If you watch the contestants in the Fizz Cup struggle for a place on the stage, you will no doubt have seen some of them capsize or nose dive. At first a nose dive looks quite funny and you think he or she must have made a mistake. But there are not many who know what mistake the sailor actually made and what lies behind this malheur. I will [...]
Posts in category A Peek Inside
About Nose Diving
If you watch the contestants in the Fizz Cup struggle for a place on the stage, you will no doubt have seen some of them capsize or nose dive. At first a nose dive looks quite funny and you think he or she must have made a mistake. But there are not many who know what mistake the sailor actually made and what lies behind this malheur. I will [...]
Integrity Checks
[Ed. Note: We welcome Mothgirl Dibou to the pages of SL Sailing with her new column “A Peek Inside”. For some time now we all have enjoyed watching Mothgirl’s work in pushing the envelope of SL sailing. When I asked her if she might like to do a column on her thoughts and insights she was at first hesitant because she feared the people would [...]
Mothgirl Talks Winds of Change Thursd...
This past week, Mothgirl Dibou rolled out her new Wind, Wave and Current System. Moth’s been working on this for some time, and she’s shared many of her ideas and early models with sailors to get their input and feedback. Taku Raymaker’s fleet over at Waypoint were particularly involved recently, helping Mothgirl test out th [...]
