5 Essentials Tacking Gybing
5 Essentials
1. Sail Setting
2. Centerboard
3. Balance
4. Trim
5. Course made good
Center mainsheet tacking
Look forward, dagger grip, change hands after tack.
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look & warn
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backfoot
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push
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rotate
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sit
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straighten
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change hands
'ready about' 'ready' lee ho'
Center mainsheet gybing
Training run (jib), centerboard almost up, boom clear of shroud
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look & warn
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back foot
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rotate
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push
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boom/falls
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straighten
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sit
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change hands
'Stand by to gybe' ready' 'gybe oh'
Aft mainsheet tacking
Look aft, fying pan grip,change hands before tack
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look & warn
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change hands
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front foot
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push
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rotate
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sit
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straighten
'ready about' tcp 'ready' 'lee oh'
Aft mainsheet gybing
Training run (jib), centerboard almost up, boom clear of shroud
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look & warn
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change hands
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front foot
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rotate
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push
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boom
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straighten
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sit
'Stand by to gybe' 'raedy' 'gybe ho'