Intro to racing

raci

ng

things to remember:

speedtuningtrimmingturning

tacticsshortest courseother boats

rule

sthings to

remember:

on opposite tacks:starboard has right of way

on same tackleeward has right of way

at marksinside overlapped has right of waymust est. prior to 3 boat-length circle

cours

ewindward

leeward

wind

cours

ewind

Triangle

cours

ewind

Olympic

cours

ewind

TModified

Class Flag3 minutes

2 minutes

start

starting sequence

Class Flag3 minutes

2 minutes

start

starting sequence

1 minute

3 minutes

2 minutes

start!start

starting sequence

1 minute

start

wind

square line

start

wind right

right end favored

start

wind left

left end favored

start

wind

starboard has rights

start

wind

lee bow effect

start

things to remember:

starboard tack

favored endbut avoid the pins!

moving fast

clear lane to leeward

able to tack

beat

wind

wind square

beat

Bummer! I’m on a header.

Cool! I’m on a lift.

wind right

beat

wind left

I tacked on a lift.

I tacked on a

header.

beat

wind right

beat

wind right

beat

wind

laylines(square)

beat

laylines(wind left)

beat

laylines(wind right)

beat

things to remember:

sail the lifted tackthe one that takes you closest to mark

tack on the headers

sail toward next shiftor stay between fleet and next shift

avoid the laylinesstick to the middle

reach

wind

reach

wind

reach

things to remember:

shortest course to mark

clear your air

approach mark on inside

beware of leeward boats

run

wind

wind square

run

wind left

run

wind right

run

things to remember:

sail the headed tack

clear your air

approach mark on inside

beware of leeward boats

beware of starboard tackers

finis

hwind

square line

finis

hwind right

finis

hwind right

left end favored

finis

hwind left

finis

hwind left

right end favored

good luck!