5TIPS PERFECT UPWIND TRIM

GETTING YOUR YACHT IN THE GROOVE UPWIND

ANDY RICE talks to legendary America’s Cup skipper DEAN BARKER

The ability to get your boat in the groove, finding that elusive ‘sweet spot’, is one of the hallmarks of a great helmsman. However, the helmsman is only as good as the trimmers, and it’s the interaction with mainsheet trimmer and headsail trimmer that really enables you to get the boat singing.

Then the wind changes, or you have to tack, and you have to get back to that perfect set up all over again... Dean Barker offers five of his best tips for hitting your target boatspeeds more of the time, and more often than your opposition.