming, windward streaming and/or stalling some of the time is the rule of thumb.
Hope that helps
1) Just curious why you appeared to start so low (ie., near the port side of the line)?--I find it's a beast to try crossing a moderate-sized fleet on port tack.
2) I've heard/read some people say to keep dinghies flat for optimum speed; others recommend keeping them heeled (eg., 10-15 degrees for a Laser) to reduce surface tension width-wise. It looked like you were keeping the boat minimally heeled, though... your thoughts?
3) On the one hand, a broad reach is supposed to be the fastest point of sail, yet I almost invariably see Lasers running before the wind on windward-leeward courses, heeling to windward to fly the kite higher (with slight zig-zags); from the video you looked to be doing the latter. Can you comment on this?
4) Finally, in super low wind do you ever throw in extra roll tacks to try to gain speed? (Some people tell me that you'll always lose a little ground on a tack, and that I should be minimizing my tacks)
Any answers will be most helpful!
cheers,
2. Flat is fast is the rule of thumb, occasionally a little consistent heel can help, like in short choppy waves that would otherwise fill the cockpit. In that case heel drains water to the side and saves you a ton of water weight. It can also work in very light conditions since flat there is almost no feel.
3. Basically you want to alternate between by the lee and broad reaching, sailing by the lee can be fastest in the laser, sailing by the lee is essentially a reach with backwards flow on the sail, both angles you should have your board down more than when on a run.
4. You're not allowed to roll tack in order to gain speed, the main goal is to keep your speed going, You can tack for tactical reasons. In very light conditions you can obviously come out of a roll tack faster than you went in. A big race will probably be abandoned, but at the club level it's good practice so why not practice your roll tacks, it's more fun than drifting around and it will make you a better boat handler
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What kind of watch are you wearing?
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