Varsity Team Race Practice today: UPWIND SAILING is our focus. We need to work on BALANCE. Discuss this term with your team and work to get it right. Unbalanced, or not thinking about balance, is the surest way to turn a winner into a loser. Launch 3rd Coach Boat! Make sure it gets down the […]
Read more "Practice Plan, 9-13-2016"Lasers will practice if possible. May need to leave boats on my dock if the Marina is not available. Crews will work out before practice. Skippers rig. If no wind, do not rig Team talk on weight trim technique and crew technique in boat If no wind, we will do dry-land demonstrations, and work out […]
Read more "Practice Plan 9-12-2016"2 PART PRACTICE: CREW TRAIN. Start out in the combinations you see below. Go out ASAP, and work on tacking, boat controls, centerboard trim, downwind, weight trim technique, etc. 25 minutes PART 1 CREW TRAIN 420 1 Connor Bayless Addi Harris 2 Jordan Bruce Julia Christie 3 Peter Jensen Ryan Wahba 4 Stephanie Houck Hayden […]
Read more "Practice Plan 9/9/2016"TR Wednesday. We will work on basic boat handling and simple drills, then do some team racing with the four teams listed. When we team race, all others have open sail. Teams are below. Don’t worry about specific Severn School team plays. I am evaluating team racing instincts and how these teams look today. These […]
Read more "Practice Plan Wednesday 9-7-2016"Breezy today; 12-20 knot NW forecast for the Magothy, with windiest conditions from 3-5PM. Given our large numbers and only 2 coaches, we will err on the side of caution and will not hesitate to limit who sails. For now, the teams are below. As you get to the marina, please begin bringing boats in. […]
Read more "Practice Plan Tuesday 9-6-2016"Warm up Downwind defense/offense drill boat handling Practice FTL starts, recognize on first beat Downwind combos RED: 1 4,6 2 ,4, 6 Final Beat combos RED: 1 4,6 2 ,4, 6
Read more "Practice Tuesday 5-24-2016"Warm up One on one down wind. Round a mark out there (simulated mark 2), and have one boat defend, and one try to pass mark 1 mark trap drill Drills FTL starts, recognize on first beat Downwind combos RED: 1 4,6 2 ,4, 6 Final Beat combos RED: 1 4,6 2 ,4, […]
Read more "Practice Monday 5-23-2016"Practice Today – Game Day -No meeting just get dressed and out on the water ASAP Red Team against Black Team 1, full team race, right from the start. Probably get 2-3 team races in. Black Team 2 against Key School, 2 team races. Red Team will de-brief and watch the Black Team 2 […]
Read more "Friday 5-20-2016 Practice"WARM UP Stops/starts tack/gybe rudderless? TR practice real starts again first beat recognize/execute offset plays downwind: RED 2,3,6 2,4,5 final beat combos RED 2,3,6 2,4,5 TR DAY Connor Caroline Sam Marcus Stephanie Camille Caroline Shiv Stephen Aidan Abby Blair OUT Parker Austin Peter Blake Will Aidan B. Jackson Caleb Jack Sophie
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Severn School Sailing Team 