How do you prepaid for the regattas you are entering? Do you go out and practise or do you just wing it?

Every sailor knows that feeling when you're learning a new skill—maybe it's tacking or reading the wind differently. You practice for weeks and nothing seems to stick, then one day it just clicks and suddenly you're doing it without thinking about it. The breakthrough wasn't the last practice session, it was all the ones before that built the foundation nobody sees. We're wired for linear results. In sailing, we see that all the time with folks learning to crew. They get frustrated because they're not progressing fast enough by their own measure. But the real work—the muscle memory, the intuition, the feel of the boat—that's happening quietly underneath while they think they're just spinning their wheels. Here's what I'm curious about though. When that click happens for you—when the compounding kicks in—what does it actually feel like in the moment? Is it sudden, or do you look back and realize it happened gradually while you weren't keeping score? And for folks reading this who are in that flat part right now, what's the one thing they should focus on instead of watching the scoreboard?

Been 11 years living on my 50' steel Boden ketch, mainly on the east coast of Australia. But somehow, several years ago, I woke up on my boat in Thailand. Haven't looked back From The Whitsundays, Australia to Phuket, Thailand was a fantastic 4 1/5 month adventure on my old battleship. And, believe it or not, after 11 years living aboard, I've never had an asymmetrical sail. But now I do! WIll be great for the light conditions here around Phuket, Thailand. I've jumped in and started a group here in Skool to help people learn to live aboard. Come over and say hi some time. https://www.skool.com/learn-to-live-aboard-1008/about