Practice 3/23 Tuesday Yesterday De-Brief: Roll very late in light air. Roll very hard. Work on carving more on downwind gybes to allow for a big flatten on the new gybe Work on the Wing-on — Gybe technique BALANCE DAY– warm up: tacks/stops/starts, gybes, etc. 2 on 2 final beat: Both gate rounding and FTL […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 3/23/2021"Monday SB Practice: check and confirm all COVID release/confirmations. While I am going over paperwork, please drain all boats, check all boats taped rings tiller extension universals likely flip 12 and replace jib halyard (or whatever boat has that damaged spurred jib halyard) CHECK ALL 420’s for water in tanks We will make a call […]
Read more "SB Practice Monday 3/22/2021"Spring Break Practice will feature team racing every day. Before then, I hope you will continue your self-education path and take seriously the idea that we all need to know team racing rules, plays, and more. -Because in Heaven, everybody team races… Resources: Say hello and introduce yourself to every video and article on our […]
Read more "Spring Break Team Race HomeWork"TR FUN DAY 3 teams as per below. We will simply team race today and love doing it. No pre-meeting, just chat with your teammates about your plan for world domination and go get it. 420 Coach boat 1 Raam Regan King […]
Read more "Friday 3-12-2021"Housekeeping Before/after practice Will make gear call before heading out. It is supposed to reach record high temperatures today, but it might get windy. JV MUST wear dry-suits, and we will also make call determining if everyone will be allowed out sailing (based on wind strength). I will bring one extra dolly wheel. Please put […]
Read more "Practice Thursday, 3-11-2021"Good practice today; we made the most out of some interesting wind patterns. Everyone had some great moments and I hope today was an overall plus for our team. I thought it was one of the better practices we’ve had collectively. It was great to see Nate and Julia practicing on their own diligently all […]
Read more "Practice Notes Wed. 3-10"2-Day Today Read the items below and make sure you have thoughts/questions about the ones relevant to you. We will go to the marina today regardless of wind. If there is any wind we will sail and likely practice light air sail trim. Remember also that while we are focused on Level-2 today, don’t forget […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday, 3-10-2021"2-DAY Today: SAIL TRIM work on jib trim changing in and out upwind cross sheeting technique downwind shape and technique aggressive sheet action on gybes wing off technique backwinding in tacks the differences between 420 & FJ jib trim mainsail trim sometimes ugly is fast how often do you play the mainheet upwind mainsheet […]
Read more "2-Day Today……Practice Tuesday 3-9-2021"Today is the Team Run. Make sure that you know the route… do not get lost. Also, in addition to your own fitness routine, part of your homework for sailing team is to learn the Electric Slide. We will begin practicing this tomorrow. No exceptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ViCtd-dt4 We will then go over basic college dinghy tuning […]
Read more "Practice Monday 3-8-2021"Friday Practice make sure your dolly wheels have air sail bags were left outside last night Tiny House door left open with key in the door knob FOCUS 0-Day: focus on rigging boat correctly 1-Day: windy/shifty body mechanics hiking technique crisp downwind boat handling DRILLS RS Windsprints more focus on stops/starts hiking technique around weather […]
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