How to Tack in the Laser || Complete Laser Tacking Guide

Tacking fast in the Laser is a hard skill to master. In this video, I break down tacks from a range of wind conditions, and show you exactly what the best sailors do when tacking.
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[@sammyhagger12]

I scour YT for races to look at how these guys/gals roll tack. Thanks for putting it in one place.

[@danselfsailing]

No worries. Thanks for watching :)

[@stephenreichenfeld6071]

Excellent commentary Dan starting with the objectives and on to the play by play of the technique at different wind speeds. I am sharing this with my email group mostly in western Canada. Thanks.👏

[@danselfsailing]

Thanks for watching and sharing :)

[@nroose]

When I first saw this video, I misread "Lazer ||" as "Laser II" ("Laser 2"). But thank you very much for this! Hope your channel and sailing is going well!

[@danselfsailing]

Thanks for watching! Hope the link is fixed now :)

[@andreyvyborov9185]

Amazing, thank you!

[@danselfsailing]

Thanks for watching :)

[@jonakohl7128]

Dan - this is extremely helpful. Thank you very much. One suggestion: Did you ever think about producing a similar video on gybing (light, medium, heavy air)? Unfortunately I can’t find a lot of content concerning this subject.

[@danselfsailing]

I can do that! Thanks for the comment :)

[@gianmariobroccia7844]

I want to add a thing just to have a reference sensation to confront with. When I tack in light and medium wind I always make sure to have the former front foot pushing on the far side of the cockpit so I can literally jump or push my butt all the way up to the new side.
This is particularly effective for short people (I'm 171cm).
Grabbing the new side with the hand, in my experience, is not enough to make sure my butt peeps out of the gunwale so I need this "extra-burst" with my foot.
For better learning then I usually give the advice of putting some mind on that foot, checking if there's enough pressure on it.

[@danselfsailing]

This is a great comment, and I know many people who use this technqiue!

[@sammyhagger12]

Also note how Charlie gets the boat flat quickly and then gets into the center of the boat immediately. No heeling after the tack.

[@danselfsailing]

Great point, thanks for commenting!

[@gianmariobroccia7844]

Actually, I would like to see the technique (upwind and downwind) in survival conditions, like +25 knots!

[@sammyhagger12]

Does one roll tack in 25 knots..?

[@danselfsailing]

I'll look for some videos on this, thanks for the comment!

[@danselfsailing]

only if you plan on capsizing!

[@nroose]

Oh, also, After I submitted my email on that link, I got a 404.