Re: Tacking

Stephen Page <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>What's the best to read up some more?

I really like Jobson's 'Champion****p Sailing'.  But I'd also say that you
can spend too much time reading and not enough time on the water
practicing.

>Also is tacking on a wind ****ft the thing I need to get nailed down
>first and foremost?

I wouldn't worry about the ****fts and just work on the fundamentals of
tacking.  Hitting the ****ft just right is nice, but not losing several
boatlengths in a tack is a lot nicer.  It's really all about maintaining
and maximizing boat speed.  (I'll also happily argue with whoever said
that not tacking is guaranteed to be faster than tacking.  Lots of boats
can gain with a good roll tack; 42.2.e is there for a reason.)