These are great. I am shocked at how few comments and likes this video has. I know this is a niche sport, but these numbers just mean the RU-vid hasn't pushed you forward yet. Hopefully you are planning more of these videos and the algorithms pick you up. Valuable information!
"Dings" are loud enough that after watching two of these, I chose not to watch any others. Couldn't hear you well when the dings were quieter. Not trying to winge, enjoying your commentary.
Doing a role tack coming out of this tack with more speed will get you a penalty, according to the rules!! Seems everyone is getting away this these rules????
Thanks Dan. I notice that no one really ooches. i personally have a tendency as i bear down by the lee to exit the turn by pressing my aft/tiller hand pretty far forward on the leeward rail, putting my weight into a powerful combined ooch and leeward flatten. no one else moves that aggressively though. does the effect of the roll outweigh any potential benefit to ooching and forward/aft kinetics?
Hey Connor, thanks for the comment. I don't think the effect of the roll would outweigh the benefit to forward/aft kinetics. All of the top sailors will also be using a lot of forward/aft movement, but tend to be more subtle about it for Rule 42 reasons, and it becomes more necessary in bigger waves when it's really crucial to keep the bow out of the water/planing. In conditions like the ones in this video, you're rarely fully surfing, so the fore/aft movement will be more about maximising waterline length to kep the boat 'surging' in each wave for longer.
Hey Coach Dan! Hopefully you’ll see this it’s been a while since you uploaded this video but I’ve been transitioning from a 4.7 to a radial recently and I always get overtaken on the downwind probably because Im letting the sail luff by sheeting out too quick. You were talking about how Pavlos Kontides takes the mainsheet from the boom and aligns the rate of his sheeting in/out with the rate of the boat turning. I was wondering if that rate was 1:1 sail sheet to boat turn or is that ratio something I’ll have to develop through practice?
Hey! Thanks for the comment and sorry in the long delay in getting back to you. To answer your question - it's essentially 1:1 but it is also something you'll have to develop feel for. The best rule of thumb is - as you're turning up, the sail should never luff at any point. If your sail is luffing, you're just wasting potential speed. Hope that helps!
Thank you very much Dan for creating this great video! I have one question: For the reversing out, we need to back up at right diagonal angle. Just going backward is not difficult, but going back at right diagonal angle is challenging for me; When I push the tiller trying to go right, the bow just slips down and the boat just stops. Is there any tips for doing this? Thank you very much in advance.
This typically happens if you try to steer too early when reversing - your boat will not have enough 'backward momentum' and generate too much leeway. You need to steer straight at first, gain some speed, and then you can start steering when sailing backwards.
The key is to keep your boom/mainsheet in - the boom should not go past 90 degrees to the hull when going downwind in strong conditions. It's also important to avoid sailing directly downwind - this is when the boat will be most unstable. It's better to sail either on a very broad reach, or by-the-lee.
My understanding (inspired by one of Ian Elliott's videos): Yes it is very illegal. Propulsion is not allowed under rule 42. 42.3 (d) does not apply. It clearly states: "she may scull to turn to a closehauled course.". Since you are backing the sail, you are not turning to a closehauled course. Also, knowingly crabbing even though you know it's illegal violates the ILCA class rules section: Cheating, rule 2 or the RRS and potentially even rule 69.1 b (1) Long story short, yes it's really quite illegal ;-) Hope that helps =)
@@redfly4737 I guess I don't get your answer. I was not talking about sculling or turning. I was talking about backing the sail to cause windward sideways motion, not turning or sculling.
@@nroose ok, but what happens if you back your sail? You turn into the wind/ maybe go backwards. That's, like you said, totally OK, only that you don't have priority. This is not crabbing though. Crabbing is backing your sail to leeward, thus turning the bow into the wind and then sculling your back end to windward too. Like that you travel up the starting line, aka. crabbing. That is not ok.
Hi Dan! Thanks for the video! Very intresting. Could you make a video talking about gpsar action replay? How do you analize the datadirectly in the aplication? I think it would be very helpful. Thanks!
FYI the guy on the hiking bench in your thumb nail is Doug Peckover a great guy and excellent sailor. He won Master Worlds in 1997, 2006 runner-up 2016. He is now in his 70"s. He is going to Adelaide for 2024 Master Worlds. I have the privilege of racing with Doug this weekend "North America 2023 District-15 Champions"
No pain No gain.... Dan when you say, you improved upwind speed, would you say in a 20 boat fleet were you come average 10th you could move to top 5..?
I'd say that my improvement was relative to some of the best in the world. Prior to a structured hiking bench routine, I might be able to hang on to the world's fastest for ~1 minute at a time. After hiking bench training, this improved to 2-3 minutes, but my hiking bench level was still way below the best in the world.
I see there is enough wond for them to put the weight on the gunwhale. How would the donwind technique would change with even less wind like 5-6 knots? I've seen your video with very light wond but I would like to have some key points to work on.
In 5-6 knots, you're mostly going to be focussing on sailing by the lee and staying in pressure. There's not going to be enough acceleration to surf, or to justify large up turns. When you do get to a nice gust, you can start doing small up turns to capitalise on the extra speed and head more towards the mark. Wind this light is also going to require more focus on angle, and plotting your course towards the mark. As you will be sailing by the lee most of the time, timing your gybes is going to be crucial to sail the optimal VMG course.
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It looks like 16 countries qualified in both the 6's and 7's at worlds. Maybe you can do a video regarding how many more opportunities sailors/countries have to qualify for 2024 Olympics. How many spots available at each event including dates and locations of said events.... Growing up and learning to sail in NZL I'm glade to see NZL has two great sailors to carryon from Sam Meech. Now living in USA I have also been pulling for Charlie Buckingham throughout his long career. While he was not able to catch the big win he was always in the top ten...! I have sailed with these top USA guys Chapman Petersen, Leo Boucher. Daniel Escudero and the McCann brothers and they all leave me in the dust..... For not one to make it into gold fleet just goes to show how deep and competitive the international ILCA sailor fleet is.... or maybe it comes down to starting ability's in big strong fleets..... your thoughts ? Keep the ILCA vid's coming.
This a good idea, thanks for the in depth comment. Racing at this level comes down the being good in everything, but the big separator between boats (in my opinion) is still usually going to be speed. The top sailors in the world are so incredibly fast in all conditions that sailors in the bottom of gold fleet/top of silver won't keep up with them for more than 2-3 minutes at a time.
Dan, thanks for recap, Craig here, a master Kiwi sailor living in USA 3O+ YEARS NOW. Tuff loss for Beckett as he was clearly the most constant this week.
Yes, this was great. Just always wonder how to balance by the lee with broad reaching. Please cover that sometime. Seems like by the lee really gets you power in the puffs, but broad reaching is fast when stable.
This is very much going to be condition dependent (based on wave and wind direction, also fleet positioning). I'll try to think of a simple model to explain this
My sail number is 18464 which is before what the website says. Also should I be ripping around this thing or restoring it? It’s been painted (not well) I’m kinda torn do I preserve it or just enjoy it
Nice video. Very informative! For me, it would be nice to cover the start more fully, as that is where I am weakest, but that is just me. Thanks for posting! Looking forward to future videos!
Excellent commentary Dan starting with the objectives and on to the play by play of the technique at different wind speeds. I am sharing this with my email group mostly in western Canada. Thanks.👏
One of the best ways is to push your foot against the front of the cockpit while pulling on the vang. If you can wrap the vang line around your hand, you should be able to get the full amount on using the strength from your legs.
Dan, why did Maud sail away from the competition - she thought she was slower downwind and needed leverage or she had better wind/tide knowledge? Nervous choice?
Without knowing exactly, I'm going to guess it was a nervous choice without consideration of the situation. That said, she's also in a position where she would want clear air, and going left at the top mark could help achieve that.
Hello Dan, I’m a Japanese sailor for ILCA6. It’s very good series in your insta and watched interestingly. But why Maud Jayet lost this race even though she is in 3rd for top mark. Please summarize the reasons why. Thank you!
I think a venue should host the championships for that country before they can host a continental or world championship. For example a venue in the Norway should host the Norwegian/Scandinavian championships before they can host the European championships or Worlds. That way they need to scale up over time instead of trying to jump to an event far larger than they have hosted before. I think a combination of this and a multi year bid for an event would really help.
