Practice Friday 3-9-2018

Practice today will be: Varsity Heavy air boat handling warm up some heavy air team race drills/practice JV Maybe go out, depending on conditions OUT 1 Mariner Fagan Caroline McNeil Christiaan Smith 2 Maddie Hawkins Blair Reilly Zander King 3 Caroline Bayless Ryan  Wahba 4 Jordan Bruce Andrea Riefkohl 5 Sam Bruce Camille White Coach […]

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Practice Thursday 3-8-2018

(Fleet) Race Day for Everyone -We will run practice starts for boats that are out early. -Course is a W4 with an offset & leeward gate (like always). -Coach boats are official JUDGE boats with full power to call fouls -Coach K may edit lineup for JV FOCUS: moderate/breezy boat handling. Work very hard to […]

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Practice Wednesday 3-7-2018

Yesterday’s focus was:  Light air tuning, weight trim & boat handling. Light air tactics involve fighting hard for clear air   many teams improved in this area, but some still need to be far more aggressive finding lanes downwind you must be willing to gybe and wing on/off in narrow lanes. A few times I saw boats […]

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Practice Tuesday 3-5-2018

Practice Today (Coach Bernard may well alter the JV lineup and will rotate sailors in out on the water ) FOCUS:  Light air tuning, weight trim & boat handling. Light air tactics involve fighting hard for clear air EVERYONE Together Today Warm up with whomever’s out there early tacking, winds-prints, practice starts, etc. Stops & […]

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Practice Monday 3-5-2018

Varsity In Dance Room at 2:50 Chalk talk at 4:10 in Teel 302. We hope to lock down some new knowledge about fleet racing. JV Meet Coach Bernard in Gym Lobby at 3pm Chalk talk at 4:10 in Teel 302. We hope to lock down some new knowledge about fleet racing.

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Practice Thursday 3-1-2018

Today, we will work on boats. Here’s a list of to-do’s, among other things: clean up the marina, especially our area, and ask the marina staff where we can help clean up more. move all rudder heads up to higher pin hole re-rig halyards and blocks remove all sails for the weekend and put in […]

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Race Day Results 2-28-2018

5-11 knot southerly, that went SW pretty quickly. Typical Magothy River conditions, with some noticeable sheer, along with decent sized holes, and the occasional puff.  Windshifts were not predictable but they were very important to act upon. The boats that were set up well at the start (with clear air and the ability to tack, […]

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Practice Wednesday 2-28-2018

Varsity: Warm up with some tacking drills, then Team Race Tournament. We have drone video today, so we will capture a best of 5 tournament, and use the video in class next week. JV: Boat handling practice, with maybe some 2 on 2 last-boat loses. Can use our race course to do your two on twos […]

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