[Rhodes22-list] club racing

[Peter Thorn]

Hello Bob,

The suggestions about traveler improvements are interesting ( I certainly
intend to consider Mark's loop traveler idea while renovating my R22
"Phoenix").  However, boat rigging is perhaps a little off  topic to
directly help you improve club racing performance.  To improve results on
the race course, start with the mindset of the skipper and the knowledge of
what it takes to win.

Starting, upwind performance, mark rounding skills, and tuning one's mind to
the wind patterns are all elements of success and much more important than
rigging or boatspeed tuning.  It doesn't matter whether the racing is
one-design, Portsmouth handicap or PHRF - the basics are the same.

I have read dozens of  authors on sail boat racing while racing my 16'
one-design dinghy over the last 22 years.  The one that has helped me
improve the most is "Start To Win", by Eric Twiname, 1974, Norton Press.
It's out of print, but it's in many used book stores and on the web.
Twiname was a British journalist with a passion for sailboat racing.  If you
read this book and apply Twiname's ideas, you will certainly improve your
club race finishes.

Good luck!

PT

> Hi all, I am still wincing from a poor fall showing in our marina regatta
> series.  I have spent the winter reading everything I can get my hands on
to
> make the boat go faster.  One thing I knew was a problem is my inability
to
> keep good control of my traveler, especially in big winds.  I remember
> seeing on owner reworked his traveler system to be adjusted from either
tack
> without the all to familiar release leeward and take up windward routine.
> Did anyone save that post?  Thanks in advance.  I hear there are good
winds
> in the North East ;)
>
> Come on Spring,
>
> Bob Weber
>
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