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RIG@90 &
RIG ROTATOR
EXIT
We covered this fully in last months
Rig@90 & Rotation issue, but here
are the key points.
Once clew-first, you could just rotate the
rig round and complete a 360. But I
urge you to Skills Train ‘clew-first’ or
more accurately RIG@90 degrees
sailing a pretty much dead DOWNWIND
on a broad reach! This clocks up
valuable time replicating a
monumentally crucial moment during
your gybe exits. Don’t interpret ‘clew-
first’ as sailing with the clew pointing
forwards with an extended clew hand,
this is what rips so many sails out of so
many hands at the end of a gybe.
BROAD –
RIG@90!
Touch Point: Chin on shoulder looking
forward.
Touch Point: Clew hand well down the
boom, hanging down and talking into
that microphone.
Rig Rotation Touch Points
Always rotate the sail on very, very broad
reach!
1. Touch Point: The mast hand moves
right up to the boom clamp prior to
releasing the clew hand.
2. The new front hand goes under and
well down the boom. It can be over
or under grip, whichever works for
you.
3. Drop low in a Sunken 7 stance, chin
on shoulder to look forward and out
of that turn!
You can do this whole ‘360’ over and
over again simulating the beginning of a
duck gybe and drilling the end of a gybe.
Learn to love them this summer!
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