Thanks for the invitation, unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to make it up north. And thanks for the tip on Belgian coastal waters, will keep that in mind!
Nah, just looking to goof around some marks while on holiday, no racing intended.
This looks super interesting, I might just book a...
I would like to rent a Laser for the day (few hours) during my stay in Belgium in September. The only place I found in Google was Sailcenter Limbourg, which is not very close to Brussels, where I'll be based.
Could someone point me in the direction of a club that rents Lasers nearer Brussels...
That's where the flat earthers were debunked right? LOL
Dank u Menno, the Dutch lads are TOP NOTCH
Regarding where to keep your gaze on, what you're saying is rather than constantly looking aft, you should feel the surge and manoeuver accordingly, right? What about those light-to-mid air days...
I have a very basic question regarding surfing waves: what should you be looking at when trying to do this?
When you're faster than the waves I guess you should be looking ahead of you for the lower spots or valleys.
What about when you're slower than the waves? Should you be looking behind...
Thank you all guys for your input!
I haven't seen any videos of sailors putting their bows down (bearing away by sculling) to close their leeward gap from poachers.
Is this something that is not done in the Laser class? If so, why?
In the video above a coach from the International Sailing Academy says that shooting up to head to wind is a good technique to defend your leeward hole from poachers.
Watch from 1:53. I'm not getting the rationale of this. What I see here is that the windward boat hast lost his leeward hole...
Published in 2015.
I think you're only allowed to scull from above close-hauled to close-hauled, if stationary or moving slowly. And you're not allowed to offset your movement by sculling in the opposite direction.
This is what I gather from reading this other ISAF document...
In this video Ben Ainslie says that he "waggles the tiller on one side of the boat and then on the other side" to keep the boat head to wind.
Is this legal? According to this document, I think it is not:
http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/Rule42Laser201320032014-[16804].pdf
Emphasis...
Has anyone read Jon Emmet's "Be your own sailing coach"? Would you recommend it? Are there good pictures, are the different techniques clearly explained?
So you feel this could only work in non-hiking conditions?
Congrats to the Dutch team! The Argentines didn't do too badly either ;)
You should definitely visit, now that our currency has fallen more than a 100% in a few months.
Thanks Menno!
Gonna try this tomorrow in Buenos Aires, forecast is 23ºC and about 11 knots, ideal for roll tacking.
My instinct tells me I should kick the grab rail with my bow foot under the hiking strap...
Stay tuned!
;)
Thank you Thieuster! Did the boys mention why a tall person would rather hike under the grab rail than under the hiking strap? For a more powerful roll perhaps?
Let me get this straight:
Before you cross the boat from port to starboard, you put your (aft?) foot into the far left (bow?) corner of the cockpit, under the grab rail, so as to make the boat roll over you.
And before you cross the boat from starboard to port, you put your (aft?) foot into...
The article claims that by hiking under the grab rail you get "a really powerful hike", that is a hike more powerful than a regular one under the hiking strap.
I don't think that a more powerful hike could be achieved by putting one's toes under the leeward grab rail, since more of your...
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