Practice Today Change immediately into running gear. Then, start rigging your boats as per below, and get as much done rigging as you can before I arrive. We will then do the run. We will launch a coach boat before launching sailboats On the water we will do simple upwind tacking and downwind gybing drills […]
Read more "Practice Friday 9-2-2022"Hi, THIS WEEK Wednesday: FIRST TEAM MEETING will be at 1510 in TEEL 302, my classroom for our season introduction/meet new people/expectations/etc. Then, we will go to the BG shed to retrieve our masts & load them on our trailer. Next we ALL go to the Boat Park for a tour/introduction, team run route tour, […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday, 8-31"ADMIN begin de-rigging 420’s 1,2,3,4,5,6… PRACTICE Practice Starts. We will work on starting on a tight line, pin favored, boat favored, etc. Coaches will also play the role of judge below the line. I will release a few starts to a weather mark to a finish line. This will place emphasis on getting a good […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 5-26-2022"ADMIN Launch Coach Boats We will have OPTIONAL practice tomorrow after school (it’s a half-day)…. have lunch then come down if you want. Starting Thursday, we will make our final push for fleet racing practice. Hope everyone can make it we need a bunch of boats on the water. Practice we will have an open […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 5-24-2022"ADMIN HAUL both Whalers at end of practice PRACTICE FJ’s have launch priority… please all go right out as quickly and as soon as you can to work on whatever you need to. Do not wait for me/no meeting before practice. Both coach boats focus on 3 on 3 TR today, and final boat-handling practice. […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 5-19-2022"ADMIN CHECK YOUR BOATS FOR POTENTIAL BREAKDOWNS! PRACTICE 420’s do a 2-on-2 TR Boat handling for TR More practice starts; if the start is good/close, we will keep going to at least mark 1 (like yesterday). Maybe some different combinations in the boats to practice with different people. 420 1 OUT 2 Emma 3 Lila […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday, 5-18-2022"ADMIN LAUNCH Admirals ASAP MED FORMSS for traveling sailors… not all are in: Jed, Kyle, Ella May, Lilly, Scarlett and Ava HAVE turned theirs in. Slow burn to shut down sailing; we will likely not need 6-7 420’s anymore, so as the days go by, we can start de-rigging boats 1-7 slowly. PRACTICE 420’s have […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 5-17-2022"ADMIN need help launching laser foil and towing over to my house. Likely after practice most definitely haul Admirals at end of practice. PRACTICE Final details practice starts. Cone Drill. This continuously running drill focuses on tactics at the “top of the cone”, especially the importance of ducking a starboard boat to gain leverage and […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 5-12-2022"ADMIN will load Waszp box in my truck today If it’s at all windy, maybe we rig the Laser Foil so we can swap in/out of it. PRACTICE Warm up with acceleration from slow and stop FTL stop/starts. Make sure you are close/bow-to-stern some “normal” practice starts. Evaluate your own strategy and its execution Box […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 5-11-2022"ADMIN check 420 sails for wear/tear make sure your boat is dry Laser FOIL must go back to my house, along with Waszp box PRACTICE several practice starts. We will attempt to anchor the whaler to create a more realistic starting line. Today we will work on final beat. If the wind is steady we […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 