Team Race Practice Work on starts/stops, penalty turns, and slowing down downwind in warm ups. 420’s will warm up with us, and then so simple 2 on 2 team races and/or fleet races. Red/Black will work on offset legs final beats a few full team races z420 Coach Boat 1 2 3 4 Nick Garcia […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 10-24-2019"Team Race-oriented Boat handling work on boat control, stops/starts, and if you get out early try some pig-in-middle Red vs. Black team races… 420’s 2 on 2 team race: Blue v. Green z420 Coach Boat 1 Charlie Granitto 2 Chris Sixbey 3 4 Nick Garcia Brooke Arnold Coach Boat 2 5 Ben Saunders 6 7 […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 10-23-2019"Goals focus on RED team for communication, teamwork, balance, and putting it together as a group. focus on CREW involvement in team racing calls. I will try several TR combinations of skippers, crews, etc. We are bringing 10 sailors to the MDISA Qualifier. I would like to try a few normal varsity skippers as RED […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 10-22-2019"We are ON for today! One thing I noticed this weekend at St. Mary’s College is how diligent their sailors are in taking care of their boats. We do not have that same level of care. I went down to check on the boats last night because of all the rain, and one FJ dolly […]
Read more "Practice Monday 10/21/2019"Friday Practice FIRST. do NOT put any boats outside our fence. Bring the coach boat over to the ramp so we can launch it. SECOND, we must de-rig 5 & 6 today and flip them over for repairs. THIRD, Vanimals, please go to the athletic field house and get our tent for this weekend, leave […]
Read more "Friday Practice 10-18-2019"Today we will focus on heavy-air sailing and crews, potentially trying several HA crews with different people. One particular goal for today is for our top skippers to identify HA crews that they work most effectively with. IF the wind abates enough, we will switch to a more normal skipper/crew arrangement. Be advised, if the […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 10-17-2019"Fleet race practice Robby and Owen please feel free to sail lasers as much as you want, starting today…. we will try to have at least 2-3 more laser days. Santa Barbara can have all sorts of conditions…. including light and shifty for sure. Crew weight trim/shifting gears Crews try backwards tacking if you like […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 10-15-2019"We will mix and match depending on who’s here, but likely the boats we will rig are: If your name isn’t here and I asked you to come, please still do. z420 1 Thomas Sitzmann Raam Fox 2 Zander King Chase W Hilliard 3 Teddy Cromwell Hayden Lamb 4 5 Charlie Granitto 6 Patrick Dolan […]
Read more "Sunday 10-13-2019"Early out @ 1345 today. We will make a plan based on what Antilles would like to do when we get down there, see below for boats to rig. z420 Coach Boat 1 Maddie Hawkins Cole Petrinko 2 Owen Hennessey Alex Brenia Lilly Baker 3 Thomas Sitzmann Raam Fox Ella May Corckran 4 Coach Boat […]
Read more "Practice Friday 10-11-2019"Boat Handling Day & Some Team Racing Work on weight trim today and also shifting gears with weight in lulls & puffs. This is a critical skill in changing conditions. FTL upwind windsprints. 3 whistles = 360 turn, 4 whistles = 720 turn Downwind crews work on muscling and even steering boat with your weight […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 