LB 15
Cunt
With out mentioning how hungover everyone was during the gybes at those regattas.Brilliant Guy Gurney (thanks, Guy!) photo of a reach-to-reach gybe mark in the 1990 Kenwood Cup in Hawai'i. A lost art.
Bring Back the Reach
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Grande Mastere Dreade
Snag's spellchecker
no it's a fucking bore.. positions rarely change and you end up taking away half the course... you're forcing all the boats to go to one side of the course , but if all the pressure was on the other side it's fucking wasted.. with point to point you can go in any direction you want, that's why you like it.. with O, T, G you don't get that ...Interesting article. I miss the old days of sailing modified gold cups and masthead symmetrical boats strung out on a tight reach. Now I tend to favor P2P races rather than the 3-day regatta of endless up and downs. Should reach legs make a comeback?
Bring Back the Reach
Dr. Derrick Fries explains the benefits of reaching legs in sailboat races versus the slower and more common windward/leeward downwind legs.www.sailingworld.com
Liquid
NFLTG
How about a simple approach?
Do W/Ls AND Gold Cups AND 'tour' courses during a regatta.
Maybe throw in a really, really far away offset mark...
Do W/Ls AND Gold Cups AND 'tour' courses during a regatta.
Maybe throw in a really, really far away offset mark...
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
So, you're saying that the wind is always exactly the same in velocity and direction, on reaching legs? That current cannot possibly play any role? That skill in sailing the boat on a reach makes no difference whatever?
This is pretty much 180 out from my observations.
Expat Canuck
Anarchist
There is also a companion picture to that one showing Camouflage (the lead boat) in a full on broach, with that kite flogging away.Brilliant Guy Gurney (thanks, Guy!) photo of a reach-to-reach gybe mark in the 1990 Kenwood Cup in Hawai'i. A lost art.
