Winter sailing isn’t just good for highlighting how bad your circulation is and annoying your family, it has other benefits too If you’re thinking about doing a Frostbite or Winter sailing series this year, and my poetry has failed to convince you (although this does seem unlikely), then perhaps Malcolm Gladwell might have more luck.
Frostbiting is good for many things. It keeps you fit; it builds skills in the off-season; you make new friends; you learn from good sailors; and it can also give you new experiences that you wouldn’t otherwise have.
An Ode to Frostbiting It’s Frostbiting time of year again, And so I pull out my trusty pen And start to fill in the entry form, When slowly memories begin to dawn
About the Sunfish Videos for Sunfish Sailing Books for Sunfish Sailing Links for Sunfish Sailors The Vital Statistics Who\’s Who in Sunfish About the Sunfish The Sunfish dinghy is a single-handed, pontoon style dinghy, with an un-stayed mast and a lateen sail. It has a simple rig set-up, making it good for beginners, but the … Continue reading
A while back I took part in my first Frostbite event after getting back into sailing. It’s always hard to know what is going to count as a good result when you’re racing against people that you’ve never sailed with before, but out of a fleet of 30+ I was hoping to be somewhere around the … Continue reading
The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey Buy Now United States UK & Ireland Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Mentioned in the post called “Frostbiting and Winter Sailing” Buy Now United States UK & Ireland
Make no mistake, race analysis is important. The more you learn from your successes and failures, the quicker you’ll improve. And having a racing log in which you keep a note of your sailing is a crucial step towards becoming a better sailor.
Find Sailing Clubs in the Mid-Atlantic that have dinghy sailing – just follow the links
Find Sailing Clubs in New England that have dinghy sailing – just follow the links
About the Laser Videos for Laser Sailing Books for Laser Sailing Links for Laser Sailors The Vital Statistics Who’s Who Note: the information on this page is for the Standard Rig. We’ll be producing pages for the Radial, 4.7 and Rooster 8.1 rigs as soon as possible. About the Laser / ILCA One of the … Continue reading
