Færder'n 2008

The crucial thing about the Fæder'n, as with sailing in the english channel, is tide. Knowing this is what wins..

tide plan is no. 1)

For our preparation I will be focusing on these further decisive factors :

2) Keeping the boat moving- boat speed is drawn out on this distance race. The key component of this is freeing your air.

3) sailing the shortest route to the next way point. May sound obvious but it's easy to follow a group of boats

4) morale and focus


5) The jigsaw points - as from 1) for example -the drøbaksund / vest for håøya choice. Where to put the boat for the next big lift or change in tide.

Boat handling is a given and actually not all that critical compared to a cans race, but there can be some decisive tacks to free air and some gybes which can pull out the boat legnths.

Weather- june 13 is not late enough for the summer monsoon - the westerlies dragged in by a persistant thermal lift from the scand'vn high. However it is far enough into the year, unlike Skagen, to be warm breezes and usually not monster lows.

Cove regatta is about the same timepoint every year, but scotland is far to the SW of the often dominant scan'high. It gets a mixed bag, usually not a drifter though.

It would seem to me that the most likely breezes are going to be High Pressure- light isobarics or perhaps big compressed norterly is possible.

A fast passing low would be good, as far as strategy goes for positioning