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thank you for your great videos! question: in the last exempple, the boat most astern of the red boat, isn't it pointing in the shadow of the closest windward boat of the red boat?

Thanks for showing this. I was a bit reluctant to use this splice, because the splice is not locked as you see with the eye splices. If the ends slip inside the rope, the splice comes apart gradually. I watched three other videos of the same kind of end to end splices. One was like yours and the two others recommended to sew some holding stitches by sewing thread at the middle of the splice.

That was really good. I got a little bit more perspective on stuff I already knew. One of the reasons its good to sail with different people. You will usually pick up a little bit of glitter dust you can apply to your skill set.

If you ever arrive late to a race, one thing to remember is that the only single long horn is given exactly at the 1 minute mark, when the P flag is lowered (covered in rule 26). There are short single horns at 5,4, and 0. So even if you didn't see the flags, if you hear a long horn, and your class flag is flying, you have 1 minute to start. Also some yacht clubs add a 'wakeup' warning of a few short blasts at the 6 minute mark to wake everybody up.

Very good video but the audio needs improvement.

What is the difference between a rolling restart and any other restart?

Thank you for your presentation it was very useful

This was great, but the end was a little confusing. If you sail on for a while after hitting a shift, and experience a change in the true wind direction, wouldn't that make it a true wind shift and not a velocity shift?

thanks i learned so much

What language do you speak???

Brilliant. I am wondering what the formula is though to work out the approximate apparent windspeed from the other two

Finally I get it. Thank you

In a multi-fleet day, when are you considered 'racing' and have the right to be near the line, when you are in the start sequence or sometime during the sequence?

Good explanation thankyou

1:36 you said yellow and orange but i'm seeing green and orange :o either a mistake or one of us needs their eyes tested! great guide :) this is all so complex im beginning to think racing is more about playing the rules than anything!! seems like rules (and safety) are more than half the battle as someone who doesnt sail.

9.1. Individual Recall When at a boat's starting signal any part of her hull, crew or equipment is on the course side of the starting line or she must comply with rule 30.1, the race committee shall promptly display flag X with one sound. The flag shall be displayed until all such boats have sailed completely to the pre-start side of the of the starting line or one of its extensions and have complied with rule 30.1 if it applies, but no later than four minutes after the starting signal or one minute before any later starting signal, whichever is earlier. If rule 30.3 or 30.4 applies this rule does not.

Your audio is extremely muffled in this video. Tough to follow along.

Love your videos and your diagrams. Thanks! One minor suggestion for future: maybe try a microphone. The audio was a little tough to understand in spots, muffled or just not clearly articulated, ie Did he say "are" or "aren't"? Since what you have to say is so beneficial, I don't want to miss any!

Well done! Thank you for making this!

This is the clearest description of the rules available on TH-cam today. I was puzzled by the way boats on opposite tacks can be overlapped when sailing >90 deg off the wind, but never when sailing upwind. Presumably this was included as a segue to rule 18 at the leeward mark, though for portside roundings the inside boat already has right of way. It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall when these discussions took place. Please make more of these, I know they take major effort.

Is starting a race hard?

Thanks for sharing this key information on gybing. Very well explained and the images help alot to visualize

Greetings, from your newest subscriber. Excellent idea for a channel! I see you haven't yet done one on rule 18, there is plenty of room for discussion on that. I've been confused by starboard roundings, especially with the newest 2017 rule version.

great stuff. but where is the rest? (like mark room)

Great stuff. Been sailing a long time but I learned from this video. Many thanks

Thank you.That was most helpful.

Very well explained. Thank you!

"Under the U and Black flags the RC will still raise the individual recall flag." Not in my experience. Z flag - "any boat over the line in the last minute will receive 20% scoring penalty." That sounds like they do not have to go back and recross the line!

Very good and simple explanation. Looking forward to more videos like this one!

This video packs a lot of good information. Thanks for posting it.