Tacking & Gybing
Tacking
​Watch this video from 21:00 minutes in super slow motion. The skipper already has the tiller extension on the side. We start with the tiller extension in front of the chest:
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Back foot on far side.
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Bring tiller extension from microphone grip in front of your chest to the side for frying pan handle grip (use good fingering for this, no help with the sheet hand!!).
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Initiate tack.
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Bring tiller to the middle as the boom comes over.
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Point tiller extension to the other side.
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Cross over, sit down and steer behind your back (for a while so that you learn how to do this well).
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Hold the tiller extension with your sheet hand (index finger and thumb pointing to centre of boat - frying pan handle grip).
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Let go of the tiller extension with your other hand and grab the main sheet.
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Let go of the main sheet with your tiller hand and use good fingering technique to bring the tiller extension in front of your chest.
Gybing
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to be continued....
Liam and Clem demonstrating tacking
Liam and Clem demonstrating gybing
coming soon