One of the Sailing World hot shots tells us to read Buddy Melges's "Sailing Smart" book. I have an old copy and was able to find it in the midst of a collection of other sail fast type of books.
They were right. It is worth keeping under your pillow so you look up stuff. Lots of Jib trim stuff, that I can skip these days, but then when he goes out to practice---- starts out with 50 tacks and 50 gybes..
Wow. I loose count after about 17. Last week we had some big wind and big shifts along with colder weather (40 degrees at night and 55 during the day, frostbitters) and I sure needed some better boat handling. Things get harder when you are moving faster.
OK, Buddy. First I have to practice counting to fifty.
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