Practice Today for boat handling I’d like to work on better FJ gybes. Work on creating more acceleration and downhill direction out of the gybe. In light air it almost doesn’t matter about sail trim immediately after the gybe, as your kinetic energy from the roll should overcome and be more profitable than the wind […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 4-24-2018"Maybe one windsprint to warm up together, then we will split up earlier on today: TR Drill Circuit around the course: FTL starts to mark 1; work on speed, positioning, teamwork First Offset Drill: Break up into groups of 3 and do 3 runs of our offset drill; work on stops/starts/slowing/speeding up and trapping downwind […]
Read more "Practice Wednesday 4-18-2018"Today we will work on team-racing & boat handling. Drills to include: stops/starts, 2 on 1 pass-back to finish 1st offset 1 3 2 final beat balance drill 2 on 2 around leeward gate 2 on 2 game or two maybe z420 OUT 1 Mariner Fagan Caroline McNeil Addi Harris 2 Caroline Bayless Camille White […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 4-17-2018"Today we will try different crew combinations out on the water, especially if it breezes up, which it hasn’t yet. Normal warm up, then a few Race Day style fleet races with anchored coach boat. We will also have 2 of our FJ’s switch into 420’s with the JV at some point during practice. OUT […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 4-12-2018"Trying a few different crew combinations today for differing conditions. Will likely switch back/forth as the day goes on and try heavy air combinations tomorrow. Rabbit start windsprints, stops/starts, & tacking. Work hard to hold lane. DW wing on/off Short course positioning/rule abiding/mark rounding/boat handling Break up and do a few team races with Varsity. […]
Read moreToday -practice starts, staggered start drill and V-Whistle Stop drill. Work on winning a lane at the start, being able to tack when you want to; also work on decisively bailing out when you don’t. Discuss what a good bail out achieves. -continuous race course to work on positioning, rules, and mark roundings. Do not […]
Read more "Practice Tuesday 4-10-2018"Hi; This week we will focus on FJ & 420 boat speed and handling, along with managing race course decisions upwind and downwind. This is an important week for us, and we will need as many boats on the water as possible for the 3 days we have. JV is training for their first event, […]
Read more "Practice Monday & Plan for the Week"NO BUS TODAY. JV and all bus riders please work to find a ride. Warm up practice, tacking, gybing, etc. Putting it all together: practice starts; committee boat WILL be anchored today first beat downwind lane drill with gate rounding final beats A few crew switches if we have breeze tomorrow or Sunday OUT 1 […]
Read more "Practice Friday, 4-6-2018"Same general plan as yesterday. We will practice as one team, until maybe the end when Varsity does a team race or two. We are all ON for today. Boat handling in moderate winds practice starts / lane holding Likely add in some DW lane management and gate choice practice Varsity does a few team […]
Read more "Practice Thursday 4-5-2018"Anyone missing Hi-Top Bucks? They are here in Teel 302. As of now Varsity is sailing. JV is definitely NOT sailing. I will update Varsity sailing status by 2pm. JV on campus today; please meet at 3:15 in the gym lobby. Assuming Varsity sails: Varsity will work on heavy air boat handling and also try […]
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Severn School Sailing Team 