We focused on rigging and improving the speed of the boat.
For the rigging we reviewed some basic concepts that we can review in this web page,
: http://www.optistuff.com/info/faq/manuals/OptimistRigging.pdf
We learned also some other tips for the rigging as the depth of the sail in different weather conditions.
On practice we insist on making all the necessary things to reach the best speed of the boat. We remember five essential things for raising speed in upwinds:
-Clear Wind
-Keep the boom in the corner of the boat
-Keep the boat flat
-Move the body as forward as we can with flat water
-Keep the tell-tails flying straight
You need to remember this five things all the time until you can do it automatically.
You can visualize yourself sailing before going to sleep or in the morning.Imagine yourself sailing and think on this five things and what you should do. For example, if it's windy you should hike out, if it's light wind you must stay inside of the boat, how is the boom?, etc.
Watch this videos on youtube about some top sailors testing speed with medium, low and high wind. Look their position, the sail, how they move the body and the ruder,
http://youtu.be/AmafnjvfUXY
http://youtu.be/sF3WQIdmD6o
That was everything for this weekend. I am very happy to join LYC Team. You are great kids that showed you want to improve all the time. We will be training, racing a lot and we are going to have a challenge each day we go ashore.
I hope we have good times together and we reach a great racing level representing LYC.
Pilar Calabrese
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