[Sonar] Invitation to Team Race Sonars in Sheboygan

[Bert Foster]

Hi Sonar Fleet #5 Sonar Sailors,
BRING YOUR CHECK SATURDAY TO FLEET MEETING
You are invited.  First come first served.  You 
can accept by sending a check in for $133 USD to:
Bert Foster,
Skipper,  Paralympic Team Captain Hook
19150 Park Ave
Wayzata, MN 55391
h 952-473-2240
w 952-544-1100
c 612-281-9999
<http://www.paralympicteamcaptainhook.org/>www.paralympicteamcaptainhook.<http://www.paralympicteamcaptainhook.org/>org 



Sheboygan Invitational Team Racing Championship and Clinic



Introduction

Hans Graf, Executive Director at the US Sailing 
Center of Sheboygan and Bert Foster, RC Chair of the
Wayzata Yacht Club are organizing the event.  The 
purpose of the event is to introduce and further 
the interest in “Team Racing” in Sonars to adult 
sailors who have been fleet racing for some time 
and want to try “Team Racing”.  It will take 
place at the US Sailing Center of Sheboygan in 
their 8 matched Sonars plus one additional Sonar 
being towed over from the WYC (probably #757 
Captain Hook).  Sheboygan has 9 matched suites of 
North 3DR sails to be use on all nine boats.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

a)      Thursday, August 27
i)        1600 – 1900      Practice for Invited Teams
ii)       1800 --       Drinks and Snacks at Sheboygan YC
b)      Friday, August 28
i)        0800 – 0900      Registration SONAR teams. Continental Breakfast
ii)       0900 – 1700      Team Racing Clinic with Coach Legler
iii)     1800 – 1900      Drinks and Snacks at SYC.  No Scheduled Dinner
c)      Saturday, August 29
i)        0800          Initial briefing with 
first umpire’s briefing to follow
ii)       0900 -- 1700      Racing
iii)     1800          Debrief with refreshments at SYC
iv)     1900          Drinks and dinner at SYC
d)      Sunday, August 30
i)        0800          Initial briefing
ii)       0900          Start of racing
iii)     1400          Deadline for last warning signal.
iv)     ASAP        Debrief with refreshments and prize giving.

Coach

Ken Legler has been engaged to coach the clinic and the 2 days of racing.

Ken Legler is the current preeminent sailing 
coach with the Tufts University Sailing 
Team.  Past accomplishments include All-American 
sailor, US Sailing Team Coach, and national 
champion in college dinghies, team racing, 
one-design, offshore, and blind sailing as a 
sighted guide. Ken has participated in sixteen 
world championships as a competitor, principal 
race officer, head judge, commentator, and US 
Sailing Team coach.  Since Ken began coaching at 
Tufts University in 1980, Tufts has won 19 
college nationals have earned a collective 93 
All-American honors.  Prior to Tufts, Ken coached 
at the US Merchant Marine Academy and the US Naval Academy.

Race Management is one of Ken's greatest areas of 
expertise. Since 1994 Ken has been a Principal 
race Officer at Acura Key West Race Week, the 
biggest and best regatta in the United States.

Team Racing is a particular passion of Ken's, 
which he shares as commentator at the British 
Open for the Wilson Trophy in West Kirby, England 
and the Team Racing World championships at various venues.



Coaching with Kattack

We will bring Kattack units for the 9 Sonars and 
the WYC projector.  At the debrief at the end of 
each day we will project the activity on a screen 
and Ken Legler will enlighten the group of 27 sailors.



Invitations

Three teams will race with 3 boats on a team.  The teams being invited are:
a.      WYC Fleet #5
b.      The Winnipeg Sonar fleet with fill in from Fleet #5
c.       The Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit.


Racing

Racing will be mainsail and jib only (no 
spinnakers).  There will be no boat 
swapping.  The course will be a short windward 
leeward with a center start finish with one time 
around.  It will make the races 8 to 15 
minutes.  Team A will race B while C 
watches.  Then A races C and B watches, then B 
races C and A watches.  During the ”watching” Ken 
will do some debriefing/coaching.  The coach and PRO could change this


Umpiring

Because this is more of an introduction and 
learning experience event, the umpiring will be 
less formal than would be used in a high level event.


Prizes

Prizes will be awarded.


Cost

The entry fee is $1200 per team.  Three boats per 
team.  Three sailors per boat. That’s $133.00 per 
person and will include continental breakfast, 
lunch, water, and debrief refreshments for 
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Friday night 
cocktails, Saturday night dinner and an award for 
each skipper and crew. Extra dinner tickets can be purchased for $25 per person


Summer Team Racing Training

In the planning stage is one Friday night Team 
Racing evening per month at WYC with 6 boats and 
RC plus team racing coaching evening by Blake, 
Gordy, and Dave Elsmo (head of Wayzata Sailing School)

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