January 24th,
2012
• The following items (and
others) can be found in the US SAILING on-line store. There are many great
resources on this site to include, books, DVDs, CDs etc. http://store.ussailing.org/browse.cfm/racing/2,7.html
o Understanding
the Racing Rules by Dave Perry: this is a must have
book that explains the racing rules and tactics in layman's terms
with great situations and
diagrams.
o US Sailing's Handy Guide to the Racing Rules is a simple
guide to the basic rules. Great to give to your
crew!
o Signal
Flag Sticker to put on your boat so you are never second guessing yourself about
what those flags mean on the race committee
boats.
o 100
Racing Rules Quizzes by Dave Perry. Invite your
sailing friends over and have great dinner conversations throughout the
winter.
o Winning
in One Designs by Dave
Perry
o Racing
Rules
Companion
o Learn
the Racing Rules DVD by Dave
Dellenbaugh
• Research
boat builder and class association web pages and your sailmakers's
tuning guide. Examples for Flying Scot are
below:
o http://flyingscot.com/
o http://flyingscot.com/documents/instructions/Tuning.pdf
o http://www.fssa.com/node/1498
o http://www.onedesign.com/tabid/25371/Default.aspx
[Please click on the TUNING tab to see the
document
o http://www.gussails.net/files/Gus_FS_Tuning_Guide.pdf
•
And for the Laser:
o http://www.laser.org/
• Surf the
internet for some great articles and information and videos. Key words can be
one-design sailboat racing, buoy sailboat racing, dinghy racing crewing on
a one design sailboat, Flying Scot Sailing, Laser Racing,
etc.
o Here
is a link to a great article about winter preparation for the upcoming
sailing
season:
http://northorder.com/articles/article13.html
o Here
is a simple article demystifying upwind tactics and strategy. search this
website for more informational articles: http://www.destinationonedesign.com/community/get_article.aspx?article=8dc6b682-45d2-454b-ad3e-82dd31964bf9
o Speed
and Smarts is an electronic newsletter that is fabulous. go on their website and
look at past newsletters and articles: http://www.speedandsmarts.com/
o Read
up on racing strategy and tactics. Here is a great article. and while you are on
that website, search for other articles: http://www.sail1design.com/airwaves/tactics-strategy/536-strategy-is- good-tactics-are-evil-by-ken-legler
o Sailing
World has some great links. Here is a basic article but has suggestions on other
articles to read: http://www.sailingworld.com/article/Marcus-Eagan-Flying-Scot
2012
• The following items (and
others) can be found in the US SAILING on-line store. There are many great
resources on this site to include, books, DVDs, CDs etc. http://store.ussailing.org/browse.cfm/racing/2,7.html
o Understanding
the Racing Rules by Dave Perry: this is a must have
book that explains the racing rules and tactics in layman's terms
with great situations and
diagrams.
o US Sailing's Handy Guide to the Racing Rules is a simple
guide to the basic rules. Great to give to your
crew!
o Signal
Flag Sticker to put on your boat so you are never second guessing yourself about
what those flags mean on the race committee
boats.
o 100
Racing Rules Quizzes by Dave Perry. Invite your
sailing friends over and have great dinner conversations throughout the
winter.
o Winning
in One Designs by Dave
Perry
o Racing
Rules
Companion
o Learn
the Racing Rules DVD by Dave
Dellenbaugh
• Research
boat builder and class association web pages and your sailmakers's
tuning guide. Examples for Flying Scot are
below:
o http://flyingscot.com/
o http://flyingscot.com/documents/instructions/Tuning.pdf
o http://www.fssa.com/node/1498
o http://www.onedesign.com/tabid/25371/Default.aspx
[Please click on the TUNING tab to see the
document
o http://www.gussails.net/files/Gus_FS_Tuning_Guide.pdf
•
And for the Laser:
o http://www.laser.org/
• Surf the
internet for some great articles and information and videos. Key words can be
one-design sailboat racing, buoy sailboat racing, dinghy racing crewing on
a one design sailboat, Flying Scot Sailing, Laser Racing,
etc.
o Here
is a link to a great article about winter preparation for the upcoming
sailing
season:
http://northorder.com/articles/article13.html
o Here
is a simple article demystifying upwind tactics and strategy. search this
website for more informational articles: http://www.destinationonedesign.com/community/get_article.aspx?article=8dc6b682-45d2-454b-ad3e-82dd31964bf9
o Speed
and Smarts is an electronic newsletter that is fabulous. go on their website and
look at past newsletters and articles: http://www.speedandsmarts.com/
o Read
up on racing strategy and tactics. Here is a great article. and while you are on
that website, search for other articles: http://www.sail1design.com/airwaves/tactics-strategy/536-strategy-is- good-tactics-are-evil-by-ken-legler
o Sailing
World has some great links. Here is a basic article but has suggestions on other
articles to read: http://www.sailingworld.com/article/Marcus-Eagan-Flying-Scot