Start with the Starting Basics

A good start gives you the ability to execute your strategy in the first few minutes of the race, and that requires having a methodical pre-start routine.

DAVE ULLMAN

Sailing is a simple sport. It’s easy to get caught up overthinking it, but if you want to do well, just remember there’s a basic way to do everything, from starts to boathandling and straightline boatspeed. However, getting a good start is the first step to getting good results, so let’s get to the basics of getting off the line and then take it from there. First things first: Get out to the racecourse at least an hour early. In the halfhour or so before the start, do a number of headtowind checks. I do them in a timed sequence, not randomly, which is important. It could be every five minutes or every two minutes, but absolutely do your checks in the same time sequence so that what you record…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2022

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