It seems to have started by accident. the roll tack was not being done when we first started Sailing Seminars in 1989 but in the tons of video we took we noticed that once in a while the skipper would not move to the new side as fast as most and it would be a better tack.

So, we had folks just try keeping the weight on the corner and found it worked. Sailing the jib through the turn was also discovered through video work.

Rick