If you want to see a master helmsman in action, watch the video on the link above, entitled 'The start of the first race'. Turaco, with Andrew at the helm, is the BR20 with the darkest tan sails. He starts upwind of everyone else at around 2:30, after surviving a bit of elbowing from a Devon Yawl, at which you can hear someone on shore saying 'fend off, fend off'. He then forces others to go around Turaco's stern by being on the starboard tack and staying there until the depth alarm goes off close to shore. By the time he passes the first mark at 5:20, the closest boats are the other BR20 Ella, followed by the eventual race winner Jack, who seems to appear out of nowhere and is much faster downwind than Turaco. Fascinating stuff!
