Team Race Practice today. Likely we will do mostly 2 on 2 drills: 1,2 chase 3,4 downwind balance drill upwind 3 boat Offset drills: play on the offset in a 1,3 and passback the 2 on the offset (both first and second offset). Practice 1: Down speed acceleration and lane holding at the start. Practice […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday, 3-30-2021"RACE DAY Given the bad weather, we will simply do a RACE DAY today, starting with a Fleet Race Regatta. This will be a 4 race regatta. At the conclusion, we will then have a round-robin Dos-en-Dos TR Tourneo (see teams below). ***if the weather is awful, we may end today at 1500*** Fleet Race: […]
Read more "SB Practice Wednesday 3/24/2021"Practice 3/23 Tuesday Yesterday De-Brief: Roll very late in light air. Roll very hard. Work on carving more on downwind gybes to allow for a big flatten on the new gybe Work on the Wing-on — Gybe technique BALANCE DAY– warm up: tacks/stops/starts, gybes, etc. 2 on 2 final beat: Both gate rounding and FTL […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 3/23/2021"Monday SB Practice: check and confirm all COVID release/confirmations. While I am going over paperwork, please drain all boats, check all boats taped rings tiller extension universals likely flip 12 and replace jib halyard (or whatever boat has that damaged spurred jib halyard) CHECK ALL 420’s for water in tanks We will make a call […]
Read more "SB Practice Monday 3/22/2021"TR FUN DAY 3 teams as per below. We will simply team race today and love doing it. No pre-meeting, just chat with your teammates about your plan for world domination and go get it. 420 Coach boat 1 Raam Regan King […]
Read more "Friday 3-12-2021"Housekeeping Before/after practice Will make gear call before heading out. It is supposed to reach record high temperatures today, but it might get windy. JV MUST wear dry-suits, and we will also make call determining if everyone will be allowed out sailing (based on wind strength). I will bring one extra dolly wheel. Please put […]
Read more "Practice Thursday, 3-11-2021"2-Day Today Read the items below and make sure you have thoughts/questions about the ones relevant to you. We will go to the marina today regardless of wind. If there is any wind we will sail and likely practice light air sail trim. Remember also that while we are focused on Level-2 today, don’t forget […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday, 3-10-2021"Today is the Team Run. Make sure that you know the route… do not get lost. Also, in addition to your own fitness routine, part of your homework for sailing team is to learn the Electric Slide. We will begin practicing this tomorrow. No exceptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ViCtd-dt4 We will then go over basic college dinghy tuning […]
Read more "Practice Monday 3-8-2021"Friday Practice make sure your dolly wheels have air sail bags were left outside last night Tiny House door left open with key in the door knob FOCUS 0-Day: focus on rigging boat correctly 1-Day: windy/shifty body mechanics hiking technique crisp downwind boat handling DRILLS RS Windsprints more focus on stops/starts hiking technique around weather […]
Read more "Practice Friday 3-5-2021"Thursday: 0-Day and a 1-Day 0-Day: Focus on simply rigging your boat properly dry!! proper halyard tensions proper/desired mainsheet ratio jib sheets run properly have a bowline (painter) clean hull no dirt or tape on hull to cause friction outhaul set properly cunningham rigged properly vang working in good order correct sails with boat rudder/tiller/extension […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 