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Olympian Will Ryan On Reading Wind Shifts

Steve Hunt Sailing

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Want to get faster and smarter on the racecourse? Olympic Gold & Silver Medalist Will Ryan shares how he reads puffs, calls wind shifts, and communicates with precision to boost boat speed and tactical awareness. In this exclusive onboard footage, Steve Hunt shares key takeaways from sailing alongside one of the world’s best.

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11 Comments

@Invisty 6 months ago (edited)

Frank Bethwaite (an olympian and meteorologist) wrote books on olympic level performance, and covered this topic in detail:
High Performance Sailing
Higher Performance Sailing
Fast Handling Technique
There are chapters dedicated to venue observation, relative gust positioning, etc.

@carlfischer6363 3 months ago

This was good. It's also comforting to see some relatively youthful people sailing. Where I am, there's nothing left but old fossils like me.

@TheoSmythe 1 month ago

I sail on a lake. You comment about if the puff hits you on the bow, or on your windward side is pretty spot on. I have spent hours, no weeks of my life watching wind patterns. On a lake they are 'lobe' like in shape sort of like a large teardrop with the rounded edge hitting you first. If the teardrop passes you to windward you will likely get a lift, straight on will be a velocity increase only, and if to leeward, a header. Thats my analysis.

@SteveHuntSailing Creator 3 months ago

Excellent, thank you for sharing and I’m glad you liked it!

@danahun 3 months ago

I learned sailing on lakes and now race at sea and I became the wind caller the same way on the teams I sailed. (Nowhere near this level of course)
With the right helm Id say it works really well.

@ILCALaserSailor 3 months ago

Love it!:hand-purple-blue-peace:

@Marie-p3k6e 2 months ago (edited)

”Wind backs and slows down by friction“ is the rule ( ”...veers and ... “ in the southern hemisphere)”Coriolis effect“. Unless its geographic puffs, you’ll never have to guess again,

@LaserMAR121 4 months ago

This video was so awesome and interesting that will definitely help me on the water thank you for making it

@alexanderburdett9445 8 months ago

But what does he look for on the water

@Burvedys 3 months ago

Concur. Lithuanian Olympic vice-champion Gintare Volungeviciute sailed on Laser (ILCA now) in Kaunas artificial lagoon (a big lake). Hence, she's great in such conditions but lacks skills in a sea, that's why vice champion but not the champion.

@oliverx5479 3 months ago

If you look at gust of wind coming the line of the front gives you the angle of the wind, the length and how it is moving across the course helps you predict where you will get to sailing that shift. inland on a shifty day you can join the shifts up so you end up coming into the mark on a lift, some shifts are neutral which you can play the left or right on.
If you memorise the wind pattern and it is the same the next time you will know the perfect line to take. if it is different then it will be a different route.
The other boats give you feed back on if your prediction is right, if they get a lift or start going faster than you have predicted you need to check your plan.
I would always check my angle top the mark, where the other boats are and scan the edges of the course for changes in wind pattern every 10 seconds or so, being first to get to the new shift is a big gain.

The types of gusts are normally typical to a venue ie wind bends or its just where a Valley is only on part of the course.