Reefing offshore while racing short-handed is a skill worth honing, as Deb Fish explains to Andy Rice
The double-handed team of Deb Fish and Rob Craigie have got mainsail reefing down to a fine art.
“Even when we’re really familiar with each other and we know our processes, we still talk everything through before we start. Good planning and communication are the most important ingredients for making sure things go well and avoiding the big mistakes,” Fish explains.
On a double-handed boat like their it’s also about sharing out the workload as evenly as possible. Whatever works