Sail Geeks

Episode 5 of Racer Focus. This week the Sail Geeks are talking about Sailing Tech in Reality!

Jack has just finished the Normandy Channel Race and had total black out, batteries dead, no Nav, no lights, no engine, no electronics and no auto-pilot while double handed! Jack tells us about how he overcame it - definitely everything all sailors should have in the bank just in case!

The geeks also talk about losing VHF when they lost a rig on Sunrise the summer.

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Episode 4 of Racer Focus. The Sail Geeks are back with a Calibration special! Why do we calibrate? Challenges with calibration. How best to calibrate for different uses. Have a listen if you want to get a bit technical and understand the importance of instrument calibration!

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Episode 3 of Racer Focus. The Sail Geeks talk some more difficult racing concepts - wind shear, apparent wind and lee bow. Have a listen if you want to get a bit technical and understand the different types of wind a bit more - it should help you understand calibration and nav better too!

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Episode 2 of Racer Focus. The Sail Geeks go deeper into all thing AC! How do these boats work? What are the control systems like? Foil geekiness, what the programme is before the event in March and more about the designs and rules!

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First episode in the new series, Racer Focus. The Sail Geeks talk about Drheam Cup and some short handed covid sailing- and introduce series 2 of the Sail Geeks podcast!

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Episode 6 of Everyday Sailing Tech. The Sail Geeks finish off the series with an IMOCA, Vendee Globe, America's Cup update. Talking about foils, boat builds, new IMOCA's, the new AC boats and some coronavirus news!

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Episode 5 of Everyday Sailing Tech. The Sail Geeks are joined by J70 World Champion Helm of Eat Sleep J Repeat, Paul Ward. The geeks talk about sailing by feel and the importance of tech and numbers in getting up to speed. Paul and Tom compare tech in J70 sailing to the tech in Americas Cup boats.

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Episode 4 of Everyday Sailing Tech. The Sail Geeks talk about what comms you need for different types of sailing/racing. How you can save some money, and what the best tech is for each scenario! Mobile data vs Satellite Data, 4G dongles etc.

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The Sail Geeks talk about using your smart phone for navigation in an inshore race. Which apps can help and what you really need!

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First episode in Everyday Sailing Tech. The Sail Geeks talk how to win an offshore sailing RORC series. Touching on IRC optimisation, going the right way, boat speed consistency and the tech/intelligence that can help you win!

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