Today: Skippers work out, crews rig De-Brief from yesterday Plan today is upwind tacking (use new DoubleDemo Rabbit start) Downwind gybing, slowing down, and gybing. TR DRILL: downwind covering. If breeze is heave we may go to heavy air crews. RED OUT 1 Bayless Connor McNeil Caroline 2 Houck Stephanie Morgan Aidan Camille 3 […]
Read more "Wednesday 08 March Practice"We had a great day sailing out on the Magothy River. Our 3 TR teams battled each other non-stop today, with a guest appearance from Washington College. Our 3rd TR team took on WAC in our 420’s, while our two top teams sailed each other in FJ’s, in a brisk, gusty, shifty westerly. The course […]
Read more "Notes from TR Tuesday 3/7/2017"4-Team Scrimmage today. No drills, just team racing, start to finish. Talk to your team about what it is you want to work on, and how you will approach today. We will try to get each team to sail against each other, at least once. Please plan to make a list of things that went […]
Read more "Team Race Tuesday 3/7/2017"NO SAILING TODAY Meet after school in Teel 302 at 2:45, preferably dressed for working out. Go over TR Playbook together, and some things we talked about over the winter. Divide up into teams and begin to discuss communication. Develop team terms, who says what when, etc. Begin to develop a Red Team playbook (mostly […]
Read more "Thursday 3-2-2017"Today we will ALL meet at the Bus Station to bring down some coach boats. After hitching up boats, we will go to the sailing center. All must complete the run before any sailing. Launch coach boats, move marks down to the boats Make an inventory of missing parts. Create a list. I will place […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 2/28/2017"Review last time New Stuff: Create starting lingo First beat balance when losing 1st weather mark approach tips Season Outlook (who sails where and when) season schedule DEBRIEF; 4. TR TALK a. Understand and think about 1st beat balance, both losing and winning. b. Conservative […]
Read more "TR Tuesday 1-24-2017"Today we talked only about starting, and added some responsibilities and details to team-only Playbook. These are vital for every player on the team to know. Lessons: Learn the “tack away”. Appreciate the “chase” position instead of the “lead” in certain situations. Be fluid & flexible. Fast teams can leverage leverage to the right. Add this […]
Read more "TR Tuesday 1/10/2017"Hi For those that are able, we will break down boats today. I’d also like to go over a possible Keelboat practice schedule, and de-brief the ACC’s We’re talkin’ ’bout practice……..
Read more "Monday 11-14 “practice”"Those that can make it please come today to practice, to help our team prepare for the ACC’s. I don’t know exactly who’s making it so we will create teams at the venue. Tomorrow is our last time sailing; we need to put the boats away for the winter, haul coach boats, and get the […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 11-9-2017"According to the Pagan Portal, The day of Venus, Friday takes its name from Frigga, the Goddess of Love and Transformation. She rules the spiritual aspects of people as they manifest on the physical. Because of this, Friday is sometimes thought of as unpredictable. Magical aspects: love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty. Anyway, we will: Breezy […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 