Practice Friday 5-26-2023

If we have any guests coming (?) they will sail FJ 6. Otherwise the line-up is as per below. -FTL Upwind drill. FJ’s line up together and 420’s behind. -Same downwind.   420 1 OUT 2 Julia Hlousek 3 Will Friedell 4 5 6 7 8 Nate Long Maura McPartlin 9 Charlotte Macdonald John Szynal […]

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Practice Thursday 5-25-2023

Practice -balance upwind in breeze   (in FJ) -balance downwind in breeze (in FJ) Several practice starts, ideally with an anchored boat. If you are there early you can launch your boat and tie it up somewhere……… 420 1 OUT 2 3 4 5 6 7 Annie Sitzmann Jed Lory 8 Nate Long Maura McPartlin 9 […]

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Practice Tuesday 5-23-2023

NOTES no practice tomorrow team hoodie, yes now or no Back in the Saddle Normal warm up: Focus on tacking, specifically:  working to flatten on the new tack. If you are not working to flatten on the new tack, you’re likely coming up to the new side either too quickly or you rolled too early […]

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Practice Thursday 5-18-2023

Final work for Red/Blue. We will start out with boat handling drills for everyone then split up. Red/Blue with me for final tune-up. Practice will end early today for everyone. You will be ready to leave by 5 at the latest.   420 1 Thomas Sitzmann Scarlett Harris OUT 2 Robby Meek Helena English Maura […]

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Practice Wednesday 5-17-2023

Everyone head out. No meeting before -DW stop/Start  (2 whistles) -DW stop/accelerate right (2 whistles with audible ) -turns, up and down (3 whistles) -practice down-speed tack from stbd to prt (mark 1 simulation) – chase/lead at start When we go to Red vs. Blue, everyone else is free. I want John to switch with […]

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Practice Monday 5-15-2023

Back to boat handling in 420 -tacking -jib trim -gybing -turns A few 2 on 2 drills Some team races 420 1 Thomas Sitzmann Scarlett Harris OUT 2 Robby Meek Helena English Will Friedell 3 Kyle Reinecke Reese Corckran 4 Ava Cornell Lilly Baker 5 Annie Sitzmann Jed Lory 6 — — 7 Alex Baker […]

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Practice Thursday 5-11-2023

Final tune up drills. Go right out, no meeting   420 1 OUT 2 Julia Hlousek 3 4 5 6 7 Alex Baker John Szynal 8 9 Chris McCollum Annie Lapides 10 Nate Long Charlotte Macdonald 11 Sam Maura McPartlin Coach Boat 12 Charlotte Wilkin FJ 1 Thomas Sitzmann Scarlett Harris 2 Robby Meek Helena […]

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-If no wind, we will replace jib halyards and clean FJ hulls -if there is wind, we will sail upwind in easterly as far as we can doing normal drills till wind dies. 420 1 OUT 2 Charlotte Wilkin 3 4 5 6 7 Alex Baker John Szynal 8 9 Chris McCollum Annie Lapides 10 […]

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Practice Tuesday 5-9-2023

—Practice starts —Gate Choice practice (setting up/mark rounding, etc) —Layline Calls —Downwind lanes —Setting up for a good gate rounding & making last minute change calls   420 1 OUT 2 3 4 5 6 7 Alex Baker John Szynal 8 Nate Long Maura McPartlin 9 Chris McCollum Annie Lapides 10 Charlotte Macdonald Charlotte Wilkin […]

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Practice Monday 5-8-2023

NOTES Remember to email with your Players Award Vote today. GO RIGHT OUT… wind is dicey and maybe dying. Do not wait for me but work on the things mentioned below. Practice -getting ready for FJ sailing this weekend -focus on practice 1 (boathandling) :   acceleration in light air on starting line without breaking rules. […]

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