© Matías Capizzano
Philipp Buhl - World Champion 2018: "Tactics are an essential key to success for me. During a regatta, the changing wind conditions and those still to be expected are decisive. Those who can best grasp the current situation, implement it correctly and with lightning speed using healthy intuition, have good cards for victory. There is hardly a sport that demands more coordination in mental, technical and athletic terms than performance sailing in the Olympic Laser."
Gold: Congratulations Philipp! In a terrific powerful final fight, Philipp beats his main opponent Hermann Tomasgaard from Norway and relegates him to the silver medal in the final battle for the medals of the 2018 Marseille World Cup Final. © www.Philipp-Buhl.de © Pictures FFvoile / Sailing Energy.
To date, around 225,000 of the small single-handed dinghies have been sold in more than 140 countries, and there is no end in sight to the success story Simplicity, maximum sailing fun and durability were the primary design parameters that Bruce Kirby implemented quite optimally. The absolute uniformity and construction sameness cleared the way for a steep sporting career, all the way to Olympic status. The Laser embodies the Olympic idea like hardly any other boat class. Source: www.laserinternational.org © Bruce Kirby
The ILCA 4 uses a short, pre-curved lower mast.
The ILCA 6 has a more flexible and slightly shorter lower mast.
The ILCA 7 can be sailed by any weight in light winds.
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2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championship - Volos, GRE / © Nikos Zagas
2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men's Worlds - Dziwnow, POL / © Marek Wilcek
2024 ILCA 6 Youth & Men's World Championships, Mar del Plata, ARG / © Flo Gonzalez Alzaga FOTOGRAFÍA
2024 Championship, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Photos © Matias Capizzano
Julia Busselberg GER 221911 got things off to a flying start at the first World Championship for Olympic sailors in the new year. The helmswoman from VSAW Berlin took the lead in the field of 102 female sailors from 46 countries with a victory in the opening race. With the World Championships in the Argentinian waters off Mar del Plata, the German ILCA-6 sailors have begun the national elimination in the battle for an Olympic ticket. Many athletes dream of such a start to the Olympic year. @ Results, © Matias Capizzano.
2023 ILCA 6 Masters Worlds - Pattaya, THA / © Matias Capizzano
2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championship - Pattaya, THA/ RVYC / © Matias Capizzano
Despoina Orfanidou (Peiraeus Sailing Club PSC) has been supporting Tactical Sailing (TS Supporter) for many years. Despoina translated a TS dictionary with more than 400 vocabulary words about regatta sailing into Greek. A total of 11 languages are available free of charge in the dictionary, which can help sailors travelling to the 2023 ILCA 4 Youth World Championship - Volos (GRE).
Order a coach toolbox here in the online shop, available in English, German or Spanish.
Participants in the 2023 Championships will be offered a coaching toolbox. The idea for this Spanish language version came from Pablo Villar (ARG), who has been working hard for years in Buenos Aires to promote young sailing talent. Pablo Villar:
Order a "Tool Bag" in the Online Shop.
Strategic and tactical decisions in regatta sailing are made in a similar way to classic "risk management". Already at the starting line, the sailor has to decide on the right or left side of the Regatta area. Jochen Schumann, Germany's most successful sailor, agrees: "The physics of sailing constantly forces us to make a clear decision. " In the Tactical Sailing program there is the "Coach’s Toolbox" with over 100 exercises. From this toolbox collection we have put together a special "Tool Bag" for regatta sailors. With these exercises, the ability to make decisions is trained, such as risk assessment and gain-loss analysis. They serve the regatta sailor to prepare for cups and championships, such as:
With one "click", the coach can repeatedly call up the simulation of a regatta scene as video clips (YouTube) and discuss it with the sailors, e.g. tactical behaviour on the way to the finish line. We are happy to provide the new "Tool Bag" for all sailors.
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