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TopTip2020 #45 Downwind Sailing in Waves
Steve Cockerill, GBR
This is the big one, pay attention and take notes!
Steve Cockerill of Rooster has won dozens of single-handed dinghy sailing championships and downwind sailing in waves is his specialist subject! His understanding of how best to make headway weaving through wave sets comes from years of practice and refinement, including an Olympic campaign up against a young Ben Ainslie and from a few years before that too...
' Downwind Sailing in Waves
Here is some sailing in waves theory from The Boat Whisperer Downwind, where Steve describes the concepts of;
The cumulative effect of primary and secondary waves
The path of least resistance
When to go by the lee and when to heat it up onto a reach
How to best execute the transitions
Check out the video release here; https://www.facebook.com/RoosterKit/videos/213311849899196/ '
The Boat Whisperer series, Upwind, Downwind & Tactics, is available on DVDs; https://www.roostersailing.com/Chandlery/Books-and-DVDS.htm or by Digital Download; http://www.roostersailingblog.com/product-category/digital-downloads/
RS Aero Custom Kit is available from Rooster here; https://www.roostersailing.com/Clothing/CUSTOMKIT/RSAEROUK.htm
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13/05/2020 14:25:00
Peter Barton
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