Launch and recover

This video demonstrates the techniques skiff sailors can use to safely launch and recover their boat in a variety of conditions.
We talk through some top tips to launch and recover in a safe and controlled manner, then run through the different launching scenarios and discuss how the techniques can vary.
Kit in this video:
- Superlite wetsuit long john lennonsails.co.uk/superlite-w...
- Race bib lennonsails.co.uk/race-bib/
- Buoyancy aid lennonsails.co.uk/pfd-buoyanc...
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- The Skiff Rig
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[@MozzySails]

Thanks for watching! Please check out the previous episode on the rig for more 'skiff basics' kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXaVfY13bpmngpo

[@MandolinSunrise]

Great vids thanks!

[@jessicamuller9764]

I like to "look for the best place on the shore"... the harbor I have in Switzerland with my RS700 is so small and narrow... I have only 2.5m entry point and one direction to go :-) For onshore wind condition I always drop the main to safely and slowly run in front of top and rigging. Good videos! I like them.

[@MozzySails]

Thanks!

[@jamesmcgougan2003]

If you are new to skiff saling when you are going downwind do u have to have the spiniker out

[@MozzySails]

You don't have to, but you perhaps will find thing easier with the kite up. Trapeze boats are like bikes. The faster you go, the more stable they are. Getting the kite up gives you more to balance against and will feel more stable. It will also unload the mainsail in gybes as the boat will be going faster. Running deep with no spinnaker can feel very tippy as the flow over the sails switches back and forth at the top of the tall rig.

[@dampchimp]

Which beach is this? Looks familiar.

[@MozzySails]

Sandy Point at Hayling Island sailing Club