BEAT YOUR GUY DAY:  Focus: Match Racing —> Team Racing & Match Racing -> during a Fleet Race

In team racing, sometimes it comes down to three individual match races. If you beat your guy, you are doing your job. Having an advantage off the starting line is a vastly important thing in team racing where the wind and courses are steady. If you win the start, you win the game. Also, as we get into more competitive events, you will find that teams losing to you may come after you before the start. There are a few rules of thumb for this situation, and today will be a day to practice that.
We will warm up just a bit, and then do a series of fleet race practice starts, where one boat will hunt another…. this is a match race within a fleet race. We will also pair off and do a few match race starts & first beats, see pairs below.

Match Racing Basic articles/videos if you have time:

Match Racing Moves for Fleet Racers

The Dial Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkPs1qPC6k

North Sails Match Racing Book

420			Dock
1	Ava	Scarlett	Paisley Pentecost
2	Sam	Reese Corckran	Gavin Petrinko
3	Chase	Helena English	Finn Fries
4	Chris M.	Anna Howell	Natalie King
5	Nate	Kate Castleberry	Cherop Soi
6	Will	John Szynal	Emma Fritz
7	Julia	Lila Gibson	MacKenzie Getz
8
9			Coach Boat
10	Kyle	Alex Brenia
11	Robby	Ella May
12	Thomas	Raam
FJ
1
2
3
4			OUT
5			Jed
6			Lilly Baker

PAIRS
Ava	Kyle
Thomas	Robby
Sam	Chase
Chris	Will
Nate	Julia