How racing works, who gives way and how to read the wind, in plain English. Every guide links the glossary terms it uses and ends in something you can sail.
Who gives way, in plain English.
Rule 18 in plain English: who gets mark-room at the zone, when it starts and ends, and where it does not apply. Under the 2025-2028 racing rules.
Mark
You against the course: shifts, puffs and which way to go.
How to sail upwind in a shifty breeze: tack on the headers, ride the lifts, stay in phase and use the puffs. Plain-English strategy for your next race.
Upwind
These shelves get their first guides soon. Until then, the glossary covers their ground.
A Quick Race puts you on a start line in a shifty breeze, against a fleet that follows the racing rules and protests you when you break one.
Start a Quick Race