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RIGGING AND TUNING
FUNDAMENTALS:
PART 1
WORDS: SIMON WINKLEY
PHOTOS: ALEX IRWIN – SPORTOGRAPHY.TV AND JOHN HUMPHRIES
THIS YEAR I COACHED A LOVELY LADY ON ONE OF MY OVERSEAS CLINICS. DURING THE
INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT SHE COULD EXPECT FROM THE COURSE I
MENTIONED THAT THE VERY FIRST THING WE WOULD LOOK AT WOULD BE THE BASICS
OF KIT TUNING – SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE MOST FROM EVERY
SESSION. She seemed a little disappointed and said thanks but she would miss that
bit out. “I never touch the kit,” she said, “I only sail on holiday where everything is
already set up.” I had to take action. Ruthlessly switching into used-car-salesman-
mode I just about managed to convince her to attend the tuning session and,
thankfully, by the middle of the week, she was really into it. So much so that after
sorting her own kit she could be seen snooping around other people’s kit to check
that their setups were ok. Success! And if she can get into it anyone can.
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