Practice Tuesday 5-10-2022

ADMIN check 420 sails for wear/tear make sure your boat is dry Laser FOIL must go back to my house, along with Waszp box PRACTICE several practice starts. We will attempt to anchor the whaler to create a more realistic starting line. Today we will work on final beat. If the wind is steady we […]

Read more "Practice Tuesday 5-10-2022"

Practice Monday 5-9-2022

ADMIN Launch Admirals PRACTICE Normal warm-ups Today will be the last day of one-fleet sailing. This is a short week, with NO PRACTICE on Friday. Today we will work on 2 things: Mark Roundings & Excelling in Congestion. This will be mostly at the start, mark-roundings, and dw lanes. We will do some practice starts, […]

Read more "Practice Monday 5-9-2022"

Practice Friday 5-6-2022

ADMIN Haul Admirals at end of practice, no fail. PRACTICE moderate/breezy boat-handling focus today. We will practice rain or shine. I will set up a typical race course, and possibly move marks around some to require you to keep re-evaluating the fastest course around them. Those on the coach boat will have an opportunity to […]

Read more "Practice Friday 5-6-2022"

Practice Wednesday 5-4-2022

ADMIN measure gudgeon location(s) on Laser transoms Haul Toon PRACTICE 2 Plans today; A & B PLAN A: If wind is light and goofy, we will have a winner-take all single-handed TR tournament. There will be 3 420 teams, and each team will have ONE doublehanded boat. (lineups below). PLAN B: If wind is steadier, […]

Read more "Practice Wednesday 5-4-2022"

Practice 5-3-2022

ADMIN Launch Admirals whaler first, right away check and haul Pontoon boat For SCC JV on Saturday, I’d like: JV1 SCC Chris M. Kate Sam Reese PRACTICE I set teams below. We are going to focus on fleet racing and getting our girls team going, along with a JV1 team going to SCC on Saturday […]

Read more "Practice 5-3-2022"

Practice Friday 4-29-2022

ADMIN I know you’ve had this marked on your calendars for months, but again, today is International Dance Day, and the 40th anniversary of this august occasion, no less. We will officially begin our learn-the-electric-slide program today in honor of the holiday and commit to it. For todays dance, however, we will open it up […]

Read more "Practice Friday 4-29-2022"

Practice Wednesday 4-27-2022

ADMIN ALL CONDITIONAL here. If the wind gets crazy, we will abort mission and have a RED TEAM meeting in my room after school (this weekend’s Red team is listed below). I will send that out by 1400. Launch TOON PRACTICE We will have 2 TR teams, and maybe a third, and do some TR […]

Read more "Practice Wednesday 4-27-2022"

Practice Tuesday 4-26-2022

ADMIN Launch Toon Need a crew to sail with  Nate on Sunday PRACTICE DW 3 whistles = Slow/Stop Boat. next 3 whistles = speed up and immediately gybe to wing off 360/720 practice Offset drills: 2 on 1 and 2-on-2 (in the 2-on-2, line up in a 1,4) Black/Red a few practice starts Green/Blue 2 […]

Read more "Practice Tuesday 4-26-2022"

Practice Monday 4-25-2022

ADMIN Launch Whaler! Launch the Toon! PRACTICE:   BALANCE & Controlling an opponent 2 on 2 balance drill to finish line Downwind 2 on 2 balance: Goal is to round mark 3 in a 1-2 Robby/Kyle vs. Raam/Ava, and  Sam/Will vs. Chris/Nate 420 1 OUT 2 Helena 3 Mackenzie 4 Raam Scarlett Emma 5 Ava Jed […]

Read more "Practice Monday 4-25-2022"