Carsington youth sailing squad videos of the youth sailing and racing Sailors consisting of: Sam Leiper, Elliot Fisher, James Cokayne, Josh Leiper and Lewis Brailsford Editing done by: Elliot Fisher, James Cokayne
Are the actual underbody hull lines the same as the original class? The boat looks just like a skimming dish now, it certainly wants to plane very quickly...which looks like fun!
Excellent vid lads. Its been a long time since I sailed twelves but damn I miss them. What design is that boat ? Anyway, first time out in a decent blow is always a bit crazy but once you get past that its the best rush out there. I always tended to run a very tight rig with lots of tension in the forestay to keep the Jib nice and flat upwind. Tell a lie, I actually removed the forestay and just tensioned the jib halyard up hard AF. Stepping the mast as far back as she will allow will give you better boat speed upwind too. I never bothered much with adjusting the rig off the wind because your main job is holding the boat up and driving hard. Saw quite a few masts broken by loose rigs and loose kicking straps are a liability too. Lots of guys dont clean out the creases in their sails with the Cunningham but I always found it good to do. Steer the boat by trim and use the rudder only when you have to. Gripping the tiller extension is a fear based response. Most of the time I held the tiller extension between thumb and forefingers very lightly, just enough to feel it and support it. Overcoming fear of capsize and nosedive is the secret to mastering the blow and handling it like a Boss. When you learn how to steer with trim only you can tack a twelve so friggin fast its unbelievable. Never sailed a boat since that handles as sweetly as a Twelve, they truly are the best racing dinghy I have ever sailed. Go get ‘em.
great video, enjoyed watching it! You were using a lot of rudder up wind, suggest putting on much more kicker,and Cunningham and also try and tie of the clew of the sail much tighter onto the boom as it will give you more headroom through the tacks and gybes.
