5 EXPERT TIPS
Professional sailor and top trimmer SIMON FRY shares some downwind speed tips with ANDY RICE
According to ‘Stir Fry’, as he is widely known, a good trimmer is defined by his or her obsession to make sure the boat is going as fast as possible, all the time.
“Dave Curtis, one of the greatest one-design sailors ever, once told me something that has stuck with me ever since: ‘It’s not when you’re fast that counts. It’s when you’re slow that hurts’,” he explained.
Like any great trimmer, Stir Fry feels the
