(Naples, Italy)- In keeping with the influence of Italy on the sailing world, it's somewhat coincidental that SAILING
WORLD's recent "50th Celebration" article from past J/24 World Champion
and College Sailor of the Year Terry Hutchinson- "Recover from a bad
start"- was published recently. As Terry said, "Patience is a
virtue when it comes to recovering from a bad start." In it, Terry
Hutchinson explains how to get in the clear after a bad start: "You know
you've had a bad start when you can't execute the game plan determined
before the race. 
Two
critical things must happen if you wish to recover: the helmsman has to
sail the boat as fast as possible while in dirty air, and you need to
decide where to go to get clean air." Here's the article- http://www.sailingworld.com/experts/recover-from-a-bad-startBut, what to do after a "bad spill"? Don't have that answer yet! Take a look at this problem
Terry recently encountered while racing an AC45 in the America's Cup World Series off Naples, Italy--http://www.americascup.com/en/Latest/Gallery/2012/4/AC-World-Series---Race-Day-One---News/
What's the coincidence here?? Terry's up against LUNA ROSSA that has Francesco De'Angelis as a principal part of their racing/management program. LUNA ROSSA recently won the fleet racing, appropriately enough, in Naples, Italy in the same waters that Francesco won his 1987 J/24 World Championship off the famous island of Capri! Small world, eh?
