Warm up: Crew focus: Helena & Scarlett coach newer crews on technique during warm ups Helena & Scarlett will rotate in later Practice Will try to do final beat combos: 1,4,5 -> 2,3,6 If the pontoon is back I may try some drone video 420 1 2 OUT 3 Annie Lapides 4 Chris Hanson […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 3-14-2024"We will see what the wind brings us today. If there is decent wind, we will try a final beat 1,4,5 — 2,3,6 Group of 4 do a Final Beat Balance Drill (2 on 2). If unsteady we will work on boat handling and fleet racing 420 1 2 OUT 3 Annie Lapides 4 […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 3-13-2024"I have to launch my RIB today so things may be a little delayed…. Warm ups Team Race Starts to mark 1 & 2. Work hard to understand where you are on the first beat and edit strategy aggressively when things change. I may use the 2-whistle thing today. Then orient yourself in a 1,4,5 […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 3-12-2024"Given the nature of our coach boat situation, and with 6-7 people not here, we are going to do somewhat of the same thing today as we did yesterday. We will attempt to do a few warm-up drills and mimic yesterdays plan if possible… if it takes awhile to set things up, we may just […]
Read more "Practice Friday 3-8-2024"TR Day normal warm ups a few practice starts. If they are close, we may let them go to the windward mark. If not, when we do an upwind TR leg we will start it in a FTL. Then, will FTL in a 1,4,6 (2,3,5) to play downwind to mark 3. Rule of the day: […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 3-7-2024"Plan depends on conditions. We will try to work on stops/backing up/go. This will be a 2-whistle/1 whistle/2-whistle drill Practice starts if conditions are good. Try different approaches, and above all be aggressive at the start and not late or passive in the back. 420 1 Ava Cornell John Szynal 2 Annie Sitzmann Charlotte […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 3/5/2024"We will have (yet another) team meeting before practice. Everyone meet in the breezeway/deck area of the marina when I arrive. Rig up and gear up as quickly as possible before the meeting. Upwind practice today given the predicted easterly, we will meet out off the gas dock and drill upwind as far as we […]
Read more "Practice Monday 3-4-2024"Right into it. No Meeting. Course will either be a Box course or a lazy digital N. Team Race Tournament. Annie L. and Lila will rotate in with the Black team… https://scores.hssailing.org/s24/severn-tr-challenge/ 1. Meet with your team before you launch, and talk strategy. 2. When you are not racing, you WILL be doing pig-in-middle up […]
Read more "Practice Friday 3-1-2024"Out of a team of 24, as far as I could see we had 7-8 team members (1 senior) show up in the gym for workouts after our all-team meeting. Our workout ended at 1730. Here was the message sent Tuesday night: Hi, Tomorrow we will be on campus for a meeting in Teel 302 […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 2/29/2024"Today NO BUS RIDE TODAY FIRST: Launch second coach boat and hope that it works. Please make sure all plugs are in, and see if it has gas. Add some marks in it if there are working marks set up now with line and weights. We are going to continue just to shake out the […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 