Team Racing for Sailboats - Softcover

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Steve Tylecote has been winning in top level international team racing events for the last seven years. Recently he raced with GBR1 Spinnaker to win the 2001 Hinman Trophy for the US Team Racing Championships, a feat never previously achieved by a non-North American team. In 1995 he captained GBR1 to win gold at the ISAF World Team Racing championships. He followed up on this success with two further Team Racing World Championship medals, in Ireland 1999 and Czech Republic 2001. Steve has won the Wilson Trophy for the British Open Championships on numerous occasions. He has also captained the British team to win the British American Cup for keelboat team racing and has won the British Universities Team Racing Championships as captain of Southampton University.

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Whether you race with two, three or four boats per team, in dinghies or keelboats, this manual will help you win. It covers:

• The language of team racing: winning combinations, race focus, stable/unstable positions
• Team strategy and tactics
• Team skills eg starting, stopping at marks, converting to a better combination
• The individual skills you need
• Positioning and windshadow control
• How umpiring work

This second edition has been completely revised for the 2001-2005 Rules, there are more pages, photos have been added, new sections show how to organise your team strategy, and key manoeuvres are covered in much greater depth.

"This has already become the bible for all enthusiastic team racers". UKTRA

"This excellent book provides a unique insight into the thinking of one of the most respected and talented team racers of his generation". UKTRA Website