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Oloffee at the buoy

Chronology #

Oloffee at the Buoy

Oloffee at the Buoy

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  1. Descent:
    • Reef in to arrive under the correct tack.
  2. Preparation:
    • Put the daggerboard back on
    • Take up the edge
    • Take up the cuningham
  3. Oloffee:
    • Border the sheet
    • Loffer
  4. End of the oloffee
    • Resume low hale

Remember to tighten the buoy like a Formula 1 driver: with a too tight turn entry, you lose speed.

Strategy at the buoy #

On this video we can see the strategy of the passage to the leeward buoy, we can see that the placement and the angle of the turn are essential to both maintain speed and have fresh air.