Practice Thursday 5-9-2019

BOTH coach boats need to be hauled and cleaned after practice. Ideally we can hose them down. Store SeaHunt in back lot, and the RIB near our shed in the parking lot. We hope to be able to return all our boats to the parking lot today. The 505 needs to be properly put away, […]

Practice Wednesday 5-8-2019

Practice Focus: UPWIND -likely do legs of races today along with a few start-to-finish races to allow you to put finishing touches on your teamwork and communication. Staying in phase while aggressively seeking clear air. Everyone says its great to “be in phase”. What on earth does that actually mean? Well, be on the lifted/long […]

Practice Tuesday 5-7

Fleet Racing Focus final boat handling work on speed / weight trim / sail trim Final beat strategies. Staying Ahead on the Final Beat, Scott Ikle a few races start to finish This all depends on there being any wind. FJ Grace’s Coach Boat 1 Maddie Hawkins Abby Tindall 2 Mariner Fagan Ryan Wahba 3 […]

Practice Monday 5-6-2019

Light air speed and freedom day, with ISSA boathandling rules/restrictions recognition. FOCUS: 1) Clear Air in Light Air, and 2) Legal, smooth, boat-handling and sail trim (and weight trim) work on smooth boat handling, taking advantage of flat water to gain distance upwind with slow initial turns in your tacks. downwind, again, you have to […]

Practice Friday 5-3

-Haul coach boat at end of day -starting line practice. Work on setup/defending spot, spot poaching, and generally hyper-thoughtful starts. Observe, concentrate, and execute. -5o5 team de-rig at 1715. FJ Grace’s Coach Boat 1 Maddie Hawkins Abby Tindall 2 Mariner Fagan Raam Fox Addi Harris 3 Teddy Cromwell Hayden Lamb Andrea Riefkohl 4 Patrick Dolan […]

Practice Thursday 5-2

Practice today: We will keep an eye on the weather and hope to get a little sailing in. Need to chat with BCSC Varsity weekend teams. Remind me to do this……… A little TR for the FJ’s, and some 2 on 2 for the 420’s. Fleet race practice start technique against TOP competition. What are […]

Practice Tuesday 5-1

Simple Boat Handling Day Have to launch the Petrinko motor boat. warm ups with RS windsprints, the usual. Rabbit is a 420. 420’s start on the far end as usual, and then tack out so we are free of each other upwind. If we break off I will go with the 420’s (sailing) and Coach […]