We are ON for today! One thing I noticed this weekend at St. Mary’s College is how diligent their sailors are in taking care of their boats. We do not have that same level of care. I went down to check on the boats last night because of all the rain, and one FJ dolly […]
Read more "Practice Monday 10/21/2019"Friday Practice FIRST. do NOT put any boats outside our fence. Bring the coach boat over to the ramp so we can launch it. SECOND, we must de-rig 5 & 6 today and flip them over for repairs. THIRD, Vanimals, please go to the athletic field house and get our tent for this weekend, leave […]
Read more "Friday Practice 10-18-2019"Today we will focus on heavy-air sailing and crews, potentially trying several HA crews with different people. One particular goal for today is for our top skippers to identify HA crews that they work most effectively with. IF the wind abates enough, we will switch to a more normal skipper/crew arrangement. Be advised, if the […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 10-17-2019"Fleet race practice Robby and Owen please feel free to sail lasers as much as you want, starting today…. we will try to have at least 2-3 more laser days. Santa Barbara can have all sorts of conditions…. including light and shifty for sure. Crew weight trim/shifting gears Crews try backwards tacking if you like […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 10-15-2019"We will mix and match depending on who’s here, but likely the boats we will rig are: If your name isn’t here and I asked you to come, please still do. z420 1 Thomas Sitzmann Raam Fox 2 Zander King Chase W Hilliard 3 Teddy Cromwell Hayden Lamb 4 5 Charlie Granitto 6 Patrick Dolan […]
Read more "Sunday 10-13-2019"Early out @ 1345 today. We will make a plan based on what Antilles would like to do when we get down there, see below for boats to rig. z420 Coach Boat 1 Maddie Hawkins Cole Petrinko 2 Owen Hennessey Alex Brenia Lilly Baker 3 Thomas Sitzmann Raam Fox Ella May Corckran 4 Coach Boat […]
Read more "Practice Friday 10-11-2019"Boat Handling Day & Some Team Racing Work on weight trim today and also shifting gears with weight in lulls & puffs. This is a critical skill in changing conditions. FTL upwind windsprints. 3 whistles = 360 turn, 4 whistles = 720 turn Downwind crews work on muscling and even steering boat with your weight […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 10-10-2019"Mark Rounding & Team Race Practice Day Warm up: Mark rounding discussion (before we go out) M.R. Drill 1: rabbit start, tack on whistle. 3 whisltes means race to a WM rounding and offset rounding. M.R. Drill 2: dw wing on/off, 3 whistles means race to a leeward gate and round it. Team Racing FTL […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 10-9-2019"Today we did practice starts, first upwind beats, then DW in SNO to a leeward gate, finish upwind. Conditions: NE Wind 5-14 knots, with fairly consistent oscillations around 20-30 degrees at the most. Today the wind had a middle, and it simply went back and forth on either side of it. The race course was […]
Read more "Practice Notes 10-8-2019"Fleet Race Practice Practice Starts. We will run several practice starts with Coach Beckman anchored; please work timing/acceleration on the starts, all the while working to be ON TIME and NOT over early. If you are set up poorly, or something happens, BAIL OUT EARLY. The best starts give you a clear air lane and […]
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