Laser Sailing Top Tips - Tacking - with Double Olympic Gold Medallist Shirley Robertson

[@RYA1875]

Hi Matthew - this content comes from RYA Champion Club - currently not on DVD but you can view all the videos on our RYA Champion Club playlist (I've added the link to the video description)

[@modzhacsandapks5650]

Royal Yachting Association - RYA I am currently getting my 3-4 courses any tips

[@THEQuest2112]

squeeze in that last bit of mainsheet byes'

[@chroniclesofstuntbucket3522]

Thanks for the vid, but not gonna lie, it was frenetic and didn't help too much. the video jumps were distracting and the explanation/voice-over wasn't synched with what was going on in the vid. Maybe a redo is warranted?

[@MatthewMcGregorMento]

Could you please tell me if this is part of a longer video (DVD?) and if so what it's called? Thanks

[@SlightReturn666]

that's an awful lot of tiller on the tack. great body movement but that much rudder just murders your speed. I don't think the tiller should ever go beyond the rear corner of the cockpit

[@fabiocamargo8721]

muito bom...

[@galinarokautene6974]

Хелло Галлла**** РЖАВЦЕВА.**** Миллиард****** Уверенно)***

[@bennetttrumfio4350]

Why is he using a 4.7 sail? I'm 12 and I use a full sail

[@bennetttrumfio4350]

She sorry

[@johannpfluger2689]

Easier to get under

[@noahmckay276]

@@johannpfluger2689 it’s harder to get under bruh

[@AndrewLale]

Look at the weather. That's a lot of blow.

[@jj27vv]

Eeek!

[@joshuak019]

Lol, she uses to much tiller movement on the tack, and doesn't use her body enough to roll the boat.

[@joshuak019]

Well for what I know...

[@hazmatharry]

Well, she managed to do it didn’t she?

[@alexis3030303030]

a 4.7 really? -_- I'm a girl stated sailing radials at 13 and weighed 90 lb

[@GameGardenStores]

I don't think you would be able to compete efficiently at big events. The ILCA states that Laser Sailors must be able to race up in up to 30kts of breeze.3 races in 30kts is tough, regardless of what rig you sail. I'm 70kg (150lbs) 6 foot 2 in, and still race in the 4.7. My added weight means I literally tear up the fleet when its windy. I can also keep the boat flatter in moderate winds which furthermore increases my speed. However, I do train in a radial and the full rig (if its light).

[@bugodi327]

Sir Will Quinn if ur 70 kgs its time for the radial

[@AlessandroMercante95]

+Sir Will Quinn I'm 70 kg and I race in the Standard Class :) Anyway, 70 is really too much for a 4.7. ILCA states that Laser Sailors should be able to race up to 30 knots, but a race can be done with 6 knots too. I don't think you can be competitive with 70 kg on the 4.7 with 6 knots. 70 Kg is the perfect weight for Radial, if you are fit you can handle a wind up to 30 knots, and you'll fly with 6 knots if you know how to do it.

[@AlessandroMercante95]

What he's doing with the sheet at the end of the tack is wrong. Also, the voice over states that moving inboard helps the boat heading up. That's not how you tack on a Laser.

[@Jay40play]

You're not an Olympic gold medalist. Clearly the champion we are watching knows a bit more about tacking than you do.

[@Jay40play]

Guess that is why you never "made it" mate.

[@WestShore88]

that tack was not good at all