Pratice Thursday 10-25-2018

We will meet in Teel 302 today. Varsity will go over playbook refinement. Important. Then workout. JV will meet here and then decide what to do with Coach K.

Practice Tuesday 10-22-2018

Working on boat handling for team racing. -pig in the middle to mark 1 & 2 -360’s, 720’s, -match race mini course -final beat balance drill (2 on 2) – 2 on 2 race maybe -go over team playbook tomorrow night for updating/personalizing. 420 1 Mariner Fagan Ryan Wahba OUT 2 Caroline Bayless Addi […]

Practice Thursday 10-18-2018

We will pursue mostly the same practice plan as yesterday since we really didn’t get to do it 1. Practice starts. Work on timing and lane holding 2. random order FTL final beat drill. round upon release, sail DW to a leeward GATE, then race to a finish line 3. Then line up again in […]

Practice Wednesday 10-17-2018

Some final tuning up for the weekend. We will 1. Do about 4-5 practice starts, 2 minute sequence. Will be important to work on your timing and boat handling in breeze, which we haven’t had much practice in. 2. random order final beat drill. Pick different places in the fleet (front, middle, back) and work […]

Practice Tuesday 10-16-2018

Race Day FJ 1 Mariner Fagan Ryan Wahba OUT 2 Maddie Hawkins Addi Harris Owen Hennessey 3 Sam Bruce Charlie G. 4 Caroline Bayless Rees coach boat 5 Jordan Bruce Andrea Riefkohl 6 Marcus Adam Abby Tindall 7 Zander King Chris Sixbey 8 Teddy Cromwell Hayden Lamb 9 Patrick Dolan Matt Hoyt Alex […]

Practice Monday 10-15-2018

Team Race Practice Day Today we will do TR oriented boat handling. UPWIND -1 whistle = tack -2 whistles = stop/start -3 whistles = 360 DOWNWIND -1 whistle = gybe to wing on -2 whistles = wing on/off -3 whistles = 360 -4 whistles = stop 360/720 practice. Talk to your partner about what makes […]

Practice Friday, 10-12-2018

Race Day. No meeting; We will do as many races as we can. Please rig and get out to tune up ASAP. Course will be normal; I will attempt to change the line and leeward gate favor; my intent is to keep the course slightly too short, which will mimic what you will see tomorrow […]

Practice Wednesday 10-10-2018

MUST HAUL both Whaler coach boats today after (or before) practice. Finding clear air downwind and lane management. Theme for today will be sailing in narrow, BUT CLEAR AIR lanes downwind. DW laylines are a lot narrower and offer fewer places to be, so planning and aggressively sailing for clear air is a must. Sail […]

Practice Tuesday 10-09-2018

Today we will have a Mixed fleet (FJ/420) Race Day assuming there’s enough wind, with some added scored races either tomorrow or Thursday depending on wind strength. A few practice starts for those out early. Work on getting off the line and getting a clear lane in phase. Assess line & gates as I will try […]

Practice 10-04-2018

PRACTICE focus: BALANCE steer less and balance the boat more with your weight trim Boat Balance: What does it take to sail the boat with your weight, and not the rudder? Varsity sail w/out rudder, upwind and down. JV try rudderless sailing. Get far away from each other before you do this. Rudderless race (?) […]

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