[Sonar] Team Race Seminar Friday June 19th.

[JR]

FYI Becca & I will be unable to attend.  We will be at C Nationals on the
19th

JR

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM, <sonar-bounces at lists.wyc.org> wrote:

> Hi Sonar Sailors,
>
> Blake can't do Wednesdays because he is PROs at MYC, does the scoring, and
> doesn't get out of there until 9 pm.  Fridays is his day off, and he has
> agreed to give us a TEAM RACING SEMINAR Friday June 19th.  Friday June 12th
> is the Wine on Wayzata Bay at the club, and many of us are attending.  The
> club is busy with a private party Friday June 19th. *We need to find a
> place to have it.*  I suggest a 6:00 pm start time.  All we need is the
> easel and a metal white board from the club.  I will bring my magnetic
> boats.
>
> Marty suggests:  to get a head start, check out these web
> sites:              http://www.sailingeducation.com/tools.html Within the
> above site, they'll have links to the following, which are also worth
> seeing.              http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/CTR2005.html
>
> <http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/CTR2005.html%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0>
> http://www.sailingeducation.com/tools/legler_jargon.pdf
>
> Also, roll tacking will be even more important than in fleet racing because
> the tacking in general is a more significant portion of the short course,
> but also tacking duels can be more frequent and more intense, including
> numerous seriously down-speed tacks.  We'll practice roll tacking but it
> would help you a lot if you study Peter Galloway's roll tacking video.  Have
> you seen how the competitive 420 sailors tack?  The same kind of effort can
> be applied effectively on the Sonar as well.  The site for Peter's video:
> http://www.sonar.org/site/files/Library/Movies/Sonar%20Roll%20Tacking.movSince we'll be working downwind without spinnakers, roll jibing is also
> important.  Here's Steve Shepstone's description of roll jibing: "When
> bearing away just to bear away or to jibe, the weight has to move to
> windward to minimize rudder movement.  The mast moving to windward gives a
> little extra boost from the rig, too.  When you're most of the way through
> the turn, the skipper gives a yank on the mainsheet to swing the boom.  The
> crew should be too far to windward to reach the boom.  When the sail fills,
> move weight quickly to the new windward side to level the boat.  Swinging
> the mast back upright gives you a boost.  Slowly ease the main if you're
> going stay on a run or broad reach."
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