I've just posted the first two installments of the seminar Mischa Heemskerk put on at the 2010 Racine Catamaran Championships. There wil be 13-14 installments in all. Some good stuff including Kattack Race Analysis.

Like the Macca/Fergie series, this is brought to you by CRAW (Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin www.crawsailing.org). Here's the link for the CRAW Channel:

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Thanks for doing this... Mischa's talk was great and I wish I had taken notes....

I'd say I got about 95% of it on tape, so you didn't have to.

Hats off to Mischa for doing the seminar. He talked nearly 2.5 hours.

I'll be interested in comments on the Kattack videos once I get those posted. I think that kind of analysis has lots of value and takes a lot of the guess work out of "where was the pressure?" inquiries.

"Reading the water" segment has now been posted.

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"Jib" has now been posted.

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Mast Rotation has now been posted.

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Just curious, but do you have Mischa's permission to post these videos?
Did a training with him yesterday and as always he had some usefull information on our sailing.

Yes. From both Macca and Mischa. CRAW informed them and requested permission at both the time of the taping and then previewed the videos with them prior to posting.

It's a win-win for everybody. Mischa/Macca get exposure that can't hurt as they seek to maintain/add sponsors. CRAW gets exposure for the club and their events and sailors the world over get information that is generally not that available. Last but not least, the sponsors get exposure.

The only downside that I see is maybe it could cut into their training revenue, but I would bet on the opposite happening.

Diamond Tension has now been posted.

Tony, instead of accusing, why didn't you just ask him yourself?

Hi Todd,

I hope I didn't come off wrong in my response to Tony.

I didn't take it as an accusation. I just looked at it as Tony just kinda wondered.

It's Macca/Mischa's image and knowledge being put out there for eveyone to see, so its understandable that someone would inquire if this was approved.

I welcomed the chance to explain what everyone did to make these videos happen.

Hi Todd, didn't mean to come across as an accusation but reading back it does maybe look that way.
Dont know why I didnt think of it sunday, probably had a brain freeze from the cold.
Took the Gopro HD out to shoot some video, will post it here after im done editing.

Great, can't wait to see it!

Main Sail Shape is now posted.

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Upwind Sailing has now been posted.

How many will videos will have this series in total?

14 in total.

These are absolutely fanbloodytastic!!! Many thanks from the other side of the world (little old Perth, Australia). There's no way we'd be able to get Mischa here for something like this so you guys putting in the effort to post these videos is great. Helps strengthen the F18 fleet internationally and that can only be a good thing. Well done.

Thanks, please share with your club.

Mark Rounding is now posted.

+1 Well done