Wednesday, January 18, 2012

LASERS GET THEIR PENCILS OUT.

Reported in the Fall "Laser sailor", Peter Seidenberg at the San Francisco Masters after seven races he felt he was doing poorly.  Problem with the tides.  He studied the tables more closely and made notes on his deck.  Next day, four first and a second.  You need to know what the tide is doing.  

The other notes you might make on the deck are the wind shifts before the race, when you are using a compass.   Don't try to make the notes later-- hard enough to keep your head out of the boat when you are using a compass. Get out early and make your notes and figure an average so you can always tell if you are going right or left.

A lot of good folks don't use a compass.  Ask me about that if you like and we can touch on it.
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4 comments:

  1. Is the comment section working fine for Sam now?

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  2. I got a comment in yesterday and then it loked up for me. Now I am in again. Hope everything is back to normal!

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  3. Hi Sam,
    is anybody heading over to Charlotte Harbor regatta Feb 4-5? only myself signed up so far... looks like a good venue. Would you mind spreading the word to your fleet?
    cheers
    mike

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  4. I don't know anyone from here going to C. harbor. I hope this works out for me today. Maybe I am the only one locked up on this thing.

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