[Rhodes22-list] club racing

[Bob Weber]

Peter, Thanks for the book reference.  I have a total of 6 books which I am 
in varying stages of reading.  I know the real oppertunity lies in better 
strategy, seamanship, and execution and not with equipment but I got spoiled 
racing a Force 5 where all sail controls were in arms reach.  You could make 
any adjustment without taking your eyes off the course.  I will get "Start 
to Win" and give it a try.  My biggest complaint of the books I have read so 
far is the complexity, this really can be rocket science if you choose.  I 
am looking for a good book on racing tactics somewhere in between "Racing 
for Dummies" and "Masters level Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics" I tell all 
new sailors that this is truely a sport you can spend the rest of your life 
perfecting or have a hell of a time doing it less than perfectly forever.  
Thanks Bob

>From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] club racing
>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:54:06 -0500
>
>Hello Bob,
>
>The suggestions about traveler improvements are interesting ( I certainly
>intend to consider Mark's loop traveler idea while renovating my R22
>"Phoenix").  However, boat rigging is perhaps a little off  topic to
>directly help you improve club racing performance.  To improve results on
>the race course, start with the mindset of the skipper and the knowledge of
>what it takes to win.
>
>Starting, upwind performance, mark rounding skills, and tuning one's mind 
>to
>the wind patterns are all elements of success and much more important than
>rigging or boatspeed tuning.  It doesn't matter whether the racing is
>one-design, Portsmouth handicap or PHRF - the basics are the same.
>
>I have read dozens of  authors on sail boat racing while racing my 16'
>one-design dinghy over the last 22 years.  The one that has helped me
>improve the most is "Start To Win", by Eric Twiname, 1974, Norton Press.
>It's out of print, but it's in many used book stores and on the web.
>Twiname was a British journalist with a passion for sailboat racing.  If 
>you
>read this book and apply Twiname's ideas, you will certainly improve your
>club race finishes.
>
>Good luck!
>
>PT
>
> > Hi all, I am still wincing from a poor fall showing in our marina 
>regatta
> > series.  I have spent the winter reading everything I can get my hands 
>on
>to
> > make the boat go faster.  One thing I knew was a problem is my inability
>to
> > keep good control of my traveler, especially in big winds.  I remember
> > seeing on owner reworked his traveler system to be adjusted from either
>tack
> > without the all to familiar release leeward and take up windward 
>routine.
> > Did anyone save that post?  Thanks in advance.  I hear there are good
>winds
> > in the North East ;)
> >
> > Come on Spring,
> >
> > Bob Weber
> >
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