Notes Go Right Out, No Pre-meeting mark rounding tips in light air be patient. never heel to leeward too early let the heel make the turn fouling and exoneration weight trim in light air low in boat, together, fragile movements jib trim in light air support the jib leech on wing offs Practice go back […]
Read more "Practice Monday 9-15-2025"Notes Today is International Pose-Off Day. We have celebrated this before. Each Class will choose, in order of seniority, their pose (see available list below) and we will then, after brief practice/training, have a proper Pose-Off to determine a champion. As you know, a Pose-Off is done be having opposing teams face each other. When […]
Read more "Practice Friday 9-12-2025"No Sailing today. There looks to be no wind. Juniors and Seniors, day off. Please tend to your academics and laundry. You’re welcomed to come to our meeting but it is not mandatory at all. ILCA Sailors: Feel free to go to marina and pack up. If there happens to be wind you can sail, […]
Read more "Thursday"Notes Do not go out sailing until you’ve had your Booster Button photo taken Tomorrow is TR Tournament day. We will have one guest team, and we will field 3 teams. Everyone else will sub in, or if you want to sail the J70, you can do that. No Pre-brief. Go Right Out. Wind may […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 9-10-2025"Notes make absolutely certain that the bows are UP tonight… it may rain Practice Balance drill after warm ups with (1,2, vs. 3,4) (5,6 vs. 7,8) (9,10 vs. 11,12). In the balance drill it is CRITICAL to round the leeward gates at the same time in your pairs. Trade off leading and chasing in your […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 9-9-2025"Notes Practice Charlotte S and Emory trade off driving Normal warm ups if conditions are good we may try rudderless sailing work on team boathandling balance roll tacks and gybes. Work hard to improve technique Maybe a few scored races 420 1 Annie Sitzmann Charlotte MacDonald OUT 2 Alex Baker Kai Davids Elle Maddox […]
Read more "Practice Monday 9-8-2025"Notes make sure parking lot is clean at end of practice There is no meeting. Go out and practice together as a team ASAP. Friday photo: Observance of International Egg-Toss Day. Egg-Toss Day, or “Great Egg Toss Day,” is celebrated on September 5th to honor the Olympic sport of egg tossing, where partners toss an […]
Read more "Practice Frjádagr, 9-5-2025"Notes No Meeting Go Right Out. We are on a Weather Watch, so need to get some tacks in before we may have to come in early Friday we celebrate International Egg Toss Day. I expect to have at least 16 eggs brought to practice so we can celebrate in style with a team egg […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 9-4-2025"Notes Get last 2 boats inside the gate ASAP Help each other rig, work together, but don’t always be the last boat out Rigging. What 2 (or maybe 3) boats out there yesterday had noticeably less jib halyard tension (on purpose), why, and why didn’t you think about that? Lobsters have blue blood. Chewbacca in […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday, 9-3-2025"Notes & Tips ALL BOATS go inside gate, lined up before we leave for the night Rig tension: make sure it is tight, but don’t kill yourself making it so tight that something might break. Balance in the boat comes with sail trim and weight trim, using the boom vang, fairleads (FJ) or weather sheeting […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 