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Finishing out our four part series is this brief podcast on Jib draft depth and position.  We also talk about how to see the jib twist, and how the car position and sheet tensions affect trim.   This series is a great guide on how integrating a top view video with raceQs' Geovids will improve your racing analysis, and performance.  The view from the top gives us so much information about our sail trim, it took four podcasts!

Direct download: ViewFromTheTopPart4.1.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 5:39am EDT

Now you can finally tell when a tack is really good, or really terrible, and why.  In this podcast we review the basics of raceQs' tacking data and discuss the primary goal of tacking: lose as little time as possible.  We'll explain how you can measure your tacking angle and how slow you get.   

Direct download: Tacking_Podcast_1.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 4:53am EDT

In this podcast we look at the the draft depth and draft position of the upper, middle, and lower parts of the main. Because GeoVids are synced with sailing data, we can search for moments of good VMG and evaluate how we trimmed our sails to get those positive results. We can also look at how our trim adjustments played out over time.

 

 

Using the mast view GeoVid, we have clear view of the draft stripe so we can use “AccuMeasure” to get exact figures for the draft position, depth, and even the mainsail twist. Comparing these numbers to our speed and VMG at different points in our race is a great teaching tool. Over time, we can get hard data for our trimmers on exactly what we need to do to excel in every condition.  

Direct download: ViewFromTheTopPart3.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 1:27am EDT

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