Hints & tips

Fed up with finishing mid fleet? Do your crew think you’re past your sell by date? Refresh yourself with a tuning guide, better still get your crew to read it too!

• J24 Tuning Guide and Sail Trimming – Coaching Tips by Stuart Jardine
• Hyde Sails Tuning Guide
• Hyde technical support
• Shore Sails Turning Guide
• UK Halsey Tuning Guide
• J World Hints & Tips
• Winner’s Debrief: J/24 World Champion Tactician Alex Saldanha – The tactical brainpower behind Mauricio Santa Cruz’s four-time J/24 world championship winning Bruschetta shares his big-fleet management tips.

Mike Ingham – North Sails – Tuning Guide

Below is a series of short clips for advice given by Mike Ingham of North Sails at the 2012 Rochester Worlds

Lecture 1

•  Looking at Sails – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZpPZ5_vIr4
•  Apparent Wind – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePU8YlFj4A
•  Symmetry and Balance – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfymDrivSY
•  Luff Curve – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqmQMhxpe0
•  Jib Hollow – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLgQdMtlJOw
•  Side Bend and the Rig – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh8PC3SKo5Y

Lecture 2

•  Symmetry – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEk-AVLI0pU
•  Mast Balance – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSuQSaZIKs
•  Mast Set Up – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZNXbIO8k8s
• Rig Controls – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6A1ntfIv2M