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Terry's Tips: Recovering from an OCS
It’s the ultimate bummer. The starting gun sounds, you’re in the front row and looking good. Just like they draw it up on the wipe board. Then there’s another horn, the X flag, and, after an...
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Terry's Tips: The Ultimate Warm-Up Plan
The ultimate goal of the warm-up session before racing is to eliminate surprises. I like to have between 70 and 90 minutes prior to the start as this will allow me a couple of opportunities to sail the...
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Terry's Tips: When the Line Bias and Course Favor Disagree
If the race committee is smart, they may do this on purpose: skew the starting line ever so slightly so that the favored end of the line is opposite from the favored side of the course. It can be a...
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Terry's Tips: Finding Your Balance
Getting your boat properly balanced upwind is a challenge. The best sailors are always quick to find the fastest set up and get their boat consistently hitting target speeds. Good sailors will find the...
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Terry's Tips: How Are We Doing?
At last month’s Farr 40 East Coast Championship, in Annapolis, Md., the Barking Mad team entered the last day of the event with a 1-point lead. It was too small a margin for us to do anything other...
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Terry's Tips: Be Ready For the Change
Keeping up with course changes during a race is always tough, especially because the announcements usually come while you’re in the middle of a busy mark rounding. But getting keyed into the change and...
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Terry's Tips: Keep it Real, Keep it Simple
Knowing your limitations is a tough one in any racing environment. You want to push, try to make something “special” happen, and win. As a competitor I certainly do it often, but in the past couple of...
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Terry's Tips: How To Bring The New Guy Up to Speed
Crew integration is one of the toughest challenges, especially in classes that allow a mix of amateurs and pros. The goal is to create a team dynamic that allows the team to develop with the right...
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Terry's Tips: Managing Traffic
Keeping it simple in larger fleets is sometimes easier said than done. Having patience always helps, but how many times do you hear “let's be patient” only to go nowhere? A good understanding of the...
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Terry's Tips: Recovering from an OCS
130206_Hutch2012 ACEA/Gilles Martin-RagetAmerica's Cup veteran Terry Hutchinson knows how hard it is to come back from an OCS. He also knows that it's hardly the end of the race.It’s the ultimate...
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Terry's Tips: The Ultimate Warm-Up Plan
130305_THutchSander van der Borch/Artemis Racing"Sunglasses? Check. Helmet? Check. Radio? Check. Sun screen? Check." For Terry Hutchinson, the warm-up time before a race is serious businessThe ultimate...
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Terry's Tips: When the Line Bias and Course Favor Disagree
Tim Wilkes / www.timwilkes.comWhen the pin end is favored, but you want to head to the right side of the first beat, controlling the boat or boats on your windward hip is key. You need to put them in a...
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Terry's Tips: Finding Your Balance
130501_BoatBalanceStuart StreuliGetting the jib trimmed correctly involves also making sure it plays well with the main. Ideally the twist profiles of the two sails will match. As this can be tough to...
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Terry's Tips: How Are We Doing?
130605_Farr40_ECCSara Proctor www.sailfastphoto.comTerry Hutchinson (center, looking backward) and the Barking Mad team were winning the Farr 40 East Coast Championships going into the final day. But...
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Terry's Tips: Be Ready For the Change
Course Change SignalPaul Todd/Outside ImagesWhen you see the C Flag flying, take a look, do the math, and capitalize on the course change.Keeping up with course changes during a race is always tough,...
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Terry's Tips: Keep it Real, Keep it Simple
Terry HutchinsonKeith Brash/Quantum Racing**Knowing your limitations is a tough one in any racing environment. **You want to push, try to make something “special” happen, and win. As a competitor I...
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Terry's Tips: How To Bring The New Guy Up to Speed
Quantum RacingKeith Brash/Quantum RacingCrew integration is one of the toughest challenges, especially in classes that allow a mix of amateurs and pros. The goal is to create a team dynamic that allows...
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Terry's Tips: Managing Traffic
Melges 20Joy Dunigan/Audi Melges 20Keeping it simple in larger fleets is sometimes easier said than done. Having patience always helps, but how many times do you hear “let's be patient” only to go...
View ArticleTerry's Tip: Faster Leeward-Mark Exit
A clean exit around the leeward mark requires a few consistent parts: a timely douse, good sail trim, proper rudder load, and a smooth, consistent rate of turn. In any competitive fleet a good rounding...
View ArticleTerry's Tips: The Right Sails for the Range
In the recent Caribbean 600, the crew on Bella Mente had a philosophical/tactical shift in our offshore sail inventory. Conceptually, we wanted to always be sailing fast down the rhumbline (no secret...
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