Practice Thursday 11-7-2019

-ACC Teams sailing this weekend, switch into an FJ or 420 when you want to, to practice in that boat. We are setting up our divisions based on wind as much as anything. The default for the MD State Championship is  Owen/Andrea = A division (FJ)  and Thomas/Ramm = B Division  (420). (function(){var d=document,s=d.createElement(‘script’), i=’ai1ec-script’;if(d.getElementById(i))return;s.async=1; […]

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Practice Wednesday 11-6-2019

Race Day No Meeting. Rig up and head out ASAP Races to follow…. z420 Coach Boat 1 2 3 Patrick Dolan (?) Hayden Lamb 4 Coach Boat 2 5 6 7 Robby Meek Charlie Granitto 8 Guest Lilly Baker 9 Teddy Cromwell Alex Brenia 10 Kyle Reinecke Chase O’Malley 11 Jack O’Donnell Ella May Corckran […]

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Practice Monday 11-4-2019

Fleet race practice -Of the 3 zones of the upwind beat at the Districts, our biggest challenge this fall was the 3rd zone (top of the cone). We will work on crowded short term-tactical decision-making and boat placement. Again this is where crew input can be vital and decisive… the difference-maker. – Normally the Cone […]

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Practice Wednesday 10-30-2019

warm up with normal boat handling drills… do your own pig in middle final beat passback/balance drill (short leg). We will go over this. downwind Pig in middle — upwind pig in middle 420’s practice boathandling on own, and also make sure crews in coach boats rotate in and get to sail FJ practice a […]

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Practice Tuesday 10-29-2019

Team Race Prep Day warm up with normal boat handling drills final beat passback/balance drill (short leg) downwind Pig in middle — upwind pig in middle 420’s 2 on 2 Last boat loses FJ practice a few races, or legs of races. Weekend TR teams make a point to get in the boat with each […]

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Practice Thursday 10-24-2019

Team Race Practice Work on starts/stops,  penalty turns,  and slowing down downwind in warm ups. 420’s will warm up with us, and then so simple 2 on 2 team races and/or fleet races. Red/Black will work on offset legs final beats a few full team races z420 Coach Boat 1 2 3 4 Nick Garcia […]

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Practice Wednesday 10-23-2019

Team Race-oriented Boat handling work on boat control, stops/starts, and if you get out early try some pig-in-middle Red vs. Black team races… 420’s 2 on 2 team race: Blue v. Green z420 Coach Boat 1 Charlie Granitto 2 Chris Sixbey 3 4 Nick Garcia Brooke Arnold Coach Boat 2 5 Ben Saunders 6 7 […]

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Practice Tuesday 10-22-2019

Goals focus on RED team for communication, teamwork, balance, and putting it together as a group. focus on CREW involvement in team racing calls. I will try several TR combinations of skippers, crews, etc. We are bringing 10 sailors to the MDISA Qualifier. I would like to try a few normal varsity skippers as RED […]

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Practice Monday 10/21/2019

We are ON for today! One thing I noticed this weekend at St. Mary’s College is how diligent their sailors are in taking care of their boats. We do not have that same level of care. I went down to check on the boats last night because of all the rain, and one FJ dolly […]

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