From my limited experience I found dead running slow, and sailing by the lee didn't work well. I preferred gybing to keep the boat on a very broad reach. I haven't explored it a lot though

Hello. If you are sailing a double handed boat, the crew or helm can be scooped into the boat as it rights and prevent the boat capsizing again. I will keep it in mind for a video for when the water is warm enough to persuade people to jump in. Thanks

Hello. Good question. Generally you should leave the dagger board raised slightly. If it is all the way down the impact of the sail filling on the new side is going to have more of a tipping effect. You can gybe from sailing by the lee, but will require a slightly different technique to get a good exit to the gybe, or you can just pull the sail in a bit and get it done. I have a plan to do a video on various gybe techniques for the laser. If in doubt though give it a go and see what happens

Either 4mm or 5mm. Shock cord seems to be a bit variable in thickness from one to the next.

@@Andykerrsailtraining thank you!!

Thanks for the comment. I could definitely make the videos more concise and I will try for some in the future. I'm having fun making them and learning and enjoy a bit of self absorbed rambling sometimes. Will take it onboard and keep on trying.

Thanks for the question. I will see if I can find some good footage and put a video together. In general it is best to go slightly too loose than too tight if you are experimenting.

Hello Gary. It has been a while. Good to hear you are still sailing. If the tiller is catching it is probably the tiller head. The bit that goes into the stock. They can wear and drop lower. Try wedging the tiller further into the stock and see if that helps. If it still catches you can reshape the tiller head to lift it up a bit, use a sander. You may need to add some thickened epoxy to the underside. Hope this helps.

​@@AndykerrsailtrainingHi Andy ,ive not been sailing as much as i should ,ive also got into windsurfing about 3 years ago and been doing that more than sailing , ive gone fast windsurfing, 20 knots + and iam absolutely hooked !!!! I still love racing my laser and iam getting back into it ,ive raced a bit recently, after not sailing my boat for a while the first time out it felt terrible with the tiller all loose and catching cleat ,lots of other issues. Thanks for your advice and your video was helpful, the problem was as you said tiller not going back fully into rudder stock , i had been relying on a pin which had become rusty and bent , ive actually worn a flat spot on the underside of my tiller where it has been rubbing on back of boat !!! So done away with pin and made a pull down purchase system that works, now tiller sits up and clears cleat np . Ive gone thru boat trying to improve anything possible and worth doing , new pintels, rooster ultimate traveller rope which is nice , the new traveller cleat with notch for elastic, much cleaner, the new boom and traveller blocks are the biggest difference , new bailer with springs, mine was stuck open, a rubber stand up boot for mainsheet block ,and ive been tidying and fiddling with rigging to make things shorter and setup as well as possible. Now my boat feels so much better, its me i need to work on 😂 iam pretty rusty so thers lots of room for improvement, most things i know if iam doing badly and will work on and will hopefully come back to me with regular sailing. One thing racing yesterday i need to work on ,i have never been any good at gybing sailing by the lee dead downwind, i struggle to gybe without steering lots ,even tried to avoid doing this because i know iam no good gybing ,had other boats near ,so decided to gybe at the mark instead which was then an upwind leg so of course that gybe was a disaster, completely unprepared for upwind leg 😂 also i nearly death rolled a few times ,from nowhere boat was rocking all over ,shifty gusty Hunts conditions dosnt help but i should be used to it by now . Any advice on these issues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Oh yes just spotted my typo, oops.

Hello. It is the handicap fleet at my sailing club. There is a mixture of boat classes of different speeds, the result is worked out by applying a formula to the finishing time.

@@Andykerrsailtraining thank you. Interesting that dinghies can have that too! We have handicap/rating races only for keelboats in Finland.

@@RealRudeRubeodd ye same as him my club races every Saturday and it’s just a mix of boats and sailors some national levels even some world level then you got brand new guys and everything in between. All just race together

@@willsmed Hi, most of the video is me sailing a Solo, with a brief clip in a Laser.

This should be a good one for you Martin. Cheers.

@@Andykerrsailtraining Agreed, thanks !

Hope it helps. You will be trying to correct something that is automatic, which is a challenge. To begin with try slowing your tacks down by easing the sail and using less rudder than usual and make a deliberate effort to extend your back hand as you tack. Also practice the steering behind your back before you swap.

Thanks, hope it helps. The midway cross is a very common mistake which leads to issues as tacks develop.

@@Andykerrsailtraining Oh? What issues develop from this tacking, sorry if I'm a bit ignorant, I'm extremely new to sailing so I've been trying to learn as much as possible.

@@graye_2843 The key part of a tack is the rudder movement, if the sailor isn't able to change the amount of rudder they are using through the tack it will typically lead to over steering which becomes a problem when trying roll tacks or when sailing in stronger winds. Swapping hands mid tack tends to interfere with steering, I have also seen it slow the crossing of the boat. All become issues as tacking and sailing skill develops.

@@Andykerrsailtraining Oh! I see, thanks so much!

Hello. Thank you, I'm glad you find them useful. Definitely applicable to Toppers, the guide should be applicable to all boats. Toppers and Lasers are very similar in the way they are sailed.

I agree. Although they will definitely be looking out for delaying righting the boat after the tack and rolling the boat further after the tack is complete before righting it.

@@Andykerrsailtraining true. Though it's probably worth noting that doing that will always be slower than righting immediately on exit anyway, provided you've pulled enough roll on.

@@CEJ48 why would they focus on penalizing an unhelpful mistake?! r42 is broken in ILCAs (as is the fleet culture toward r42, I would argue after seeing some egregious stuff among podium finishers at NAs)

​@@connorgodfrey It's just how they interpret the rules... You can roll the boat to assist turning, if you hold it on the new tack you are no longer turning so your excuse to pull the roll on is mute... imo, as long as there is a consensus on what's acceptable there's no issue.

@@CEJ48 check out the way a lot of people are now rolling/flattening the boat 4+ times to facilitate one jibe as they grab the aft lengths of the mainsheet; and judges are allowing it. you're exactly right about consensus, except that consensus often seems to be nonexistent and/or distant from the purpose/intent of r42.

Thanks. I hope to do a video about how the main and jib work together. Definitely makes sense what you are saying and is a good case of knowing your boat.

I think I have the explanation for your case. When both telltales streaming perfectly, you achieve the highest lift but also the highest drag. The highest coefficient of lift and drag (the best lift to drag ratio) is not at that point, however, but slightly before that, where the windward telltales stall a bit, and the leeward telltales stream perfectly, and that where you go the fastest upwind. You can learn more about it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHW7kImEhJeEmJo&si=MfeRS5tYKJZREiwg

Sounds scary, a lucky escape.

A sail that is not under power will flap freely (luff) in the direction opposite the wind. You want to minimize the chance your sail will power up after you’ve righted it, otherwise all manner of chaos might ensue. When you’re righting the boat, the sail is the last thing to come out of the water, so the goal is to have it come out opposite of the wind to start, so it has no chance of powering up. If your back is to the wind as you're on the centerboard, the sail comes out of the water pointing opposite the wind by default. If the sail points into the wind as it comes up, it will dramatically flip to one side or the other as it crosses through the eye of the wind, exerting all kind of force and making for a very tough recovery.

@@Palundrium Great explanation! That was missing from the video. Thank you!

Interesting opinion. Kinetics, using your body weight to speed up the boat is a difficult skill and very much a part of sailing especially on the sea. Pumping is allowed in the rules and definitely in the tacks but there are limits and sailors need to become skilled at it to use it correctly.

It sounds like you are sailing some interesting boats. I would mainly recommend the above for modern style boats. But if any boat is inverted you want to right it so that the sails flap freely as the boat comes up, so the advice of righting the boat with the rig downwind of the hull should apply to all. Have fun pushing the envelope in which ever boat you can get out in.

You’d risk turtling the boat if you step on the mast…

if i am racing i dont care for cold mate, if you dont want to get cold dont sail.

@@jordaxuk in a race u have to preserve energy and getting wet on the head is really bad for endurance

@@aristoskk9961 dont se how this is wasteful of energy swiming quicly around a boat is not that easy and seconds are valuable. This literly takes 1 second and you are on the other side

@@jordaxuk the same way cupsizing is a very tiring action

Thanks for the comment, great to hear it worked for you.

Great tips! I can do dry capsize pretty well, but with your tips I can make it even faster!

And yes about the Death roll. If you’re on the verge of Death roll, sheet in or tighten your vang!

I was sailing Lasers early 1970s. You described the technique perfectly. Sailing Buzzards Bay in 20 knots we often capsized to rest in between races.