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In this Part 2 of a 2-part series, Allan shares his thoughts on Boat Handling, Windward Marks, Depowering and MC Scow leeboard height. In part 1, he talked about starting. Allan Terhune, North Sails - Manager One Design North America, shared ideas about starting at the 2023 MC Scow Train Wreck regatta at Lake Eustis, FL. The event was hosted by the Lake Eustis Sailing Club and is part of a yearly, three regatta "Midwinter Series" held there. 1) Top sailors avoid slowing down. 2) Windward Mark roundings are like mini starts with a lot to gain or lose. Execute well. 3) Learn how to depower your boat in a breeze. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://rumble.com/c/SailZing/ https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards

Mike Schroff (Melges 15 USA 242) skipper and his guest crew, Canadian Abby Brown share their thoughts on building a team and sailing fast to achieve 2nd place by 1 point at the St Petersburg Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta 2023. They were flying in their Melges 15. Both are long time dinghy sailors who also sail on large boats. Mike also discusses his coaching practice that he calls the Electric Pickle Experience. It's a casual conversation with a lot of interesting insights. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://rumble.com/c/SailZing/ https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards

This video covers what you need to know about Rule 19 and 20, with video, animations, and questions and answers. See more at SailZing.com. Rule 19 – Room to Pass an Obstruction 19.1 – When Rule 19 Applies “Rule 19 applies between two boats at an obstruction except (a) when the obstruction is a mark the boats are required to leave on the same side, or (b) when rule 18 applies between the boats and the obstruction is another boat overlapped with each of them. However, at a continuing obstruction, rule 19 always applies and rule 18 does not.” 19.2 – Giving Room at an Obstruction “(a) A right-of-way boat may choose to pass an obstruction on either side. (b) When boats are overlapped, the outside boat shall give the inside boat room between her and the obstruction, unless she has been unable to do so from the time the overlap began. (c) While boats are passing a continuing obstruction, if a boat that was clear astern and required to keep clear becomes overlapped between the other boat and the obstruction and, at the moment the overlap begins, there is not room for her to pass between them, (1) she is not entitled to room under rule 19.2(b), and (2) while the boats remain overlapped, she shall keep clear and rules 10 and 11 do not apply.” Rule 20 – Room to Tack at an Obstruction 20.1 – Hailing “A boat may hail for room to tack and avoid a boat on the same tack. However, she shall not hail unless (a) she is approaching an obstruction and will soon need to make a substantial course change to avoid it safely, and (b) she is sailing close-hauled or above. In addition, she shall not hail if the obstruction is a mark and a boat that is fetching it would be required to change course as a result of the hail.” 20.2 – Responding “(a) After a boat hails, she shall give a hailed boat time to respond. (b) A hailed boat shall respond even if the hail breaks rule 20.1. (c) A hailed boat shall respond either by tacking as soon as possible, or by immediately replying ‘You tack’ and then giving the hailing boat room to tack and avoid her. (d) When a hailed boat responds, the hailing boat shall tack as soon as possible. (e) From the time a boat hails until she has tacked and avoided a hailed boat, rule 18.2 does not apply between them.” 20.3 – Passing On a Hail to an Additional Boat “When a boat has been hailed for room to tack and she intends to respond by tacking, she may hail another boat on the same tack for room to tack and avoid her. She may hail even if her hail does not meet the conditions of rule 20.1. Rule 20.2 applies between her and a boat she hails.” 20.4 – Additional Requirements for Hails “(a) When conditions are such that a hail may not be heard, the boat shall also make a signal that clearly indicates her need for room to tack or her response. (b) The notice of race may specify an alternative communication for a boat to indicate her need for room to tack or her response, and require boats to use it.” The 2021 changes added Rule 20.4 in its entirety. The changes enhance safety, in situations when hails made under Rule 20 may not be heard. See many more articles about sailing faster and smarter at SailZing.com. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://rumble.com/c/SailZing/ https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards

This video covers what you need to know about Rule 18.3 and 18.4, with video, animations, and questions and answers. See more at SailZing.com. Rule 18.3 – Passing Head to Wind in the Zone “If a boat in the zone of a mark to be left to port passes head to wind from port to starboard tack and is then fetching the mark, she shall not cause a boat that has been on starboard tack since entering the zone to sail above close-hauled to avoid contact and she shall give mark–room if that boat becomes overlapped inside her. When this rule applies between boats, rule 18.2 does not apply between them.” For 2021, World Sailing changed the title of this rule from “Tacking in the Zone” to “Passing Head to Wind in the Zone.” The change aligns the title with the language in the rule. Rule 18.4 – Gybing “When an inside overlapped right-of-way boat must gybe at a mark to sail her proper course, until she gybes she shall sail no farther from the mark than needed to sail that course. Rule 18.4 does not apply at a gate mark.” See many more articles about sailing faster and smarter at SailZing.com. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://rumble.com/c/SailZing/ https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards

This series of rules articles cover Part 2, Section C – At Marks and Obstructions. Section C covers Rules 18, 19, and 20. Rule 18 – Mark-Room is complex, so we’ll cover it in three separate articles, starting with Rule 18.1. “Rule 18 applies between boats when they are required to leave a mark on the same side and at least one of them is in the zone. However, it does not apply (a) between boats on opposite tacks on a beat to windward, (b) between boats on opposite tacks when the proper course at the mark for one but not both of them is to tack, (c) between a boat approaching a mark and one leaving it, or (d) if the mark is a continuing obstruction, in which case rule 19 applies. Rule 18 no longer applies between boats when mark-room has been given.” We review the current rule complete with diagrams and discussion.

This video covers what you need to know about Rule 18.2, with video, animations, and questions and answers. See more at SailZing.com. Rule 18.2 – Giving Mark Room: Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024 “(a) When boats are overlapped the outside boat shall give the inside boat mark-room, unless rule 18.2(b) applies. (b) If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone, the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room. (c) When a boat is required to give mark-room by rule 18.2(b), (1) she shall continue to do so even if later an overlap is broken or a new overlap begins; (2) if she becomes overlapped inside the boat entitled to mark-room, she shall also give that boat room to sail her proper course while they remain overlapped. (d) Rules 18.2(b) and (c) cease to apply if the boat entitled to mark-room passes head to wind or leaves the zone.” (e) If there is reasonable doubt that a boat obtained or broke an overlap in time, it shall be presumed that she did not. (f) If a boat obtained an inside overlap from clear astern or by tacking to windward of the other boat and, from the time the overlap began, the outside boat has been unable to give mark-room, she is not required to give it.” See many more articles about sailing faster and smarter at SailZing.com. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards

Rule 17 – On the Same Tack, Proper Course – is the fourth rule in Part 2, Section B of the Racing Rules of Sailing. This video covers what you need to know about Rule 17, with video, animations, and questions and answers. See more at SailZing.com. https://sailzing.com/racing-rules-of-sailing-2021-2024-rule-17-same-tack-proper-course/ Rule 17 – On the Same Tack, Proper Course “If a boat clear astern becomes overlapped within two of her hull lengths to leeward of a boat on the same tack, she shall not sail above her proper course while they remain on the same tack and overlapped within that distance, unless in doing so she promptly sails astern of the other boat. This rule does not apply if the overlap begins while the windward boat is required by rule 13 to keep clear.” SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing

Rule 10 – On Opposite Tacks is the first rule in Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). This video covers what you need to know about Rule 10 and is part of the post on SailZing.com that includes with video, animations, and questions and answers. For more: https://SailZing.com/rule-10-on-opposite-tacks-2 In 2018, the Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) and SailZing, LLC partnered on a Fair Sailing initiative. As part of this initiative, SailZing worked with the ILYA and UK Sailmakers to develop a series of articles on the rules. With the rules changes in 2021, SailZing is updating these articles and adding video summaries. Our thanks to UK Sailmakers for generating the animated scenarios. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing

In this video, we explain the changes to the racing rules of sailing 2021-2024. World Sailing revises the rules every four years, and normally publishes them after the completion of an Olympic quad cycle. We didn’t get to complete an Olympic quad cycle in 2020, but the rules changes will still occur in 2021. This video accompanies our post, Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024: Changes on SailZing.com. https://sailzing.com/racing-rules-of-sailing-2021-2024-changes-impacting-sailors/ Links mentioned in the video: World Sailing study version of the changes https://www.sailing.org/documents/racingrules/ World Sailing equipment rules for sailing https://www.sailing.org/28249.php SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing

Rule 12 – On the Same Tack, Not Overlapped is the third right-of-way rule in Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). The SailZing.com post covers what you need to know about Rule 12, with video, animations, questions and answers, and links to the World Sailing Casebook. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing

Different conditions require different strategies, and we’re always looking for better ways to think about strategy choices. In the ILYA Fast Forward Series, Steph Roble and Maggie Shea show us how to make a game plan based on race course types. They developed this concept working with Dave Ullman. This video accompanies our post, Use Race Course Types to Set Strategy: Roble/Shea Sailing, at SailZing.com. https://sailzing.com/use-race-course-types-to-set-strategy-roble-shea-sailing/ SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing

Fair Sailing is a key concept in the racing rules of sailing. What does Fair Sailing actually mean? Do you have to be perfect in following the rules to be a Fair Sailor? Is it OK to go easy on your friends when they break a rule? In this video, we’ll summarize the key points, answer questions, and give examples. This video accompanies our post, "Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024: What is Fair Sailing?," on SailZing.com. https://sailzing.com/?p=12893 SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing

Rule 11 is the second right-of-way rule in Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). This video and associated post cover what you need to know about Rule 11, with video, animations, questions and answers, and links to the World Sailing Casebook. See the rest at: https://sailzing.com/rule-11-same-tack-overlapped/ In 2018, the Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) and SailZing, LLC partnered on a Fair Sailing initiative. As part of this initiative, SailZing worked with the ILYA and UK Sailmakers to develop a series of articles on the rules. With the rules changes in 2021, SailZing is updating these articles and adding video summaries. Our thanks to UK Sailmakers for generating the animated scenarios. SAILZING.com is… Stimulating Learning for Sailors. https://SailZing.com Our mission is to provide the quickest and easiest path for racing sailors to improve their knowledge and skills. Follow us: https://pinterest.com/SailZing/boards https://twitter.com/SailZing https://facebook.com/SailZing