-Makeup run for those that have not done it yet. -no pre-sail meeting………….You can rig and head right out. Team Race Practice with 6 boats for Red and Blue. Pig in middle drill. do these if you get out early, on your own. Pig in middle… 2 reds against a blue, and 2 blues against […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 09/16/2020"Monday Practice: 2 Goals: Crew boat handling focus on roll tacks, acceleration especially at the start, & sail trim, upwind and downwind (in FJ and in 420). Fleet race tactics in action. Drills: Practice Starts with video on a few boats. Discuss what you need to do together to accelerate and hold lane. Very often […]
Read more "Practice Monday 3-9-2020"-ACC Teams sailing this weekend, switch into an FJ or 420 when you want to, to practice in that boat. We are setting up our divisions based on wind as much as anything. The default for the MD State Championship is Owen/Andrea = A division (FJ) and Thomas/Ramm = B Division (420). (function(){var d=document,s=d.createElement(‘script’), i=’ai1ec-script’;if(d.getElementById(i))return;s.async=1; […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 11-7-2019"FJ DAY for top 6 boats Lots of boat handling with all 9 boats, and a few crew switches. TR Drills: 420’s do pig in middle with both crews First beat communication and balance DW in SNO: Red in 2,3,6 and 1,4,6 Final beat Red in 2,3,6, and 1,4,6 Maybe a few 3 on 3. […]
Read more "Friday Practice 3-29"Today (Friday) we had a N breeze around 6-16 knots, with significant left trend pressure, which would inexplicably go back right. Race course was perfectly set for a very unstable wind, although we kept moving to accommodate a backing trend all afternoon. Great gear-shifting conditions, with full white-cap hiking followed by in-the-boat lulls. Observations: – […]
Read more "Race Day Results 10-12-2018"Today we will have a TEAM RACE CHALLENGE. Red vs. Black vs. Blue vs. Green. Who will win? This will be an Epic Battle 420 1 Mariner Fagan Ryan Wahba OUT 2 Ella May Corckran Raam Fox Sam Bruce 3 Marcus Adam Rees Tindall Jordan Bruce 4 Benj Damon Chase O’Malley Maddie Hawkins […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 10-03-2018"Today, we will work on boats. Here’s a list of to-do’s, among other things: clean up the marina, especially our area, and ask the marina staff where we can help clean up more. move all rudder heads up to higher pin hole re-rig halyards and blocks remove all sails for the weekend and put in […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 3-1-2018"Hotel for TR Districts: Comfort Inn. Bad news is we have only 3 rooms for the players. Space will be tight. Plan ahead; bring sleeping bag, maybe an air mattress. https://www.choicehotels.com/maryland/lexington-park/comfort-inn-hotels/md232?source=gyxt If we have full attendance we are going to do a TR play day, with complete drone coverage for study next week in the […]
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