Practice 5-9-2018

we will try these light air combos and then mix around a little more (Jordan & Caroline B.) if there’s wind: A few short fleet races to start with everyone, then TR practice as best we can given the light conditions. FJ OUT 1 Mariner Fagan  Ryan  Wahba   2 Maddie Hawkins Caroline McNeil    […]

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Practice Tuesday 5-8-2018

TR Practice today: -maybe a few fleet races to start -TR:  work on first beat communication and decisiveness (recognition-> execution) passbacks at marks 1-2 downwind Red 2,3,4 final beat 2,3,4 FJ OUT 1 Mariner Fagan Ryan  Wahba 2 Maddie Hawkins Caroline McNeil 3 Caroline Bayless Abby Tindall 4 Jordan Bruce Camille White 5 Sam Bruce […]

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Practice Friday 5-4-2018

Today:  LAUNCH COACH BOAT (RIB) -Fleet Race Day with 2-3 Races all together. -Talk to your teammates about what to do downwind in a 1,3,6, and a 1,4,6 -then we break up and Varsity will work on Starts/First beats, then Downwind Combo RED: 1, 3, 6 & 1,4,6 -Final Beat combos 1,3,6, and 1,4,6 FJ […]

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Practice Thursday 5-3-2018

Trying more combinations today. We will move more people around to continue to have all combinations a chance to work out together. This is a great opportunity to learn from new people, so part of today will be used to do just that. -warm up boat handling for those that get out quickly -a few […]

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Practice Wednesday 5-2-2018

Today we will work on a few more of the same drills: -tacking (remember yesterday and also check out some film of your tacks) -gybing downwind, working on less turn, more kinetics and power through the gybe -maybe a race or two together -if enough steady wind, we will split up and V will do […]

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Practice Tuesday 5-1-2018

Today we will take some time to work on roll tacks. We may move pairs around a little to try some things out. Observations: -synchronize rolling -switch jib tack to tack without luffing -roll later -work on mainsail trim throughout tack –tight in, then ease, then in…. after flatten, “re-adjust” main trim for one more […]

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Practice Thursday 4-26-2018

Normal practice: Same plan as yesterday OUT FJ1 Mariner Fagan Caroline McNeil Andrea Riefkohl FJ2 Caroline Bayless Abby Tindall 3 Maddie Hawkins Blair Reilly 4 Jordan Bruce Ryan  Wahba 5 Sam Bruce Camille White Coach boat 6 Owen Hennessey Addi Harris Marcus Adam 7 Patrick Dolan Charlie Granitto 8 Teddy Cromwell Rees Tindall 9 Benj […]

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Practice Wednesday 4-25-2018

Lighter air boat-handling today. Same deal: practice starts, work on timing and acceleration off the line Re-group at mark 1 and do 3 2 on 1’s, then we will do downwind SNO in “unstable winning” RED: 2,3,5 and RED 1,4,5 We might try a few light-air combinations as well. OUT FJ1 Mariner Fagan Caroline McNeil […]

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