Today we will meet in Teel 302 after school. No practice tomorrow for Mallory team. Everyone else may have practice Thursday and Friday. Standby for updates on that. Meeting about: -next year team racing -heavy air sailing -rest/nutrition -crew responsibilities during a regatta -mental preparation -physical preparation -final beat tactics -voting for Players Award and […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 5-10-2017"-Bring in Pinnies -boat handling practice. OUT 1 FJ Bayless Connor McNeil Caroline 2 FJ Houck Stephanie Morgan Aidan 3 FJ Bayless Caroline Reilly Blair 4 FJ Fagan Mariner Tindall Abbie Hawkins Maddie 5 FJ Bruce Sam White Camille McCollum Will 6 FJ Bruce Jordan Riefkohl Andrea 7 420 Adam Marcus Meyer Maddi 8 420 […]
Read more "Practice 5-9-2017"Charles River-like conditions today with wind from the northwest, 4-16 knots, with very large shift and holes. Starting again was critical; getting a jump on the line and holding your lane almost always meant a top 3 or 4 finish, and sailing in bad air on the correct tack was necessary if you had to, […]
Read more "Race Day Results 5/8/2017"Monday Practice Since Wed/Thurs look light & variable (which means we may not be able to sail), we are going to have a Race Day today, and we will finalize boat handling and starts, etc tomorrow. Everyone should treat today as an important regatta. There will be 1-2 Judge boats that are authorized to give […]
Read more "Practice Monday 5-8-2017"Not sure who is here today. We will change around if/as needed. OUT 1 FJ Bayless Connor McNeil Caroline 2 FJ Houck Stephanie Morgan Aidan Smith Christiaan 3 FJ Bayless Caroline Taczak Sophie Granitto Charlie 4 FJ Bruce Sam Reilly Blair Hawkins Maddie 5 FJ Fagan Mariner Tindall Abbie 6 FJ Bruce Jordan Riefkohl Andrea […]
Read more "Practice 5-4-2017"Today: -FJ TR Tournament. Rig and go. We will warm up if there are boats out there early with some stops/starts/windsprints. These are the teams we will sail with this weekend. We could potentially bring a bus to what will be the last regatta for our seniors. Let’s discuss. -420 Match Race tournament OUT 1 […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 5-3-2017"NOTES -More skipper to leeward in big wind downwind. Must be able to transition to this -not a ton of consistent sailing -more mainsheet ease in very big puffs -too many angles downwind. The wind shifts downwind too… be willing to gybe, wing on /puff more, but do NOT over-stand the leeward gate or finish. […]
Read more "Race Day Results 5-2-2017"Today we will have a scored Race Day. Courses will be: a. Trapezoid /WL. The leeward gate will be the finish line. b. W4 with an offset and leeward gate. Purpose of today is to a. work on fleet racing tactics and starting for our Mallory team, and b. to evaluate teams for this weekend’s […]
Read more "Practice 5-2-2017"Normal practice today. We will determine what we do when we get down there. OUT FJ Bayless Connor McNeil Caroline Smith Christiaan FJ Houck Stephanie Morgan Aidan Granitto Charlie FJ Bayless Caroline Reilly Blair FJ Bruce Jordan Riefkohl Andrea FJ Fagan Mariner Taczak Sophie FJ Bruce Sam White Camille 420 Hawkins Maddie Adam Marcus 420 […]
Read more "Practice 5-1-2017"These boats are arguably lighter, and definitely a little more snappy than the Zim FJs The booms are raised a little, I have not noticed any difference that pertains to boom-height/sail size going from them to “normal” FJs. Nor have I heard of anyone else mentioning any difference The mains are kind of old, the […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 