Biggs Bits – Molineux Enterprises

Biggs’ Bits Bit #3

We sail our little boats on ponds and small lakes, sometimes on small parts of larger lakes, but seldom out in the wide-open, and our races generally last 10 minutes at most, rather than about an hour for big boats. That is, the recommendations for big boat racing often do not apply all that well […]

Biggs’ Bit #2

There are two types of sailors, Pointers and Footers. I am a Pointer. Russ Gardner and, I think, Chris Macaluso (many-time Victoria National Champion) are Footers. So what are Pointers and Footers? Simply put, Pointers place a little extra emphasis on pointing close to the wind, in order to decrease the distance sailed to upwind […]

Biggs’ Bit #1

It will be useful for you later in this first Bit for you to understand how I set up my boat, in order for you to understand the important parts of the tuning I hope to describe. Please understand that I am not telling you that you should set your boat up as I do. Set your […]

Winning Strategies

Winning Strategies Here is another 'seminar,' on upwind racing. You have no doubt noticed that in our races the first one to round the first mark (the upwind mark) usually goes on to win. That is true for all sailing racing, I think. It is entirely possible to find better wind on a downwind run than the […]