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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 10: Hoisting a spinnaker
It’s the cause of many a club-bar yarn and fills many yachtsmen with dread. Yet in Part 10 of our series on advanced sailing techniques Pip Hare says the spinnaker hoist can be simple The basic...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 9: Spinnaker trim
In part 9 of our series, Pip Hare describes how to sail downwind under asymmetric or symmetrical spinnaker and make the best of your trim There’s nothing quite like surfing off a wave in the open...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 8: Downwind sailing
In part 8 of our series on advanced sailing techniques, Pip Hare describes how best to set up your yacht for downwind sailing under white sails only Downwind sailing doesn’t have to be about screaming...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 7: Light airs sailing
In part 7 of our series, Pip Hare outlines the delicate interplay of trim, speed and course involved in light airs sailing. Solo sailor Brian Thompson adds his own thoughts We all know the frustration...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 6: Reaching
Pip Hare outlines the finer points of reaching in moderate or heavy breeze for the sixth in our series Reaching is the glory point of sail for many boats; it’s the time we record our best speeds and...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 5: Helming skills
In this part of our series top sailor Brian Thompson, Vendée Globe skipper and holder of 26 world sailing records, shares his tips for super-hot helming When you’re sailing upwind in a monohull, the...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 4: Upwind trim
In Part 4 of our 12-part series professional sailing coach Pip Hare considers how to trim your sails for optimum performance – and comfort – upwind Sailing to windward on a badly trimmed boat seems...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 3: Gybing
In the third part of our 12-part series on advanced sailing techniques, professional sailor and coach Pip Hare describes how to gybe a spinnaker successfully The first time I gybed single-handed it was...
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Get out of that! – Ian Walker on avoiding the crash gybe
Ian Walker, Olympic medallist and winning skipper of the 2015 Volvo Ocean Race, explains what’s happening in the featured image. He also offers tips and advice on the best way to avoid a crash...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 2: Broaching
In the second part of our 12-part series on advanced sailing techniques, professional sailor and coach Pip Hare guides you through what to do when you start to broach Most of us will be familiar with...
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SAIL FASTER SAIL SAFER advanced techniques series Part 1: Avoiding a Chinese...
In the first of our 12-part series on advanced sailing techniques, professional sailor and coach Pip Hare guides you through how to deal with a Chinese gybe – with video Chinese gybes on windy days are...
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Get out of that! – Ken Read deals with a wayward spinnaker
Ken Read, president of the North Sails Group and skipper of Comanche, explains what’s happening in the featured image of a wayward spinnaker and offers advice Photo: Paul WyethThis is a highly...
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How to use the outside gybe for short-handed sailing. Pip Hare explains
A great alternative for crews with less muscle power outside gybing an asymmetric can be less risky than an inside gybe – if you practise, says Pip HareOutside gybing is not purely reserved for boats...
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Get out of that! Dismasting – Mike Golding explains what to do as soon as it...
Mike Golding, one of the world’s most accomplished offshore sailors, explains what has happened in the featured image of Caol Ila R during the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo 2015Photo: Lloyd...
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Short-handed navigation – and how to create your ‘road book’
Pip Hare explains the challenges of navigating when sailing short-handed and offers tips on how to plan aheadPhoto: Thierry Martinez/SeaandCo Navigating when sailing short-handed can be an...
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Paul Larsen, world speed record holder, advises on how to avoid a pitchpole
What’s happening in the image of Red Bull ‘going down the mine’ during the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff 2015? Larsen offers tips and advice on the best way to avoid a pitchpole.Photo: Lloyd...
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How to plan watches and sleep when sailing short-handed
Solo sailor Pip Hare advises how to get the best out of short-handed sailing by planning times to sleep and times to work togetherBefore you decide on the best way to run watches double-handed, answer...
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Sailing upwind when short-handed requires different techniques
Pip Hare describes how to change your style of sailing for going upwind short-handed when you haven’t got crew on the railExcessive heel is your enemy when sailing upwind, and with no hiking crew this...
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Get out of that – heaving to in strong winds. Advice from Dee Caffari
Dee Caffari, record-breaking round the world sailor and coach, explains what’s happening in the image of Bernard Stamm’s IMOCA 60 during Leg 3 of the 2002/03 Around Alone race. She also offers advice...
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5 tips: finding clear air in a crowded racing fleet
“We need to find a lane out of here,” but where to go? Jonty Sherwill asked J/24 World Champion Ian Southworth for his tips on finding a clear lane through the traffic© ROLEX/Carlo BorlenghiFor the...
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