How to avoid a Chinese Gybe :- GTR Racing

Watch GTR Racing wipe out going from upright to laid over in less than 5 seconds. Continue viewing to learn what went wrong and how you can prevent it happening too you. The Chinese Gybe or Death Roll is an uncontrolled gybe, the are many factors which can lead to this which are explained in detail in the video, including some top tips to avoid it from happening to you. If you get it wrong the top of the main sail will flip from leeward to windward, as the wind fills in it will force the boat to bear away often with such force that that skipper can not correct the unwanted turn by moving the rudder. The result is an uncontrolled gybe which will often result in the boat laying flat in the water. In this case the recovery was made more difficult as we lost control of the spinnaker which made getting the boat back under control even more difficult. Visit the bottom up boats Website to get more expert advice on how to improve your race team and your results. http://bupboats.blogspot.com Music Provided by NoCopyrightSounds: Tobu & Syndec join forces for ‘Dusk’. The Tobu Playlist: http://bit.ly/TobuNCS NCS ➞ Spotify http://bit.ly/SpotifyNCS ➞ SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds ➞ Facebook http://facebook.com/NoCopyrightSounds ➞ Twitter http://twitter.com/NCSounds ➞ Google+ http://google.com/+nocopyrightsounds ➞ Instagram http://instagram.com/nocopyrightsounds_ Tobu ➞ YouTube http://www.youtube.com/tobuofficial ➞ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tobuofficial ➞ SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/7obu ➞ Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tobuofficial ➞ Spotify http://smarturl.it/Tobu_Spotify Syndec ➞ SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/syndec ➞ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSyndec NCS Playlists: http://bit.ly/NCSdrumstep http://bit.ly/MelodicDubstepNCS http://bit.ly/NCShouse http://bit.ly/NCSdubstep http://bit.ly/NCSdrumandbass http://bit.ly/NCStrap http://bit.ly/NCShardstyle