Practice 1: 420 boat control. Focus on fore-aft weight trim recognizing important differences between the Z and C 420’s. Simple wing-on to wing-on gybing downwind. Roll sharply but crew must counterbalance on new gybe. Watch this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnpM579DDnY/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=rh7djrskvh4g
Practice 2: Understanding 420 jib trim upwind and how/when to use weather-sheeting:
- when to do it
- when not to do it
- evaluating sail shape changes
- more
TR Practice:
1-4-5 (2-3-6) Day. Understand what to do in a 1-4-5 around the race course.
Drills
- normal warm up. Windsprints, evaluating jib trim and weight trim fore-aft upwind. Downwind, work on wing-to-wing gybes with more athleticism and quickness and agility
420 | Coach boat | ||
1 | Zander | Rees | |
2 | Thomas | Raam | |
3 | Robby | Lilly | |
4 | Owen | Alex | |
5 | Jack | Audrey Klepper | |
6 | Patrick | Regan King | |
7 | Chase | Kate Castleberry | |
8 | Kyle | Reese Corckran | |
9 | Nate | Julia Hlousek | OUT |
10 | Will | Gavin | Lila Gibson |
11 | Chris M. | John | Helena English |
12 | Ava | Scarlett | |
FJ | Sitz Coach Boat |