Paul Elvstrom is often recognized by many in the racing world as the greatest sailor who ever lived. Severely dyslexic, Elvstrom struggled greatly in school, but found sailing intuitive. His success in winning four consecutive Olympic gold medals involved not only intuition, but also strategic thinking, serial innovation, and intense physical training.   In the beginning, Paul studied the rules of racing fastidiously in order to create clever tactics that could give him an advantage. His interpretations of rules in his Racing Rules of Sailing remain a must-read for elite racers. He visualized his races the nights before to be better prepared, but also was constantly inventing new equipment and physical and mental training methods to be more efficient on the water. Some of his […]