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COMPETING FOR THE PORT END START
Here is my take;
- 1312 showed good pro-activity. Initially sailing out of a likely OCS situation. Could he have stopped a couple of boat lengths earlier (in front of 2552) to remain able to lay the pin? Then trying to double tack up when he realised he was not laying the pin. Ultimately he got stung from being out of position twice late in the sequence.
- 2552 might have had good positioning and won the pin if there had been no other boats there. However with 5 sailors to leeward of him trying to make it work there was always a good chance that someone would take him out. Too much risk for the chance of a little extra reward? Ultimately he suffered a touch of Frost.
- Good positioning and holding of position by 2442 and 2725, who just escaped the pin end melee.
- Great acceleration by 2442, 2725 and 1809 at 0:37, just as the gun went.
- 2442 wins the start with 2725, 1809 also up there on his shoulder - just behind due to the line bias but with good speed and lane holding, avoiding falling into a lee-bow effect.
- 2105, and likely 1568 too, appear to be OCS, Ladies first! The advanced mid line position that 1312 was seeking to avoid.
- 1705, 1108 and 'No Numbers' - need to be instigating their escape strategy as soon as it is clear they are not going to be able to sail off the port end. You need to know how long that takes and plan accordingly. 2545 is the first to bail out and you can see his advantage from doing it before the others.
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Thanks to George Cousins for this excellent training video from the Winter Training weekend at Datchet.
Lots of gems for analysis here; Decision making, pro-activity, positioning, risk/reward, position holding, transits, bailing out, trigger pull, acceleration, lane holding...
- 1312 showed good pro-activity. Initially sailing out of a likely OCS situation. Could he have stopped a couple of boat lengths earlier (in front of 2552) to remain able to lay the pin? Then trying to double tack up when he realised he was not laying the pin. Ultimately he got stung from being out of position twice late in the sequence.
- 2552 might have had good positioning and won the pin if there had been no other boats there. However with 5 sailors to leeward of him trying to make it work there was always a good chance that someone would take him out. Too much risk for the chance of a little extra reward? Ultimately he suffered a touch of Frost.
- Good positioning and holding of position by 2442 and 2725, who just escaped the pin end melee.
- Great acceleration by 2442, 2725 and 1809 at 0:37, just as the gun went.
- 2442 wins the start with 2725, 1809 also up there on his shoulder - just behind due to the line bias but with good speed and lane holding, avoiding falling into a lee-bow effect.
- 2105, and likely 1568 too, appear to be OCS, Ladies first! The advanced mid line position that 1312 was seeking to avoid.
- 1705, 1108 and 'No Numbers' - need to be instigating their escape strategy as soon as it is clear they are not going to be able to sail off the port end. You need to know how long that takes and plan accordingly. 2545 is the first to bail out and you can see his advantage from doing it before the others.
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13/02/2019 00:02:00
Peter Barton
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