Catamaran Racing Complete Lesson
Introduction
If you’re looking to delve into catamaran racing, or are just beginning your sailing journey, this lesson is the perfect starting point. It covers all the essentials you need to know before heading out onto the race course.–>The Essentials for Racing
The most important thing while we’re on the race course is that we avoid collisions at all costs. Two vital tools for this are spatial awareness and thinking ahead.–>Spatial Awareness and Thinking Ahead
Spatial awareness means knowing the location of all other boats around you on the race course. Think ahead to possible future situations, rather than waiting until the last minute to make a move.–>Rules and Fair Play in Sailing Boat Racing
Sailing boat racing is self-refereed for most of the time, especially at the amateur level. Everyone on the race course must follow the rules, so cheating isn’t tolerated.–>Exonerating Yourself
If a rule is infringed, there’s a way to exonerate yourself – in catamaran racing, it means doing a 360-degree turn if the infraction occurs.–>Port and Starboard Tacks
If two boats are on collision courses, they need to know their rights. The boat on starboard tack has the right of way over those on port tack.–>Communication and Collision Avoidance
By shoutingEVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START RACING OR IMPROVE YOUR RESULTS WITH THESE TIPS.
We're going to be going through everything you need to know before you hit the race course. This is just the essentials -
This video is indexed so you can skip ahead to the sections that interest you.
We'll be looking at:
00:00 - hello
00:26 - rules
05:08 - race course
09:36 - starting
16:43 - upwind leg
23:07 - windward mark
25:22 - downwind leg
29:37 - leeward mark
Basic racing rules:
- Avoiding collisions - spacial awareness and thinking ahead
- Port and Starboard
- Windward and Leeward
- Overtaking boat
- If you infringe a rule
The Race Course:
- Types of race course
- Types of finish
Starting Procedure
- the start line and general aim
- start timing and flags
- strategy
- if you're early
Upwind Leg
- why go which way?
- general safe strategy
- other boats - dirty wind
Windward mark
- best mark rounding
Downwind Leg
- basic Strategy - best approach for mark rounding
- other boats
Leeward Mark
- water at the mark rule
- best mark rounding
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