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Downwind medium sail controls – Dinghy Sailing Techniques – Tips for sailing in 8 to 15 knots

19/05/2021

In this video, Shaun Priestley demonstrates some of the key settings for your sail controls when sailing downwind in medium winds. For this example, we are looking at wind speeds between 8 to 15 knots.

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