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Barbados Worlds Update No2 |
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Written by Kimball Livingston
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:04 |
Barbados Yacht Club, Monday, April 29, 2013
Let's Hear it for the Replay
Nobody goes to a regatta hoping to be rained out, but a day of torrential rains and no racing at the 2013 SAP 5O5 World Championship did at least bring the sailors together for a class meeting at the Barbados Yacht Club, while leaving ample time for replaying and (and replaying) the first four races as presented by SAP Analytics. There is always something more to be discovered in speed, tactics, or the interplay of techniques.
How else would the young Americans, Ted Conrads and Brian Haines, identify a speed deficiency of .8 knot on one leg-and only one leg-as the factor that made the difference?
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Barbados Worlds Update No1 |
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Written by Jonathan Ross
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Monday, 29 April 2013 15:35 |
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Barbados Yacht Club, Sunday, April 27, 2013
Seeing Through the Shifting Challenges
There are two casinos within walking distance of the Barbados Yacht Club, and if anybody ought to hit the casinos tonight it's German skipper Stefan Boehm, winner of the opening two races of the SAP 5O5 World Championship and a strategic gambler in both.
Racing continues through Friday in the sparkling Caribbean off Bridgetown, Barbados, where German sailors hold the top three spots on the leaderboard. In sailor-talk, Boehm and crewman Gerald Roos started hard-left in race one and led at every mark. They started hard-right in race two and led at every mark except one.
In the ever-changing world of wind and water, there is always a reason to favor one side of the racecourse or the other. At that second-race start, Boehm and Roos were looking at another left-favored situation, but-
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Written by Mike Holt
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013 06:42 |
St Francis Spring Dinghy 2013
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Enter this years SAP 505 Worlds here |
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Written by Mike Holt
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Saturday, 02 March 2013 00:54 |
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Enter Here! |
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