Sailing in The Thistle Fashion

A comprehensive article on sailing techniques specific to Thistle Class boats. Douglas discusses maintaining proper speed, optimum sailing angles, luffing control, tiller management, and the importance of constant boat control and attention. He emphasizes that successful racing requires keeping the boat at its best speed at all times and understanding how the Thistle responds to various sailing conditions.

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• sailing technique
• racing
• boat handling
• Thistle design