Description

Dave Perry’s
Rules as Tactical Tools Webinar
Racing success requires strong tactics; and tactics are dictated by the Rules: Your Rights, Obligations, and Opportunities in every tactical situation are dictated by the Rules.

Rules as Tactical Tools Webinar
– A Four-Session Course led by Tactics & Rules Expert and master instructor Dave Perry.
– Attend LIVE and Review the RECORDINGS for months
– Available On-Demand if you cannot attend live
– If you sign up mid-series you can access the earlier recordings

Dates & Times
Each Series consists of 4 Sessions.
Series 1: Tuesday, Wednesday: Feb 15, 16, 22, 23, 2022.
7:30 – 9:30 pm eastern time

Series 2:  Saturday, March 12 :
ALL day – 9:00am – 4:30pm eastern
2 morning sessions, 2 afternoon sessions.  A long day… with breaks
* To attend live, in person in Newport click here

Series 3: Tuesday, Thursday: April 26, 28, May 3, 5
7:30 – 9:30 pm eastern time

ALL programs will be RECORDED for viewing and reviewing.

Dave Perry
Dave is a 2X All American and Dinghy National Champion (Yale), a 5X US National Match Racing Champion, and a National Judge and Chair of the US Sailing Appeals Committee. He was the Rules Advisor for several America’s Cup and US Olympic Sailing Teams including the at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, and was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2020.
Dave’s racing prowess is but the half of it. He is a masterful instructor and coach with decades of experience training and mentoring sailors. He has authored three books on sailboat racing and the rules, and has led many North U seminars and webinars.

Curriculum (in brief – details below…)
– Your Tactical Relationship to Rivals
– Know Your Rights
– Know Your Obligations
– Know your Options
– Make informed Choices
– Tactics to keep you in control
– Tactics to keep others from controlling you

Course Topics
Session 1 – Rules & Tactics on the Upwind Legs
Session 2 – Rules & Tactics on the Downwind Legs
Session 3 – Rules & Tactics at the Marks
Session 4 – Rules & Tactics at the Starts

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The Rules as Tactical Tools
The Rules as Tactical Tools is an in-depth look at tactical positioning at key areas around the race course (upwind & downwind legs, at marks and at starts), with an analysis of the important rules to know in each. Dave includes spectacular video of many of the tactical situations he discusses. Common scenarios are analyzed from the perspective of each boat. You’ll see how to play through the moves and counter-moves to get to your best solution. This is an enjoyable and educational presentation for all levels and types of racers and race officials.

Session 1: Upwind Tactics
How hard can it be? There are only two choices: Keep going or tack.
In Session 1 of the North U Rules as Tactical Tools we’ll analyze Upwind Rules and Tactics and discuss how to position yourself versus rivals to create opportunities to gain while minimizing potential losses. You’ll learn tactical positioning across the fleet, and how to attack and defend in one-on-one battles.

Session 1: Upwind Tactics
• Port Starboard (and Starboard Port)
• Two Boat Scenarios
• Three Boat Scenarios
• Positioning Relative to Groups of Boats
• Control
• Freedom
• How to Attack! Defend!
• Quality Tactical Communication

Session 2: Downwind Tactics
In Session Two of the North U Rules as Tactical Tools Webinar we turn downwind and explore reaching and running tactics. Now the trailing boats attack and leaders defend! We’ll look at how to attack, how to defend, and how to extend.

Session 2: Downwind Tactics
• Port Starboard (and Starboard Port)
• Windward / Leeward
• Overtaking and Rule 17
• Attacking at arms length

Session 3: Mark Rounding & Finishing Tactics
In Session Three of the North U Rules as Tactical Tools Webinar, we will explore and discuss the many tactics for fast and smart windward and leeward mark approaches, roundings and exits, including leeward gates and finishing line tactics. You’ll see how a clear understanding of the rules can pay big dividends as the crowds converge at each rounding.
This segment will include a variety of common scenarios and will review the rights and obligations of each boat as the situations evolve. You’ll leave with an understanding of mark rounding priorities that will allow you to quickly assess any situation.

Session 3: Mark Rounding and Finishing Tactics
• Windward Mark approach, rounding, exit tactics
• Leeward Mark approach, rounding, exit tactics
• Tactics at Leeward Gates
• Finishing Tactics Upwind and Downwind

Session 4: Starting Tactics
Starts can be chaos, but a good start can set you up for an even better finish. In Session Four of the North U Rules as Tactical Tools Webinar we make order of the frenzy. Success in these fast paced and changing situations depends on a clear understanding of regular and special rules that apply at starts.

Session 4: Starting Rules and Tactics
• Regular Rules at Starts
• Special Rules at Starts
• Transitions, Rights, Obligations
• Changes at the gun…
• Avoiding Common Starting Pitfalls

Dave Perry’s Recommended Reading for Rules as Tactical Tools Prep
Performance Racing Tactics Book
Written by Bill Gladstone, the North U Performance Racing Tactics Book takes you all the way around the course.
The seventh edition covers tactics, rules, weather, and strategy in 180 information-packed pages. The fast moving, easy to follow format is accessible to all readers. Rules are covered the way you use them – (ie upwind rules as part of upwind tactics). The content offers complete information for neophytes and insights which grab the attention of the saltiest dog. Quizzes and skill building sections show how to develop a race winning approach.

An essential part of any racing sailors library, you can add the Tactics Book to your registration. (The book is not required for the Webinar. Price includes US shipping.)

Bill Gladstone
North U Director Bill Gladstone has been teaching sailing and racing for decades. The author of the North U Performance Racing Trim and Performance Racing Tactics books and creator of the North U Seminars and Webinars, graduates of Bill’s programs are racing and winning in fleets the world over.