Team Racing for Sailboats

Steve Tylecote has been winning in top level international team racing events for the last seven years. Recently he raced with GBR1 Spinnaker to win the 2001 Hinman Trophy for the US Team Racing Championships, a feat never previously achieved by a non--North American team. In 1995 he captained GBR1 to win gold at the ISAF World Team Racing championships. He followed up on this success with two further Team Racing World Championship medals, in Ireland 1999 and Czech Republic 2001. Steve has won the Wilson Trophy for the British Open Championships on numerous occasions. He has also captained the British team to win the British American Cup for keelboat team racing and has won the British Universities Team Racing Championships as captain of Southampton University.

Part I: Team Racing -- The Basics. Chapter 1. Team Racing Knowledge. 1.1 Characteristics of Team Racing. 1.2 Types of Team Racing. 1.3 Types of Event. 1.4 Strategy -- Skill -- Manoeuvre. 1.5 Basic strategic concepts. 1.6 Skills. Part II: Team Racing Manoeuvres. Chapter 2. Pre--Start Manoeuvres. 2.1 Basic Pre--Start. 2.2 Advanced Pre--Start. Chapter 3. Team Starting Manoeuvres. 3.1 Basic Starting. 3.2 Advanced Starting. Chapter 4. Upwind Manoeuvres. 4.1 Basic Upwind Manoeuvres. 4.2 Advanced Upwind Manoeuvres. Chapter 5. Reaching Manoeuvres. 5.1 Reaching Manoeuvres. Chapter 6. Running Manoeuvres. 6.1 Basic Running Manoeuvres. 6.2 Advanced Running Manoeuvres. Chapter 7. Mark Rounding Manoeuvres. 7.1 Key Mark Rounding Manoeuvres. 7.2 Basic Mark Rounding Manoeuvres. 7.3 Advanced Mark Rounding Manoeuvres. Part III: The Winning Team. Chapter 8. The Winning Team. 8.1 Team Preparation. 8.2 The Team Racing Rules Appendix. 8.3 The Winning Strategy. 8.4 Umpires and Incidents. 8.5 Team Race Crewing. 8.6 Team Racing for Kids. 8.7 What Ita s All About...(Really). 8.8 Bringing It All Together. Sources of Information & Useful Addresses.