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Moving in a Rater

admin  Date , June 13, 2026    Sailing    Previous Blog Two Rookie WIns Comments (0)

Learning to move around in an A-Rater

Sometimes we practice on the land - but today we put the boat in the water so Ros could get the idea of the boat heeling over and how she needed to correct this by moving as the Mid Hand.

Role of the Mid-Hand

They say that the Clever one steers the boat. The light nimble one trims the Jib. and the big fat ugly one balances the boat as the Mid-Hand. This is of course far from the truth, but the mid-Hand certainly gets an opportunity to throw their weight around to v=balance the boat.

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