The five day Advanced Racing course is designed for the experienced racer. The course is taught aboard our identical J80's with no more than four people plus an instructor aboard each boat. The course covers advanced sail trim and boat handling, attacking and defending on the start line, powering and depowering the sail plan, mark roundings, advanced spinnaker skills (including both the symmetric and asymmetric spinnakers), tactics and strategy around the race course, practical application of the racing rules and elements of team work. The weeks training culminates on Friday with competition in the J World Friday Regatta.

Prior racing experience as a helmsman and the confidence to helm a boat in racing situations such as starts, mark roundings and windy spinnaker conditions. A thorough understanding of skills such as those covered in our Intro to Sailboat Racing course, as well as the ability to set, gybe and douse the spinnaker.

JWorld Racing Certificates are provided to all those who complete the advanced sailboat racing and tactics program.