Any Laser Dinghy Experts out there?

[chrisga]

Marcellus said:

Thanks Chris, there's an element that I do need to work on all of the things you pointed out!

With the reaching I think the sequence at around the 00:47 and 02:49 is more reflective of what I was trying to do but then the 00:01:36 is probably more reflective of what I usually end up doing, I think I was trying to "get high" and not trimming well enough!

Leeward mark rounding, tbh mine is crap, at best 50/50, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't, and that one was particularly bad, in my defence; screaming reach, into a mark, Fireball coming through below me at speed, and then a bloody 800 coming toward me that was genuinely a wtf moment bearing away, to miss the 800 but not too much that I impeded the Fireball, no prep at all for teh rounding just look at how much kicker there isn't, usually my set up is when approaching the mark; kicker, centreboard, cunningham then outhaul and in wide out tight. BUt as you say pretty crap, and something I need to work on much more, this summer I went and practiced the bear away, next summer it'll be drills on leeward mark rounding!!

That tack, Andy and I did have a chat about it and agreed that on the water there were no issues but the footage seems to make it all seem very close, I'd say usually I try and "feed the tiller" in for the tack not push and hope, but I think that by that stage tiredness was coming in so technique slipping!!

Thanks for the offer on both the 300 and B14 I will more than likely take you up on both, I have a score to settle on the 300!

No probs at all, just say when you'd like to settle it. I didn't want my critique to sound like critiscism, you were going well and its typical when the cameras on my sailing always turns to st!

Edited by chrisga on Thursday 26th November 10:35

[Marcellus]

chrisga said:

I didn't want my critique to sound like criticism, you were going well and its typical when the cameras on my sailing always turns to st!

God No, your input is really welcomed!!

I struggle in strong winds (which I think Saturday counts as) and rarely get video of me as the Cameraman is often one of those I'm fighting with (albeit he came 4th last season on 50 points versus my 37.3), he knew I wanted footage so took loads of me, I think in the 3rd race he followed me for couple of whole laps.... he commented abotu my inconsistency rounding the leeward mark but left me when he saw my tiller extension come separate from the tiller on the beat resulting in a swim, he did say the other rounding was bob on but boring on film!!