Olympic Sailing Team members RobleShea Sailing explain Starting Strategy. Steph and Maggie shared many insights that go beyond the advice most of us have learned. The interaction was rich, with preplanned polls and lots of viewer questions.

A more thorough debrief of the content is available at SailZing.com or watch the full video here. Use the timings in the video description to go directly to the topics that interest you or read a summary of the key insights below.

The Fast Forward series is a partnership between the ILYA and SailZing.com featuring Roble/Shea Sailing and other top sailors. The videos are edited recordings of live webinars conducted in spring 2020.

Outline and Video Timings
1. Starting insights (00:01:49)
Two goals
When does the race really begin?
The “favored end” is not always favored
2. Where to start – four factors (00:07:55)
3. Line bias (00:09:39)
Two ways to check
Payoff chart
4. The line in thirds – risk and reward (00:15:28)
5. Line sag – illusions and tricks (00:18:45)
6. Prestart routine – 10 tasks (00:23:36)
7. Making line sights work (00:29:07)
8. Q&A 1 (00:35:35)
9. In the sequence – minutebyminute tasks (00:38:01)
10. The final approach (00:45:09)
Three areas for total focus
Managing Your Hole
Snatching and defending a gap
45 & 20 second assessment
Bail out options
11. Accelerating (00:56:09)
Know your boat
Ways to accelerate
12. Lane management after the start (00:58:50)
13. Starting mentality – how to control fear and be aggressive (01:00:37)
14. Scoring your own starts (01:04:48)
15. Five starting drills (01:06:35)
16. Q&A 2 (01:10:13)

More Information

Want more information about these topics? Here are some links to SailZing.com articles:

Execute the Start – Time to Get Aggressive https://sailzing.me/rfm

Starting Line Approach: What Kind of Creature Should You Be? https://sailzing.me/hv7

Starting Strategy and Tactics: Where to Start https://sailzing.me/28h

Using a Line Sight to Give you Confidence on the Starting Line https://sailzing.me/3w9

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