Not sure who is here today. We will change around if/as needed. OUT 1 FJ Bayless Connor McNeil Caroline 2 FJ Houck Stephanie Morgan Aidan Smith Christiaan 3 FJ Bayless Caroline Taczak Sophie Granitto Charlie 4 FJ Bruce Sam Reilly Blair Hawkins Maddie 5 FJ Fagan Mariner Tindall Abbie 6 FJ Bruce Jordan Riefkohl Andrea […]
Read more "Practice 5-4-2017"Today: -FJ TR Tournament. Rig and go. We will warm up if there are boats out there early with some stops/starts/windsprints. These are the teams we will sail with this weekend. We could potentially bring a bus to what will be the last regatta for our seniors. Let’s discuss. -420 Match Race tournament OUT 1 […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 5-3-2017"Today we will have a scored Race Day. Courses will be: a. Trapezoid /WL. The leeward gate will be the finish line. b. W4 with an offset and leeward gate. Purpose of today is to a. work on fleet racing tactics and starting for our Mallory team, and b. to evaluate teams for this weekend’s […]
Read more "Practice 5-2-2017"Today: Learn to Start in an FJ. -work on FJ starts, and holding spots when going slow. In the TR starts I noticed a lot of sideways motion, people late to the line, and generally not great FJ starting. Focus today on setting up, holding your spot, understanding the FJ boat characteristics and their important differences […]
Read more "Practice Friday 4-28-2017"Today 1. If FJ’s red and black get out quickly, we will run a team race or two. Don’t wait to launch. Go ahead and get out there. 2. Downwind positioning to finish day. Sail-Number-Order (SNO). Think about how you will defend your position, and/or improve it, using positioning, legal and superior boat handling, and […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 4-27-2017"Today: (stay tuned as we may cancel sailing and meet in Teel 302 if there is no wind) -working on light air starts -we will begin with FTL tacking drills, up and downwind. I want to see aggressive boat handling -tacks & gybes -acceleration -a few FJ team races and 2 on 2 LBL with […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 4-26-2017"WORKOUT CHANGE We do expect our sailors to be in top physical shape. That’s your responsibility now. No more workouts before daily practice. If you want to workout, do so on your own time. Feel free to discuss as a team if you want to set something up yourselves outside of practice on the water. […]
Read more "Tuesday 4-25 Practice"Hi; We will have a brief team meeting in my classroom after school today, 2:50. Those that were sailing this weekend, if need be, can miss this. Normal sailing resumes Tuesday. Topics: This weekends upcoming JV event at NERHS (April 29) Rest of season schedule discussion of TR Districts and questions Practice schedule from here […]
Read more "Monday 4-24-2017 Update"Today we will work on boat handling and balance drill what to do, and not to do, in a 2,3,6 on the final beat RED OUT 420 Bayless Connor Tindall Abbie McCollum Will 420 Bayless Caroline Reilly Blair Taczak Sophie 420 Fagan Mariner White Camille Houck Stephanie 420 Meyer Maddi BLACK McNeil Caroline 420 Bruce […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 4-20-2017"Hi; Yesterday: – Red made some unforced, avoidable foul errors. Please work hard on not making unforced fouls; this disrupts our team play – Overall good sailing. Remember to team race when you can, and do NOT TR when you don’t have to, or if team racing helps the other team – As we discussed, […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 