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RORC Time Over Distance - Volume 3: Keelboat Masterclass with Andrew 'Dog' Palfrey

by Louay Habib, RORC 18 Apr 2020 23:15 PDT
RORC Time Over Distance - Vol 2: Keelboat Masterclass with Andrew 'Dog' Palfrey © RORC

For episode 3 of #TimeOverDistance, we're joined by Andrew 'Dog' Palfrey, Two time Etchells World Champion, 5.5 Metre World Champion and Olympic sailor!

Andrew Palfrey delivers a keelboat masterclass. Andrew has coached World Championship winning teams in the Farr40, Farr30, RC44, Etchells and Star class. In recent years Palfrey has coached a wide variety of teams from Maxis to Quarter Tonners.

For the RORC Time Over Distance Series Andrew presents an live hour-long interactive show covering planning, goal setting, teamwork and equipment. The presentation covers increasing performance through speed, starts, and also upwind and downwind techniques.

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