Start preparing for your sailing season in the spring, and when it gets here you’ll have a better time.

Competing at the top level, in any class, requires countless hours of practice and preparation.

For many of us, mid-summer means light air. Racing in light air is a special challenge. Doing well makes the experience much more satisfying than doing poorly… Cruising in light air means easy livin’.

Sailing is a great lifelong sport that encompasses a range of ages, abilities, and degrees of seriousness, and one aspect that’s vital to keeping the sport going is sportsmanship.

When done right, training can be highly effective and FUN! With a concrete goal in mind, the most important step to quality training is to have a plan. Once on the water, constant review and repetition is key. Afterwards, revisit and discuss so that improvements made can be put into effect at your next regatta.

Whether you’re just getting started in high school sailing or are looking to compete on the top levels, you will find that good tacks are essential to success. Let’s look at the mechanics of a good roll tack in the 420 and Flying Junior and some drills you can do to practice your tacks.

As if there weren’t enough complications in sailboat racing already, most sailing venues in the Northeast also feature current on the racecourse. What do you need to know about sailing in current?