Team Race Practice
(420’s please sail 2 on 2 team races today)
Before I Get Out Drills

• Mark 1 Three Boat Drill: Sail upwind on the starboard layline in a pig-in-the-middle formation. trap the pig.
• generally warm up

Today: Offsets & Downwind

• FTL into the first offset leg in the following combos:
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6
• FTL into Downwind leg in the same combos as above
• We may do a few races start to finish

Downwind team racing requires:

• excellent boat control, and acceleration
• great team communication
• fleet race when possible
• know when you have clear air and when you don’t