5 EXPERT TIPS
May 13, 2021
3 minutes
Legendary ocean racing sailor STU BANNATYNE shares advice for sailing upwind in strong winds and big seas with ANDY RICE.
Stu Bannatyne has learned the hard way that sailing upwind in heavy air changes your priorities. “A lot of the decisions are based around boat preservation, rather than outright speed. The old axiom: ‘to finish first, first you must finish’ comes into play in survival conditions.”
This was brought home to him early in his Whitbread/Volvo career in 1993 when Bannatyne was racing on the 85ft Maxi ketch . “We were sailing upwind and hit
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