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  • ANNUAL Savage Cardboard Boat Race
 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


By:  Sarah Nill, 2019