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Sailboat Racing Tips: Speed Through Kindness
Where Kindness May Be Your Most Strategic Sailboat Racing Strategy…
by Kim Couranz
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There’s More Than One Reason for Having a Game Plan at a Regatta
When communication was limited, a game plan helped ensure a common understanding of what had to be done on the racecourse.
by Kim Couranz
Help Create the Bridge to One-Design Sailing for Younger Sailors
Grownups: Love your one-design sailing class? Help form the bridge for younger sailors to join you.
by Kim Couranz
A Few Stories Told by The Old Man
It's impossible to explain the positive impact Gonzalo "Old Man" Diaz had on so many people, including the Snipe sailing family.
by Kim Couranz
7 Reasons To Go to a Regatta When Your Chances of Winning Are Slim
Sailors sharing ideas about boat set-up in the boat park. Photo by Kim Couranz By Kim Couranz (from Spinsheet) Big Regattas, Big Learning Opportunities Early last month,…
by Kim Couranz
Collaboration, Not Competition
By Kim Couranz, SpinSheet Magazine Once that warning gun sounds, it's on. It's time to sail fast, fair, and smart. But on the way to and from the…
by Kim Couranz
Colonial Cup
Annapolis, June 3, 2018 Report by Kim Couranz 26 Snipes descended on Annapolis, Maryland, for the annual Colonial Cup Regatta hosted by Severn Sailing Association. As always, it featured fun…
by Kim Couranz
Small Boat Scene: Avoid That Tunnel Vision
by Kim Couranz (from spinsheet.com) Dang it! We’ve all been there. You just had to cover that one competitor, no matter which way they went. You just had…
by Kim Couranz
The Time and Place for Aggressive Positioning
[caption id="attachment_18077" align="alignnone" width=""]The view from a sailboat is always great... but a little less so when someone tacks on you. Our friends here didn't actually tack on us, but…
by Kim Couranz
Connecting the Dots from Sailing to Racing
By Kim Couranz - originally published on SpinSheet Magazine - December 2015 How did you get into sailing small boats—and more specifically, how were you introduced to racing…
by Kim Couranz
The Future Looks Bright!
From SpinSheet By Kim Couranz What do you get when you mix 30 young sailors, 15 challenging dinghies, and a handful of experienced sailors who are also…
by Kim Couranz
Atlantic Coast Championship – Day 2
Surf City, June 7, 2014. Another light air but beautiful day with tricky conditions. The seabreeze brought the morning wind right but never built as expected, and the most…
by Kim Couranz
Frigid Digit Regatta
Annapolis, September 28-30, 2012. Severn Sailing Association/Annapolis Snipe Fleet 532's annual Frigid Digit Regatta is set for September 28-30 this year. We get a bonus third day of sailing this…
by Kim Couranz
Get Ready for 2012 Racing with Better Fitness
This article is reprinted from the February 2012 SpinSheet, a magazine about Chesapeake Bay sailing. The monthly "Small Boats, Big Stories" column focuses on dinghy sailing. Anna Tunnicliffe-Funk…
by Kim Couranz
Snipe U.S. Winter Circuit
[caption id="attachment_4849" align="alignnone" width=""]Coconut Grove - Miami[/caption]Snipes are a highly migratory bird species. Well actually, I don’t know if that’s true, but I do know that Snipe sailboats—whether they’re from…
by Kim Couranz