Description
Speed wins races. The difference between mid-fleet and podium is just a couple percent. Get the critical increment of Fast at a North U ASA Sail Trim Seminar.
Boat Speed and Racing Trim Seminar:
– Full day seminar (9:00 am – 4:00 pm) with an experienced North U instructor
– The latest in upwind trim and performance in all condition
– Symmetric and asymmetric spinnaker trim for better speed and control
– North U Trim book available at a 20% discount!
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— Info and Registration
North U. Boat Speed and Racing Trim
The North U Racing Trim Seminar is offered as a one-day course focusing on boat speed and sail trim.
Race and Win
Bicycles, bobsleds, sailboats. No matter what you race, you’ve got to be fast to win. If it’s sailboats you race, then the North U Trim Seminar is for you. North U Trim Seminars teach the latest in racing skills with an emphasis on practical, proven, real-world techniques that will help you win. Even if you never race the seminar will teach you how sail faster and with better control in all conditions.
Championship Performance
The difference between mid-fleet and podium, between good and great, between crossing and ducking, between holding a lane and fading away, is just a couple percent. Nothing huge, but the accumulation of many small things that add up to the margin of victory.
Upwind Trim
You will learn the fundamentals of upwind performance, plus advanced techniques that balance angle of attack, sail depth, and twist in both the main and jib in order to optimize speed and pointing in all conditions. Through animated graphics, photos, and video you will see how the champions do it.
Ready for some seminar prep? Click these pics to download the articles on Puff Response and Puff Response in Heavy Air from our downloads page. We’ll be covering these in the seminar.
Downwind too
In addition, the course covers the latest in spinnaker trim for both symmetric and asymmetric spinnakers. You’ll learn critical details in spinnaker shape, weight placement, helm balance, and trim that will allow you to sail faster, deeper, and with better control. And we cover non-spinnaker Jib & Main technique as well.
You are so close…
There’s no magic. A little here, a little there… It all adds up.
North U Trim Book
Written by Bill Gladstone, the North U Trim Book covers every facet of sail trim, boat speed, and boat handling. It is the compliment to the acclaimed North U Racing Tactics. The new seventh edition (release date: October 2015) includes completely updated graphics in over 200 information packed pages. You’ll learn how to trim and shape control performance – upwind and downwind, for both symmetric and asymmetric spinnakers. Special sections on Trim Solutions solve the most baffling problems in performance. Excerpts have appeared in SAIL, Sailing World, and Yachting. You can add the Trim Book to your registration at a discount.
Top Instructors
Not every great sailor is a good teacher. North U seminar leaders combine outstanding racing skills with years of teaching experience. The focus is on your sailing, not their sea stories. Bring your questions… Leave with speed.
Schedule and Locations
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Class Outline(Course runs from 9:00 – 4:00)
Introduction
- The Racing Pyramid
- Performance Analysis
Upwind Sail Trim
- Theory in Brief
- Goal Oriented Trim
- Genoa Trim
- Mainsail Trim
- Helmsmanship
- Target Boat speed
- Total Power Trim
- Trim, Speed, Balance
- Trim Solutions
Symmetric Spinnaker Trim
- Initial Spinnaker Trim
- Reaching Trim
- Running Trim
- Light Air Performance
- Heavy Air Control
- Pole Height & Spinnaker Shape
Asymmetric Spinnaker Trim
- Initial Asymmetric Trim
- Reaching Trim
- Running Trim
- Tackline Settings
Conclusion
- A Tactical Wizard
