Downwind Tactics with Roble / Shea Sailing - Youth

Olympic Sailing Team members Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea discuss downwind tactics for youth. Need a better way to decide how to exit the windward mark? Want to learn how to recognize shifts downwind? Want to learn how to play offense and defense downwind? It’s all here.

A more thorough debrief of the content is available at SailZing.com or watch the full video here. https://sailzing.com/downwind-tactics...

Use the timings in the video description to go directly to the topics that interest you or read a summary of the key insights below.

The Fast Forward series is a partnership between the ILYA and SailZing.com featuring Roble/Shea Sailing and other top sailors. The videos are edited recordings of live webinars conducted in spring 2020.

OUTLINE & VIDEO TIMINGS - Downwind Tactics

Strategic priorities based on wind conditions (00:01:30)
Focus areas for each third of the leg (00:03:12)
Questions to ask as you approach the windward mark (00:05:47)
Exiting the mark: gybe or continue? (00:09:34)
Sail the headed gybe (00:12:25)
Why telltales or a Windex are must-have tools for downwind (00:14:19)
Detecting shifts, puffs, and lulls with telltales (00:16:33)
Middle of downwind – speed and lane management (00:27:29)
Taking a boat’s wind (00:27:48)
Choosing a lane out of the corner (00:34:20)
How to avoid the “jump” (00:37:00)
Leeward mark approach – avoid the cone of death (00:40:36)
Choosing the gate (00:43:25)
Leeward mark rules (00:52:25)
Q&A (01:01:39)

MORE INFORMATION AT SAILZING.COM - Downwind Tactics

Play the Shifts Downwind – Check Your Understanding - https://sailzing.me/akh

Downwind Strategy: Use Apparent Wind Clues - https://sailzing.me/mcu

Downwind Strategy Mistakes: Four Ways to Get Passed - https://sailzing.me/v12

Leeward Gate Tactics: 8 Tactical IQ Scenarios - https://sailzing.me/jj6

ABOUT THIS SERIES

The ILYA, Roble/Shea Sailing, and SailZing.com are partnering to develop a series of videos for youth sailors with insights from US Olympic Sailing Team & ILYA members, Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea. The videos are edited recordings of live webinars conducted in spring 2020.

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