| The race course will be set so that the boats must sail both “upwind” and “downwind”. The first buoy of the course will be “upwind” from the start line. It is impossible to sail directly towards the wind so the boats must zig zag to reach the buoy. The “downwind” legs are where you will see the 470s, Ynglings, 49ers and Tornados flying their spinnakers. You can easily identify your favourite teams by looking for the national flags on the spinnakers.
Before a race starts, the boats will sail out to the Race Area to review the conditions, consider tactics for the race start and work out the fastest route to the first buoy.
There is a five minute countdown to the race start. Sailing around near to the start line, the boats will all be trying to get into the best possible position when the starting gun is fired.
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