Winning Upwind Tactics with Roble / Shea Sailing

Upwind Tactics: How good are your upwind tactics? Do you have a thought process to help make the right decisions? How well do you deal with trouble spots, such as approaching a pack of boats, or setting up for the windward mark? Have you tried tactical moding? In ILYA Fast Forward Seminar #4, here’s a chance to peek into the minds of Olympic qualifiers Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea. As part of the Fast Forward series, Steph and Maggie share many tactical insights that go beyond the advice most of us have learned.

OUTLINE AND VIDEO TIMINGS - Upwind Tactics

Developing your game plan - Dave Ullman chart (00:02:20)
Tactical intelligence – from John Bertrand (00:03:14)
- Make predictions and test them
- The ongoing narrative
- Rules of thumb
Assessments (00:08:13)
- Ladder rungs – know who you are racing
- Gains in headers and lifts
- Boat speed assessment questions
- Visualizing gains and losses
- Walking through a race
- Where to start in a pack (00:22:06)
- Bail out options
- Lane management
- Three upwind modes
- Tactical moding
- Leverage and consolidation
- Covering and the coverage zone
- Cross, tack, or duck?
Q & A (00:59:13)
- Where to tack on a pack – leading back and edging out
- Left and right corner plays near the layline - Tim Wadlow’s ratings
- Using a blocker
Q & A (01:21:48)
- Layline dangers
- Windward mark arrival
- Layline Games
Upwind rules (01:30:19)
- Five refresher scenarios – crossing, tacking ahead, mark room
- Tactical applications of the windward mark rules

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