Read Situations at the Leeward Mark. All the good work of the upwind leg can be undone at the leeward mark.
Leeward mark rounding in a competitive one-design fleet can be a daunting experience and when a mix of boats are arriving at different speeds and angles it can be even tougher to work out who’s going to get there...
Essential Before Rounding a Mark - Before you round any mark, it’s essential to visually locate the next mark. This is critical for your next-leg strategy. It will have a massive impact on how you approach each mark rounding.
The Weather Mark - Essential Before Rounding a Mark
As an example, at the weather mark, you must ask yourself whether you...
Hailing for Mark Room is Not Required when one boat has rights at a mark.
Rule 18
Rule 18 (Mark-Room) begins to apply between two boats when the first one enters the zone at a mark. The rule says the outside or clear astern boat must provide mark-room.
Note that rule 18 never requires an inside or clear ahead boat to make...
This one’s a classic: Staying Out of Trouble at a Mark - If you’re the outside boat of a group approaching the leeward mark and blindly carry on with pace, you’ll sail extra distance in bad air, carry wide around the mark, and then exit in a terrible lane.
Slow Down: Staying Out of Trouble at a Mark
This is one...
