UGA Sailing: Downwind Sailing

University of Georgia Sailing Chalk Talk 8: Downwind Sailing
Welcome to our new video series! Our growth has been exponential and in efforts to reach as many people as possible on our race team, we've moved to virtual chalk talks. Enjoy!
Allison Chenard, Race Team Captain
US Sailing Level III Coach

[@marklaitao]

I wonder why people don’t subscribe to it, I love this channel

[@ugasailing9571]

Thanks Mark! Glad you're enjoying it :)

[@bboz2463]

This is super informative

[@clivepeaple1331]

Excellent teaching video. One to save!

[@gregorysutton8773]

Excellent, UGA! Nice Moleskine.

[@ugasailing9571]

Thanks, Gregory! I'm a journal fanatic. -Allison

[@velahuang9464]

very helpful, thank you for sharing

[@ugasailing9571]

Thank you, Vela! Glad you found it helpful! -Allison

[@joshuajones3492]

Very well explained easy to relate to comments

[@ugasailing9571]

Thanks, Joshua! -Allison

[@magnoliapin4525]

Tysm! this was very helpful

[@ugasailing9571]

So glad! Thanks for the kind words! -Allison

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The juice part😂

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[@inthezone7622]

What we can do for height please reply me

[@ugasailing9571]

Hi Sudhanshu! Could you please explain your question a little more? Is it a question about your body height or something with the boat? -Allison

[@christiankoerner7084]

What a gifted narrator and Girlsplainer (jk, lite-n-up!) anyway, are you available to Sail on Lake Lanier, got 1 Daughter at UGA but trying to get her to jump front Equestrian team to a TEAM Sport

[@colinwright8215]

The presentation and the content are excellent. My only problem is with the editing .......it's all cut too quickly together and makes it feel really frantic. Slow it down a bit and it would be so much better.

[@ugasailing9571]

Thanks for your feedback, Colin! I've adjusted over the most recent few videos because I agree with you. -Allison

[@stephenyoung4779]

Re 2:55 "one of the big reasons why you would switch from wing-on-wing to both sails on same side is if you were going to sail down in puffs and sail up in lulls." Are you able to provide a bit more info on this. It seems when both sails are on same side, we have flow over both sides of sail (so sails are acting like and airfoil), whereas when sails are on opposite sides there is no flow on leeward side and the wind is simply pushing the sails/boat. The following diagram en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_diagram_%28sailing%29#/media/File:Downwind_polar_diagram_to_determine_velocity_made_good_at_various_wind_speeds.jpg seems to suggest that at low wind speeds I would sail on a reach (both sails on same side) regardless of whether I was in a puff or lull, whereas at strong wind speeds I should sail wing on wing. So it seems not so much whether i'm in a puff/lull but what the wind speed actually is. Thoughts?