great video Dan, lots of effort finding those example races to demonstrate your starting priorities

@danselfsailing

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter!

Very much appreciated!

@danselfsailing

4 ай бұрын

Happy to hear it!

Great video! Thanks very much for putting this together!

Great stuff! Thanks!

nice vid

Thank you very much Dan for creating this great video! I have one question: For the reversing out, we need to back up at right diagonal angle. Just going backward is not difficult, but going back at right diagonal angle is challenging for me; When I push the tiller trying to go right, the bow just slips down and the boat just stops. Is there any tips for doing this? Thank you very much in advance.

@danselfsailing

4 ай бұрын

This typically happens if you try to steer too early when reversing - your boat will not have enough 'backward momentum' and generate too much leeway. You need to steer straight at first, gain some speed, and then you can start steering when sailing backwards.

@toshinaritakayanagi

4 ай бұрын

@@danselfsailing Thank you very much Dan for the advice!

Thanks for the great video, the page for the guide seems to have a problem, nothing happens after entering my email

@danselfsailing

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching - here's the link. drive.google.com/file/d/1pGBY1rWafvVuKQWlpO3uY-FQM5CetCw9/view?usp=sharing

@benjaminvogl8149

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

A crabbing boat has to keep clear, but is it "illegal"?

@redfly4737

Ай бұрын

My understanding (inspired by one of Ian Elliott's videos): Yes it is very illegal. Propulsion is not allowed under rule 42. 42.3 (d) does not apply. It clearly states: "she may scull to turn to a closehauled course.". Since you are backing the sail, you are not turning to a closehauled course. Also, knowingly crabbing even though you know it's illegal violates the ILCA class rules section: Cheating, rule 2 or the RRS and potentially even rule 69.1 b (1) Long story short, yes it's really quite illegal ;-) Hope that helps =)

@nroose

Ай бұрын

@@redfly4737 I guess I don't get your answer. I was not talking about sculling or turning. I was talking about backing the sail to cause windward sideways motion, not turning or sculling.

@redfly4737

Ай бұрын

@@nroose ok, but what happens if you back your sail? You turn into the wind/ maybe go backwards. That's, like you said, totally OK, only that you don't have priority. This is not crabbing though. Crabbing is backing your sail to leeward, thus turning the bow into the wind and then sculling your back end to windward too. Like that you travel up the starting line, aka. crabbing. That is not ok.

@redfly4737

Ай бұрын

basically: Backing your sail is fine, crabbing though also implies sculling and it actually gets you to windward. That is not fine.

@nroose

Ай бұрын

@@redfly4737 If you back your sail and the boat moves sideways to windward without sculling, that is OK?