January 24th, 2012


             • The following items (and others) can be found in the US SAILING on-line store. There are many great resources on this site to include, books, DVDs, CDs etc. http://store.ussailing.org/browse.cfm/racing/2,7.html 
                           
                        o    Understanding the Racing Rules by Dave Perry: this is a must have book that explains the racing rules and tactics in layman's terms with great situations and diagrams. 

                        o     US Sailing's Handy Guide to the Racing Rules is a simple guide to the basic rules. Great to give to your crew! 

                        o     Signal Flag Sticker to put on your boat so you are never second guessing yourself about what those  flags mean on the race committee boats. 

                        o     100 Racing Rules Quizzes by Dave Perry. Invite your sailing friends over and have great dinner  conversations throughout the winter. 

                        o     Winning in One Designs by Dave Perry 

                        o     Racing Rules Companion 

                        o     Learn the Racing Rules DVD by  Dave Dellenbaugh


        • Research boat builder and class association web pages and  your sailmakers's tuning guide. Examples for  Flying Scot are below: 

                        o    http://flyingscot.com/
 
                        o     http://flyingscot.com/documents/instructions/Tuning.pdf 
 
                        o     http://www.fssa.com/node/1498  

                        o    http://www.onedesign.com/tabid/25371/Default.aspx 
                                                [Please click on the TUNING tab to see the document

                                o     http://www.gussails.net/files/Gus_FS_Tuning_Guide.pdf 
                                          
            • And for the Laser:

                        o    http://www.laser.org/


        • Surf  the internet for some great articles and information and videos. Key words can be one-design sailboat  racing, buoy sailboat racing, dinghy racing crewing on a one design sailboat, Flying Scot Sailing, Laser Racing, etc.

                        o     Here is a link to a great article about winter preparation for the upcoming sailing  season:  
                               http://northorder.com/articles/article13.html 
 
                         o     Here is a simple article demystifying upwind tactics and strategy. search this website for more  informational  articles: http://www.destinationonedesign.com/community/get_article.aspx?article=8dc6b682-45d2-454b-ad3e-82dd31964bf9 
 
                        o     Speed and Smarts is an electronic newsletter that is fabulous. go on their website and look at past newsletters and articles: http://www.speedandsmarts.com/ 
 
                        o     Read up on racing strategy and tactics. Here is a great article. and while you are on that  website, search for other articles: http://www.sail1design.com/airwaves/tactics-strategy/536-strategy-is- good-tactics-are-evil-by-ken-legler

                        o     Sailing World has some great links. Here is a basic article but has suggestions on other articles to  read:  http://www.sailingworld.com/article/Marcus-Eagan-Flying-Scot