Practice Thursday 10/5/2017

Our Red team for the weekend is below. Everyone sailed well, and there are no demotions here. This is an experiment, and I expect Black to be nearly as good as Red. This RED team is made up of those who have experience with our team, have worked hard on the team race course, who […]

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Practice Wednesday 10/4/2017

Team Race Day Starting lineups below. We will also try a few light air combos on Red. Abbie and Caroline M (if she’s here today) will go in. We will also have Caroline B. crew in boat 2 when we do boat handling at the end. Plan: -Starting strategy. Talk with your team about what […]

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Practice Tuesday 10-3-2017

Team Race Practice. Teams are below. We will also try Caroline Bayless as a crew in boat 2 for practice boat handling. FTL Starts to first beat. stop re-form in 2,3,6. This is of course a 1,4,5 combo downwind. reform. Final beat in a 2,4,5  (of 1,3,6) 420 Maddie Hawkins  Blair Reilly 1   Sam […]

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Practice Thursday

Today we will work on 2 things today: Final Beat tactics Downwind positioning for a gate Drills: Descending Sail Number order  (12-1) Final Beat Drill to a finish line. Follow the leader in SNO, when whistle blows you round the leeward gate (either one) and race to the finish. If you are in top 4, […]

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Practice Wednesday 9-27

Boat handling today, with some downwind positioning drills, and a few practice starts. I will be late today. PLEASE RIG AND GO OUT IMMEDIATELY. Do not hang out waiting for me. -We all need to roll later, harder, and have more consistent tacks in varying conditions. Will focus today on crew technique. -downwind gybes need […]

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Practice Tuesday 9-26-2017

FLEET RACE PRACTICE We will add on today to our race day results, and the top two teams at the end of our practice will start this Saturday. We will also bring an alternate/second skipper and crew, and likely heavy crew. Varsity will be in FJ’s all week in order to practice boat handling for […]

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Practice Thursday 9-21-2017

TEAM RACE THURSDAY Our team race team is our whole team. As we head toward the TR Qualifier in October, we will create our fastest possible team that works well together. Starting today and next week, we will try combinations toward that goal. We will also likely sail 2 teams at the qualifier, Red and […]

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