Trimming your sails Part 1 the basics

WOW, great info here... but I took a trip on the wayback machine to my 6th grade computer class at https://youtu.be/TttqFylquFs?t=6m6s

It's a basic lesson, but it isn't for basic people. It's great. Thanks.

You are a great teacher. I am greatful for the tutoring me. This was exactly what I learned in my first Sailing Lesson. Thank you, once more you have help me understand the physics of sailing.

waste of time .you may be a great sailor but you can't teach so give up

Excellent video!

Great video! We are selling our power boat and switching to sail later next year. We are currently cruising the Caribbean and I always love catching up with your channel! https://youtu.be/-QpAMvKhFzU

As a beginner to sailing, almost 10 minutes of my life wasted. This is not for beginners at all. Why do i need to know about a racing main sail!!!
Sorry, but very disappointing.

The explanation at 0:48 is total nonsense.

"The parted particles have to meet at the other end..."

No they don't. They don't meet. And furthermore, the air on both sides travels exactly the same distance. Actually, the air touching the sail doesn't really move at all.

Awesome!: what a pro! thanks for this great vid series. :):)!

yep, the program came on floppy disks,  I have had a copy of this video for about  20 years, North Sails

i saw a floppy disk!!!

lol

That's a computer? Damn! History is a relevant subject.

Excellent instructional video, very helpful. Thanks for post :-).

Too bad this is far from the basics. From a total beginners point of view 90% of the sailing jargon and terms went over this boys head. A basic sailing video should explain sailing terms and then how to apply them. This video missed that for me anyway. Guess I need a basic sailing video.

Someone needs to wake up Bernoulli from his slumber and tell him he's full of it, I guess.

I had no idea how old this video was until I saw them feeding the floppy disk into the computer. Wow.

Your explanation of how a "wing" works is wrong. The theory about the airflows travelling different distances and "having to meet" at the trailing edge has been discredited. Think about it, how then could an aerobatic plane with a symmetrical wing section fly? see: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/wrong1.html

56 seconds in and it's clear the narrator has no idea about aerodynamics!

Finally a "Sailing Basics" video that actually is instructive. Thumbs up! :D