North U's Performance Race Week: Starts, speed and decision-making from St Thomas in the USVI!

North U's Performance Race Week: Starts, speed and decision-making from St Thomas in the USVI!

Kristen Berry kindly invited me to take part in North U / American Sailing’s Performance Race Week in St Thomas this February; this collaborative episode is a detailed debrief of that programme.

We unpack the structure of the week, the coaching approach, the type of sailors who benefit, and the key performance insights—from start sequence execution and acceleration mechanics to decision-making and the mental game under pressure. All of it played out in IC24s in consistently challenging – and beautiful - Caribbean conditions.

If you’re looking to refine your racing process and extract marginal gains, there’s a lot in here to take away. Hope you find something you can use on the water this Spring!

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