Housekeeping Before/after practice Will make gear call before heading out. It is supposed to reach record high temperatures today, but it might get windy. JV MUST wear dry-suits, and we will also make call determining if everyone will be allowed out sailing (based on wind strength). I will bring one extra dolly wheel. Please put […]
Read more "Practice Thursday, 3-11-2021"Good practice today; we made the most out of some interesting wind patterns. Everyone had some great moments and I hope today was an overall plus for our team. I thought it was one of the better practices we’ve had collectively. It was great to see Nate and Julia practicing on their own diligently all […]
Read more "Practice Notes Wed. 3-10"2-Day Today Read the items below and make sure you have thoughts/questions about the ones relevant to you. We will go to the marina today regardless of wind. If there is any wind we will sail and likely practice light air sail trim. Remember also that while we are focused on Level-2 today, don’t forget […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday, 3-10-2021"2-DAY Today: SAIL TRIM work on jib trim changing in and out upwind cross sheeting technique downwind shape and technique aggressive sheet action on gybes wing off technique backwinding in tacks the differences between 420 & FJ jib trim mainsail trim sometimes ugly is fast how often do you play the mainheet upwind mainsheet […]
Read more "2-Day Today……Practice Tuesday 3-9-2021"Today is the Team Run. Make sure that you know the route… do not get lost. Also, in addition to your own fitness routine, part of your homework for sailing team is to learn the Electric Slide. We will begin practicing this tomorrow. No exceptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ViCtd-dt4 We will then go over basic college dinghy tuning […]
Read more "Practice Monday 3-8-2021"Friday Practice make sure your dolly wheels have air sail bags were left outside last night Tiny House door left open with key in the door knob FOCUS 0-Day: focus on rigging boat correctly 1-Day: windy/shifty body mechanics hiking technique crisp downwind boat handling DRILLS RS Windsprints more focus on stops/starts hiking technique around weather […]
Read more "Practice Friday 3-5-2021"Thursday: 0-Day and a 1-Day 0-Day: Focus on simply rigging your boat properly dry!! proper halyard tensions proper/desired mainsheet ratio jib sheets run properly have a bowline (painter) clean hull no dirt or tape on hull to cause friction outhaul set properly cunningham rigged properly vang working in good order correct sails with boat rudder/tiller/extension […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 3-4-2021"WEDNESDAY: 1-Day / Tryouts Sailors in the right-most column will switch into the boat listed to the left. Halfway through practice 420’s 1-5 will switch into FJ. Objective: Working on Roll Tacking / Tryout Evaluation. Skippers: rolling more to help overall roll. Do NOT pre-roll! Hand switch DURING tack (see photo) Proper rudder angle […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 3-3-2021"Tuesday: Bus Ride as normal for those that want one (remember there is a 7 person limit and it looks like we are all set there) NO SAILING Tuesday. Bring workout/running gear to practice. Bring your jump rope. Practice should end around 1700 We will itemize and inventory all 18 boats. check rake check all […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 3/2/2021"Hi I may be a little late today, lots of meetings and so forth. Anyway, please begin carefully rigging up all the boats. We will rig everything and assume all the 420’s are working now. This means booms/ rudders/tillers etc check and makes sure all is functional. Check sails, everything. Don’t bring boats inside the […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 