Team racing is great for fast, fun & different sailboat racing. It helps develop some key skills for future racing success, including starting, boat control in close manoeuvres, boat handling & boat-on-boat tactics. This handy companion tells you all you need to know about team racing. Whether it be 2-, 3- or 4-boat; in Optimists; two-man dinghies or keelboats, everything is covered. Chris Atkins has distilled his 40 years` experience in the sport
- as national champion, world championship medal winning coach & umpire
- into 24 packed pages. With this guide you will learn about the rules, practising effectively, building a great team &, most importantly, how to become champion team racers. The book covers the benefits of team racing, how it is conducted & how to do it. With special emphasis on how to overtake & slow down the opposition, from the start & around the course to the finish. It covers practising, developing the winning habit & the team roles. The rules are discussed & applied to team racing as well as the role of umpires & being umpired.