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Tactics, Techniques and T-Boning Hello again... The European Championships started yesterday. The breeze was offshore,moderately windy at times. This made it very difficult as being in thepressure is EVERYTHING, and on these boards the fleet can separate soquickly depending on who is planing and who is not. We had 2 races yesterday. I did not have a good start in both of them, thus limitingmy options on the upwind legs. I did have good speed, but I was always pointing low while going through lulls. This is where I lost a lot of ground. I was frustrated with the angles I was sailing. After racing, Dan, my coach here made some huge observations of my sailing style incomparison to the others and why I would always lose in the changing winds. My losses always came from the changes in pressure and my gear changing. I practiced the style of the top sailors on my way back tothe club and I was sailing noticeably higher. This is super importantin the flat water that we are sailing in, where as "my style" mightwork better in the super windy and wavy conditions. Dan also made merecognize why my downwind legs were not so good. Another technique thing... Results aside, my goal for today was to adapt this new style, to sail a higher mode. In the first race I had a plan of attack and went out to get it. I started where I wanted to, at the boat, tackedright away and was off. I went much better in this new style (althoughwe had a lot less wind today). I was able to keep my lanes, roundingthe top mark about 15th. I picked up some boards downwind and rounded the leeward mark in 8th…but then sailed into a huge hole and started doing circles. This is when the wind started to shift 180 degrees and I lost everything. The race continued as we sailed upwind to the bottom gate, to finish off with an upwind slalom. It was pretty lame; I cannot believe that they did not abandon that race. I ended up finishing 30th. This was disappointing after such an improvement in my technique and even gaining a few boards downwind. The second race of the day, I was on starboard tack crossing the starting line at pace, when a sailor on port tack fully T-boned me (my right of way), sending me flying through the air and both of us into the water. Needless to say, I was last off the start line and played catch up all race. Although my results of the day did not look that good, my sailing technique improved to the point that I could match my pointing withthe top girls which I have never done before. Tomorrow I am hoping to translate my sailing improvement onto the results sheet. till soon, Nikola posted by editors at 6/13/2006 11:43:00 PM |
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