RACING TACTICS SEMINAR

North U. Racing Tactics

The North U Racing Tactics Seminar is offered as a one day course focusing on Strategy, Tactics and Rules.

Race and Win

North U Racing Seminars "Turn sailors into racers, and racers into winners" by teaching the techniques used by the world's top racers. The emphasis is on practical straightforward ideas that will help you win. The revised curriculum presents that latest in Racing Strategy and Racing Tactics using an interactive multi-media format which allows you to learn and test your new knowledge at the class.

Wind & Strategy

The Seminar teaches how to predict wind, wind shifts and current and then shows how to design a winning strategy from your forecast. You learn how to make the most of changing conditions through proper positioning on the race course. And using our exclusive Wind Shift Simulators, you experience the impact of windshifts upwind, and observe breakthrough insights on the impact of windshifts downwind.

But that is not all. The Wind & Strategy course also prepares you for races when you cannot anticipate changes in conditions. In addition, you will also see the effect of current and learn proper positioning to take advantage of changes in currents across the course.

You will learn how to build a strategy prior to the start, develop a starting plan, and then follow the strategy around the course. You also learn to evaluate your strategy in progress and then revise or abandon the strategy as conditions warrant.

Rules & Tactics

We use tactics to implement strategy. For each leg of the course we will look at the tactical tools and weapons you need to implement your strategy. Of course, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. The North U Tactics Seminar teaches the rules and their underlying principles. You'll see how the rules work and understand how to resolve the conflicts and transitions between the rules as positions change. The rules shape and control tactics. The North U Tactics Seminar teaches how the rules work all the way around the course and how to position your boat to make use of the rules. You learn which positions allow you to keep clear air and control your own destiny, which positions leave you vulnerable to attack, and which positions you can use to thwart the efforts of your rivals.

Using our exclusive Tactical Situation Maker, you also will be challenged to solve a series of tactical scenarios, and you will be invited to create your own scenarios for analysis.

North U Tactics Book & CD

The North U Racing Tactics book covers racing tactics, strategy and rules. Written by Bill Gladstone, the 200+ information-packed pages serve as both a seminar text and comprehensive reference. The new edition covers the latest in racing technique, including the current rules, in a graphically driven format which facilitates easy recall. This edition also features a chapter on Match Racing by Peter Isler, plus a new insights on wind and windshifts which will change your understanding of both upwind and downwind performance. North U Racing Tactics - the most complete text on modern racing tactics.

The perfect companion to our acclaimed book is the third edition North U Racing Tactics CD-Rom. The course is taught using the updated North U Racing Tactics CD-Rom. The CD put tactics in motion with diagrams, animations, photos, photo sequences, and hours of video! The CD also features our exclusive interactive Wind Shift Simulators and Tactical Situation Maker. With the simulator, you can set up your own scenarios to learn proper positioning for wind shifts both upwind and downwind. The Tactical Situation Maker allows you to create and analyze tactical situations of your own design.

Both the Tactics Book and Tactics CD are included with the skipper’s tuition. Crew tuition includes only the book. The CD can be added for $25.

The take-home version of the seminar CD-Rom, complete with a voice over by the author, is a great way to review the course at home, and it's the next best thing if you can't attend.

Top Instructors

Not every great sailor is a good teacher. Our seminar leaders combine outstanding racing skills with years of teaching experience. The focus is on your sailing, not their sea stories.

Host A Seminar

Seminars are currently being scheduled through local hosts. Your club or group can host a North U. Racing Tactics Seminar.  Click here to download a PDF on how your club or fleet can host a Racing Tactics Seminar.

Class Outline(Course runs from 9:00 - 5:00)

Race & Win