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Starting, Boat Speed, Strategy – Flying Scot Clinic and Regatta

Want to improve your starting, strategy, and boat speed? At the George Washington Birthday Regatta (GWBR) in February 2022, David Ames and PJ Buhler led a clinic on Friday, sponsored by MAD Sails and Luxe Realty. On the racecourse, they gave another “clinic,” winning the regatta.

Here are the key insights on starting, boat speed, and strategy from the clinic. We confirmed the wisdom of these insights with examples from the on-water clinic and the regatta. David also shared written notes on tuning and boat speed. Links to the notes are provided below.

David Ames and PJ Buhler have been sailing together since their early teens. In 1994, they won the Laser 2 world championships. In 1995, they won the U.S. double-handed youth sailing championship and were second in the Laser 2 world championships. They started sailing the Flying Scot about five years ago and have placed consistently well, winning the 2021 NACs.

Watch the clinic video or read the summary below with added notes in italics.

Starting (00:00 in the video)

• Win the race from the beginning
• Favored end
• Get to the first shift first
• Get out ½ hour before the start; slightly longer if you’re new to doing this. Conserve energy – don’t go out too early.
• Don’t reach up and down line unless there’s a purpose. Stay in center and look upwind frequently.
• With a long line, you can be ahead by boat lengths at the start.
• On a lake with a long line, check wind from each end of the line, either alone or with a buddy
• Where is the wind pressure? Look for hints to the next pressure and shift. If wind is in one phase, look for clues that the other phase is coming in.
• Position in middle until ~two minutes, then choose a side.
• Find layline to desired start position.
• Get on the layline at ~one minute and protect your position.
• Re-do observations.
• Discuss what you can do better in the next race.

Regatta Note on Starting

David and PJ demonstrated their starting skills in the regatta with fairly consistent good starts. In the first race, they started at the favored port end of the line and punched out enough to tack and cross boats. They then tacked back to starboard on a slight header and consolidated their position.

Strategy (11:50 in the video)

There was a brief discussion about strategy. David gave his approach to lake sailing.

• Sail the lifts; don’t chase pressure over the lake.
• It’s Ok to take a short hitch from a lift to get to pressure.

Clinic and Regatta Notes on Strategy

We saw a good example of strategy on the last beat of Race 5. Jeff and Amy Linton rounded the leeward mark in 1 st place. David/PJ rounded in 6 th . For the first half of the beat, everyone sailed on the lifted tack (starboard) in decent pressure. Then David tacked and sailed a long port to the right side of the course. Jeff sailed further on starboard but then also tacked and sailed a long port to the right. The remaining boats in the lead group stayed on starboard, which appeared to be lifted most of the way up the beat.

For a while, it looked like both Jeff and David would lose ground on the others. However, they finished 1 st and 3 rd respectively. After the race, we asked why they took the long port. They both said they saw more wind on the right and that they were able to sail a decent heading on port to get there. Jeff added that he uses his best heading on each tack as a reference. If he’s at the best heading, he almost never tacks away. If he’s below the best heading but still lifted, he will look for pressure and oncoming shifts and then decide whether tacking is the best option.

Boat Speed (12:40 in the video)

• Setting halyard tension based on luff wrinkles.
• Let windward jib tales flutter slightly to take height
• Trim the main and jib harder to stall the leech ribbons 20% of time
• Lock jib telltales streaming back
• Ease main and jib slightly to get flow off the leech
• Use the vang to control twist when you ease the mainsheet
• Don’t cleat the mainsheet – work it constantly
• When unsure check leech ribbons and luff tales
• Big factor in helm balance. You want a little weather helm to keep the boat tracking, especially in lighter air.
• 5-7 degree angle of heel seems to be best for the Flying Scot.
• Play with this and find sweet spot.

Clinic and Regatta Notes on Boat Speed

During the on-water clinic, the wind was light. It was easy to see the boat speed improvements when David and PJ reminded sailors about angle of heel and properly trimming the main sail. In the regatta, David and PJ clearly had good boat speed, both upwind and down. From our observations, one difference was in the transitions. You could see them creep up on other boats when the wind changed.

Flying Scot Tuning and Boat Speed Notes from David Ames

Settings and Techniques to Maximize Boat Speed 10 to 15 kts Settings and Techniques to Maximize Boat Speed 3-6 kts Improving your Flying Scot Settings and Techniques to Maximize Boat Speed 15 to 20 kts

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2024 Midwinters at Lake Eustis - Day 1 racing

After one abandoned race and a few false starts with wind shifts, we got some good racing in today. We had 2 full 3-leg windward races under mostly cloudy skies and 8-0 mph breeze,  maybe a little higher at times. Nice courses, lots of fun.  Watch here for results:  https://theclubspot.com/regatta/NlXOS3p10P/results

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2013 Flying Scot #6030 Rarely Used Good Condition

Equipment: Full Deck over-boom skirted Mooring Cover

Main, Jib & Spinnaker Sails

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Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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