5 expert tips

Few sailors have had as much winning success as 17-time world champion Glenn Ashby. He shares his pre-race strategy tips with Andy Rice

ood race strategy is about doing as much pre-race homework as possible. As a young Australian growing up far from the sea in the northern part of Victoria, Glenn Ashby wasn’t thinking about race strategy. He just wanted to go fast. But after buying his first second-hand catamaran, Ashby’s enthusiasm for speed led him on to a career that has seen him scale most