Tactics Seminar

Online info & registration

04/19/2015 9:00:00 AM

Instructor: Geoff Moore

Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club
1350 Lakeshore Drive
Dorval, Québec H9S 2E3
514-631-2720
Royal St. Lawrence YC

Check in: 8:30 am   Class: 9:00-4:30

Pricing for this location includes Lunch.

Skippers - $125
Members - $95
Additional Crew - $95
Jrs / Students - $60

 

Class Outline

Race & Win

• The Racing Hierarchy

• Heads Up!

• Tactics and Winning 
   

Race Prep

• Tune up, Test the course, Plan your start

Starting Strategy

• Where to Start
• Approaches

Starting Tactics

• The Start
• Avoiding Common Pitfalls
• Starting Rules

Upwind Strategy

• Wind and Wind Shifts
• Wind Shift Strategy - none, one, two, many...
• LEPs, leverage, catching up
• Tracking and Predicting the Wind
• Current - myths debunked!
• Local Knowledge

Upwind Tactics

• Wind Shift Tactics
• Tactical Principles
• Tactical Course Management
• Mark Rounding Tactics
• Extend Your Lead
• Weapons
• Upwind Rules

Downwind Strategy and Tactics Strategy

• Tacking Angles and Wind Shifts
• Downwind Windshifts - one, two, many, building!
• Where are the Shifts?
• Current
• Tactics: Attack and Defense

Mark Rounding and Finishing

• Downwind Rules
• Mark Rounding Rules and Tactics
• Finishing Rules and Tactics

Conclusion

• Boat Handling
• Boat Speed
• and Tactics