[Sonar] Team Race Seminar Friday June 19th.

[John Sligh]

Liz and I have a social commitment on the 19th and may not be able to attend the seminar.  

John Sligh
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bert Foster 
  To: sonar 
  Cc: Blake Middleton 
  Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:58 PM
  Subject: [Sonar] Team Race Seminar Friday June 19th.


  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://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.mov Since 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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