Practice Thursday 9-27-2018

TR PRACTICE a Few 3-minute practice starts, then Starts to mark 2. DW RED 1,4,6 to mark 3, repeat Work on: timing/teamwork at start upwind balance on first beat DW what to do in a 1,4,6 or 2,3,5 420   1 Coach boat 2 3 4 5 6 Charlie Granitto 7 Zander King Benj Damon […]

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Practice Wednesday 9-26-2018

We’re ON. Race Day #2 today to add to Monday’s scores. Please just RIG & Go.   420   1 Mariner Fagan Ryan  Wahba Coach boat 2 Maddie Hawkins Rees Tindall 3 Caroline Bayless Abby Tindall 4 Sam Bruce Addi Harris Charlie Granitto 5 Jordan Bruce Andrea Riefkohl 6 Owen Hennessey Marcus Adam 7 Zander […]

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Practice 9/24/2018-Monday

LAUNCH OTHER COACH BOAT……….. PLAN FOR WEEK MON            Nice breeze today (I hope) So…………..Race Day today and likely tomorrow. TUES             Race Day scores continuing from Monday. WED-FRI       TR DRILLS/ boat handling and situational drills / Black vs Red /  FJ for varsity Weekend […]

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Practice Thursday 9-20-2018

Final Beat / Downwind Gate Day for Whole Team :   TEAM COMMUNICATION, focus, boat-handling, & TACTICS Things to work on: keeping options open downwind as much as possible, and communicating about favored gate/favored next side, etc.. Do all this while sailing fast and in clear air downwind. mark roundings & positioning boat handling. Don’t be […]

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Practice Tuesday, 9-18-2018

Watching weather. Plan is to sail today, but keep checking. If weather rolls in we will meet in Teel 302 instead of sailing. Today is an all-team scored Race Day. We will attempt to get substitutes in. NO Meeting; just rig and get out on the water ASAP. Tomorrow: Team Race Day (we have an […]

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Practice Monday 9-17-2018

Will monitor weather and make a call by 2pm or so.  If no sailing, we’ll meet in Teel 302, then work out. As of now we’re sailing. PLEASE grab one of the coach boats on a trailer and bring down ramp to launch. Let’s make sure it’s working. Pairs are below, FJ team will try […]

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Practice Thursday 9-13-2018

Remember to meet at 1245 in the Koch Alumni Room (in gym, near football field). See yesterday’s practice plan. We may also do some TR drills: Pig in Middle to Finish (or weather mark) Pig in Middle to Finish (or Mark 1). This is an essential drill. Set a finish line with 2 marks. You […]

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Practice Wednesday 9-12-2018

LAUNCH SMALL WHALER (not the one we hauled yesterday) before practice begins! Today if there’s any wind we will work on: -holding lanes off the line -Roll Tacking.. work on timing with your partner and forceful, but smooth and efficient turns -roll gybing and wing on/off. Really work on gaining as much ground in these […]

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