Anacortes, WA, Baker Team Race Team, Spring 2016

LIABILITY FORM Each sailor has to fill out the following form individually: http://www.whatcomsailing.com/baker/Hold%20Harmless%202016%20Baker.pdf Please print out, fill out, and deliver to Sitzmann. TR DISTRICTS DEBRIEF Please read and review the following: https://severnschoolsailing.com/2016/05/03/tr-districts-regatta-de-brief/ WHERE IS ANACORTES? DYK: The name “Anacortes” is a consolidation of the name Anna Curtis, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island […]

TR Districts Regatta De-Brief

Things to work on for TR Nationals: Starts (read THIS) skewed lines nutrition/physical endurance (read THIS, and then scroll through THESE) Fleet race within the team race & lane management Downwind lane management and cover schemes when winning Sail trim Communication crew take leadership role. Read THIS amount type intrinsic Clearing out current Rules BOAT […]

Practice Tuesday 5/3/2016

Today is a boat-handling day. The roster below is somewhat theoretical; we will see who is here and ready to go.

MASSA Team Race Districts Spring 2016 Championship

Severn School finished second at the 2016 MASSA TR District Championship, earning a berth at the 2016 Baker Team Race National Championship in Anacortes, WA This was, as always, a very tough regatta, and after the disappointment of the Mallory qualifier, our entire team worked very hard, focused solely on team racing, and pulled it […]

Practice Plan 4/28 & Notes for TR Districts

Today we will finalize boathandling and do a few full-length team races. NYCC Keep updated on the weather. Looks breezy (and raining) on Sunday as well now. NE on Sat 10-15, S-SW 10-20 on Sunday Check out boats, sails, and discuss them read our playbook on the way down, and GO OVER THE CALL BOOK! […]

Practice Plan Wednesday 4/27/2016

Team Race Practice (420’s please sail 2 on 2 team races today) Before I Get Out Drills Mark 1 Three Boat Drill: Sail upwind on the starboard layline in a pig-in-the-middle formation. trap the pig. generally warm up Today: Offsets & Downwind FTL into the first offset leg in the following combos: 1,2,3,4,5,6 1,2,3,4,5,6 1,2,3,4,5,6 […]

Practice Notes 4/26/2016

FJ Sailing The boat is a little like an airplane. If it’s not moving forward, it’s dying. Lift is everything. Make sure you have some way on, and recognize the fact that starts and stops are very different in this boat. When faced with a header, don’t hesitate to tack, or not. The boat stalls […]

Practice 4-26-2016

FJ’s -decent breeze boat handling -practice starts -FTL First Beats -FTL Final Beats -A few all-the-way through races 420’s -try some 2 on 2 team racing if possible

Practice Monday 4-25

Work on FJ boat-Handling today -stops/starts/ tacking/gybing TR Drills -Mark 1 Drill -DW Trap or Die at mark 3 -practice starts -upwind recognition drill FTL starts and whistle stops/repositioning Remember to look over and study the Call Book

Weekend Results and Upcoming Week

Hi; THIS WEEKEND Successful weekend for our sailing team! Yesterday at the SCC JV Regatta, the team of Jack/Sophie Peter/Blake …won the regatta! (See attached results). Today at the competitive DC Sail Varsity Regatta, we had an all-freshman team, and although the results are still not in, our team did a great job overall, highlighted […]

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