Light air speed and freedom day, with ISSA boathandling rules/restrictions recognition.

FOCUS:  1) Clear Air in Light Air, and 2) Legal, smooth, boat-handling and sail trim (and weight trim)

• work on smooth boat handling, taking advantage of flat water to gain distance upwind with slow initial turns in your tacks.
• downwind, again, you have to be careful not to overdue either the turn or the roll. It’s OK. distance gained downwind is key, without over-slowing or over-rolling and coming out of the gybe too fast. Move gently when on a tack and dont shake the rig/boat with clumsy movements.
• jib trim in light air in an FJ is ABSOLUTELY critical…… down-speed over-trimming is death
• closed leeches on either sale are death
• CLEAR AIR is ALL the more important in light air in these under-powered boats, and wind-shadows/blanket zones are much bigger in light air. You must frame your tactics to seek clear air even more than normal
• your weight should be as low and in the forward/middle of the boat as humanly possible. See photo for crew technique below.