By Doug
There
was less wind on day 5 and this was a really interesting start.
Brett is
coaching Kristian Ruth (NOR 204758)
and focuses on him for the entire sequence. It's committee boat favored and the boats lined up before one minute at the crowded
windward end of the line. Kristian is between Tobias Schadewaldt (GER 203739) and Ashley Brunning (AUS 206037).
There's a judge boat watching closely that they would have
been aware of, so we get to see the amount of tiller movement before the start
and kinetics after the start that the sailors feel are permitted at a world's
event. They all pull the trigger with five seconds to go and Ashley was
fortunate not to get yellow-flagged at 1:30 in the video.
While the start was clean, none of the boats in this sequence had a good finish in this race.
While the start was clean, none of the boats in this sequence had a good finish in this race.
Great video and very instructive. I've been playing it over and over, and learning something new every time.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to have Brett's videos because there really is too much going on to fully appreciate all at once. These are all world-class sailors who have made it to the gold fleet at a Laser worlds.
DeleteVery aggressive scalloping to maintain / enlarge the gap to leeward.
ReplyDeleteThere's an even better example of this in a video from Day 6 that I'll post shortly.
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