Race to Win Sailing Podcast

Using the unique Bavaria Cup regatta, this podcast explores how raceQs' sailing app calculates the wind direction without any input from wind instruments.  

Handicaps are always a hot issue in sailboat racing.  Recently, raceQs' upgraded our interface to calculate corrected times for handicapped boats that use our app.  Check out this podcast to get a basic understanding of sailing handicaps, and how to use the new handicap features in raceQs.

The choreography of a perfect tack requires every team member to perform their job flawlessly. We can break those jobs down into five parts: 

Preparation, Pre-Release, Release, Grinding, and Trimming. Watch the episode to learn how much time is lost when we make mistakes, and what we should focus on to improve tacking performance.

In this podcast, we tell the story of a boat that experienced serious structural damage from a very common type of accident. Speaking directly to one of the boat owners, we get a first hand account of how they turned a potential disaster, into nothing more than another day on the water.

Will Paxton uses raceQs' Groove Analysis, Tacking Data, and Geovids to analyze his winning performance at the Resin Regatta.  He makes a few discoveries about his sail trim and tacking patterns using footage from his GoPro that is synced with his raceQs' 3D Replay.

Will Paxton breaks down one of his races in the St.Francis Spring series, and shows us how the pros keep calm and battle back from a rough start. We discuss tack and duck, tactics in a strong tide upwind, the "proper course" rule, and some tips for creating passing lanes downwind.

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Finally, we found a race that Will Paxton didn't win!  Of course, he claims that was his plan all along, since he was five points ahead in the series.  In this podcast, Will gives us some tips for surviving a "Parade Race", demonstrates trimming for speed when you've overstood the mark, and drives home the importance of doing your pre-race homework.

Have you ever been drifting around a race course, when suddenly, a boat ghosts by as if powered by an ungodly force?  It can seem unnatural.  We recorded such a phenomenon in this race, when Will Paxton sneaks by the entire fleet in less than three knots of wind.  Even better, we got him to tell us just how he did it.

Watch the highlights of a thrilling duel between Peter Burling and Nathan Outteridge during the final race of the 2015 Moth Worlds.  These two rockstars pull far ahead of the fleet as they battle for ultimate bragging rights in the world renowned Moth Mach 2.

Beautiful Sorrento, Australia was the venue for the 2015 Moth World Championships. Check out this highlight reel from first official day of the Worlds, where competitors sails just one race, due to poor conditions.  Still, there was plenty of excitement on the course, with a suprising upset in the last seconds of the race during a heated battle for first place.  Special thanks to Beau Outteridge Productions for use of their video.

Allan Terhune takes us through a recent race aboard his J/70, "Dazzler".  He walks us through his tactics and gives some trim tips for the J/70.    Allan Terhune is a National and World champion in several classes, and the Global One Design Director for Quantum Sails.

We sit down once again with six time national champ and Quantum Sailmaker Will Paxton, to pick his brain.  In this episode, Paxton explains the thought processes behind his winning tactics in an Express 27 race on San Francisco Bay.

We sit down with six time national champion, Will Paxton, to discuss both upwind and downwind sail trim.  Watch Paxton's raceQs' Geovid as the Quantum sailmaker and designer gives a breakdown of his performance during a one design Express 27 race.

 Review the five gears of sailing, each designed for a different set of conditions or goals. Remember, just sitting in the groove doesn't win races. Experienced racers constantly change gears and make adjustments to get most out of every puff, lull, and shift.