The exit; Strategy and sensitization

The exit is without a doubt one of the moments keys of any regata, although nondecisive on the final result of the same. In the exit it is of extreme importance of obtaining that the boat is maneuverable and we have possibility of answer against the actions of our competitors. For it we must maintain the boat with the sufficient speed, which will depend on the type of boat. In the America glass the sailboats must conserve about 2 knots at least to be able to have maneuverability.

In the exit we must control timings very well used to arrive from a given point at the point of the line of exit that we have chosen like our better point to leave at the time of the exit cannon shot. This time will vary mainly following the conditions of the wind, the current, the type of boat and the distance to the line in the selected starting point. When we go with crew, one will be in charge to take crono in the hand controlling this time. The trick consists of drawing up to this same route chronometer in hand to be able to discount the time that we use in covering a certain distance at the moment at which the exit is going to take place.

The last minute before the exit demands a great concentration not to be straggler or to have to stop the boat few seconds before the moment of the exit, which would be ominous when peder started and the maneuverability. Meanwhile the tactical one does not have to forget to verify if it has changed the wind at these last moments which can be seen made difficult by the influence of a good number of boats crowded together on the zone of the exit. With a cross-wind the boat will walk much more and we will have to watch crono. A current against can much more make the arrival to the line of exit slow. Everything complica. And when the exit is realized with lifting winds and therefore with spi sent, as happens in the exit of the Fastnet or Chanel RACE, crono will be fundamental since with spi above it is not possible to stop the boat of evident form. In this type of exits the boats sail in parallel to the line of exit and send spis to only 20 seconds of the cannon shot, turning of empopada.

To work the mind

As in all the sports of elite in which a clear technical component and of calculation exists, to secure to a clear mind and a high level of concentration it is fundamental. The nerves and the pressure of the exit play bad past and for that reason he is essential to have a great control on the events. Everything happens in our minds. The difference between two people is not in the capacity and the physical training conditions, but in its mental aptitude to manage the situation. All the great sailors get dizzy the first day of transoceanic competition of one regata.

All the great regatistas feel put under the pressure that brings about the complicated previous moments to an exit. The important thing is how to do against these situations. The relaxation techniques, the mental control, the sofrología, are fundamental for the success. Each great champion has his own methods, like imagining and “seeing themselves” in a site protected of all the aggressions, creating in the mind the image of a “bubble” in which we were and in that nothing can alter to us, etc… The important thing is to obtain, by the method that to each goes to him better, to have an absolute control on our mind.

When the things are complicated and we do not know as to act he is interesting to try to imagine regata in front of bird to look for solutions and knowledge like acting. The mind can everything.