Yachts & Yachting magazine

Short-handed sailing

hen it comes to adapting your boat set-up for solo sailing, the key is to optimise the boat to how you sail because everybody sails differently! If you look at the Figaro fleet lined up before a race, despite the boats having exactly the same specification, each skipper has set it up in their own way.

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