NORTH SAILS IC37, Руководство по парусному спорту

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Sailing Manual 1.0
Teamwork will make the difference in the IC37, and
that’s why North Sails class leader Cameron Appleton
has written the IC37 Sailing Manual. Why 1.0? As the
first boats go sailing, and we all move up the learning
curve, version 2.0 will follow in short order.
By design, the IC 37 class is set up so good amateur
sailors can race on an equal playing field. This manual
aims to help build teams that will be ready to come out
of the starting blocks quickly and develop their own
style and competitive form. This manual will take you
deep into what the team experience can be like and
give you a playbook to having the team prepared when
your boat hits the water.
Sailing is full of variables and complexity, which is what
keeps us coming back for more. Yet simplifying it down
and really concentrating on the basics is what makes
us successful. To race a sailboat well is about doing
what I feel is the easiest part of our sport at the highest
level every time we race—sailing the cleanest, shortest
distance with the fewest mistakes while building on
the team’s strengths. I believe the best teams priori-
tize communications by emphasizing a shared goal of
talking about the performance of the boat, not about
how we need to execute the maneuvers.