Spring Break Practice will feature team racing every day. Before then, I hope you will continue your self-education path and take seriously the idea that we all need to know team racing rules, plays, and more. -Because in Heaven, everybody team races… Resources: Say hello and introduce yourself to every video and article on our […]
Read more "Spring Break Team Race HomeWork"Good practice today; we made the most out of some interesting wind patterns. Everyone had some great moments and I hope today was an overall plus for our team. I thought it was one of the better practices we’ve had collectively. It was great to see Nate and Julia practicing on their own diligently all […]
Read more "Practice Notes Wed. 3-10"Hi I may be a little late today, lots of meetings and so forth. Anyway, please begin carefully rigging up all the boats. We will rig everything and assume all the 420’s are working now. This means booms/ rudders/tillers etc check and makes sure all is functional. Check sails, everything. Don’t bring boats inside the […]
Read more "Practice Monday 3-1-2021"Today we will have one 3 on 3 match-up( RED vs. BLUE) and one 2 on 2 matchup (BLACK vs. GREEN) as below. We will sub in today only if possible and/or at end of day. if there is time. It is not likely anyone else will sail. Harris in for Ella May G. Petrinko […]
Read more "Team Race Practice Wednesday 9/30"Overall good practice work on sail trim edits for point mode and speed mode work on weight trim fore/aft downwind make sure you don’t over-vang in lighter air downwind work hard to achieve clear air while sailing toward the mark on the correct gybe Videos: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0Fv6iDm9TNiT99j86C8saXneA
Read more "Wednesday Practice de-brief"Good work today at the Marina. Apologies for not activating the Zoom room; technical difficulties today. No sailing meeting at all tomorrow, we will re-convene next Tuesday after Labor Day weekend. Here are some observations from our meeting today: https://share.icloud.com/photos/04JGR9Md2GwGPQHu5intmWDQg
Read more "Thursday Meeting De-Brief"Here are some of the videos taken from Thursday: 10 & 12: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0qZg4Pkc_pV_R_PL3Wtpi1qrQ 3 & 8: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0hBDiP23Y67CxsosWatE4ZWWw 4 & 6 : https://share.icloud.com/photos/0IeXfxxuLLVqCoBaRJ2Ql_NBQ 1 & 9 : https://share.icloud.com/photos/0aO2VgA1KTr46dlVX_9P5ktNg Race Plan, boat 9: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0OeLAakO5tIOHAHBlYbgmnukg Race execution, boat 9: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0NCbw4G_b0vNS0m-8UmJNXXqw Race Plan, Boat 7: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0c1cT6Grvgcek8WjGP2PZAscA Race execution, boat 7: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0AQEDZj4NDeJFtTRxXGyl3P3A
Read more "Practice Video from Thursday 3-5-2020"Outlook for the Week (tentative) Based on the forecast for the week, we will Monday: Sail, or try to sail. If there is no wind, we will work on the boats more, and also do a dry-land crew training day Tuesday: MAKE-UP TEAM RUN. We will again try to sail tomorrow. If the forecast is […]
Read more "Practice Monday 2-24-2020"Today we did practice starts, first upwind beats, then DW in SNO to a leeward gate, finish upwind. Conditions: NE Wind 5-14 knots, with fairly consistent oscillations around 20-30 degrees at the most. Today the wind had a middle, and it simply went back and forth on either side of it. The race course was […]
Read more "Practice Notes 10-8-2019"Laser Cressy Practice DOWNWIND — Know your 90 Lots of guys sail “by the lee” and all over the place, often with the mainsheet out well past 90 degrees. This can be fast in very light conditions, but becomes trickier and less advantageous in more wind and more waves. Mark your mainsheet on land when […]
Read more "Laser Practice Tips for Today: Know Your 90"
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