Practice Plans

Practice Wednesday 4-17-2019

Downwind Combo Day Warm up with normal BH drills Unstable winning combos downwind:  1,4,5,    2,3,5    1,3,6 We will try to do at least 2 of each combo listed above, downwind. We will start drill by doing a first beat, then stop and re-form in these combos. If time then maybe try a chase […]

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Practice Tuesday 4-16

Launch Whaler in back lot (newer one that we just hauled). Please do this ASAP. Remove Marks out of Obi Wan and put them in the Whaler FJ TR Boat handling focus and First Beats. FJ Pig in Middle to mark 1, then P.I.M. to mark 2, then pig in middle to mark 3. Start […]

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Practice Friday 4-12

Boathandling: Maddie, Sam and Mariner Switch into 420’s if you want to to finish 420 boat handling halfway or whenever you want. Windsprints, practice starts, 360/720, downwind boat handling. It’s windier today than it will likely be all weekend which is too bad, so the boat handling simulation won’t be ideal, so please work on […]

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Practice Thursday 4-11-2019

RACE DAY No meeting rig and head out ASAP, warm up/practice as much as you can Scores will be recorded On-the-water Judge boats will observe and can initiate Rule 42 violations 420 coach boat 1 Sam Bruce Addi Harris 2 Mariner Fagan Ryan  Wahba 3 Maddie Hawkins Abby Tindall 4 Jordan Bruce Andrea Riefkohl 5 […]

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Practice 4-10-2019

-FJ boathandling day. Halfway through practice, Caroline and Owen switch boats with Patrick and Zander. -Final Beat Day. Modified Final beat drill: FTL in 2 packs (odds/evens), odds round offset to starboard, evens round WM to port. race to a leeward gate, make the rounding and race upwind to finish. Change up your placement in […]

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Practice Tuesday 4-9-2019

3 Things to work on Today: Starting execution Downwind lane management (aggressive positioning with wing on/off and taking advantage of DW windshifts) Gate identification/strategy (when do you start talking about gate choice downwind? Make sure you have a plan). What makes one gate favored over another?? -more practice starts. We will attempt to add a […]

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