Around the Buoys: A Manual of Sailboat Racing Tactics and StrategiesPresents a guide for beginning and intermediate racers who are mired in the bottom or middle of the fleet. With the help of numerous diagrams, readers learn to recognize when they are threatened on the race course and when they must move to realize a potential advantage. |
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accelerate adjustments advantage allow angle angle of attack apparent wind approaching the mark backwind bad air blanket boat ahead boat's boatlengths boats coming boatspeed boom vang catamaran chute clear air close course crew cross disturbed air downwind mark drag E-scow early ease farther favored end favored side fleet force front give gusts head headsail heel helmsman inside jibe mark keelboats keep the boat last leg layline leech leeward boat lift light air look luff mainsail mainsheet maneuver mast move naker one-design opponent oscillations outhaul overlap pass PHRF pole port tack position pull race reach rhumb line round the mark rudder rules shift situation slow speed spinnaker starboard tack starting steer strategy swing tacking duel tactical transom trim turn two-boatlength circle upwind leg vang wake wave weather mark wind direction windshifts windward boat windward mark yacht