Practice Monday 10-3-2023

Notes HEAD RIGHT OUT Practice Normal warm ups  Focusing today on Starting. What makes a good start? Depends on the venue, competition, conditions, and course. Consider: ability to tack when you want… means to an end going as fast as possible in phase? balancing favored end vs. crowd maybe a few team races (3 on […]

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Practice Friday 9-22-2023

Notes We will put boats away tonight in storm mode Ill try to finish the repair on boat 5 Practice Scored race day; active judging Anchor second coach boat. make sure the anchor has plenty of scope. RC plans 5 races.   Weather at our Venue:   https://tempestwx.com/station/45972/grid   420 1 Ava Cornell John Szynal OUT […]

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Practice Thursday 9-21-2023

Notes check FJ’s for any possible potential delamination If I can find parts I will try to repair the broken fj Will have a meeting before going out   Practice Likely open sail/drills with Coach Alexander if I decide to fix the boat Work on all boat handling things if time will do video   […]

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Practice Tuesday 9-19-2023

Notes   Practice more boat handling. Turns and stops/accelerations starting practice with everyone…. several practice starts with 1 minute rule some TR practice maybe at end with   420 1 OUT 2 Helena English 3 4 5 6 7 Antoine Ismael Annie Lapides 8 Will Friedell Ana Fishback 9 Julia Hlousek Natalie King 10 Chris […]

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Practice Monday 9-18-2023

Notes Figure out where our slip is and get tie-lines for the coach boat I may have to leave early… if so we will just go to normal boat handling Practice 2 Boathandling Doing turns stopping… accelerating 420 1 OUT 2 3 4 5 6 7 Antoine Ismael Annie Lapides 8 Will Friedell Ana Fishback […]

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Practice Friday 9-15-2023

Notes we will hope to get a slip today from the Marina to park 1 coach boat here. Stay tuned International Make a Hat Day Go Right Out Practice 3: Lose a Battle, Win the War Yesterday we practiced some long course sailing (and some fairly short course). If not too windy we will plan […]

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Practice Thursday 9-14-2023

Notes Tomorrow is International Make A Hat Day. If you don’t have a HAT tomorrow you cannot be in the photo Read all below, then GO RIGHT OUT. Practice Scarlett switch in with Ava after a bit John switch in with Annie for a bit if the wind is settled we may try a few […]

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Practice Wednesday 9-13-2023

Notes –go right out and do pig in middle as a group of 3. Discuss your team plans Practice –start out with normal warm ups –team race drills. will start with first beats and then downwind combos. Will likely do the lazy digital-N course 420 1 OUT 2 3 4 5 6 LASER 7 Will […]

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