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Hi Sonar Sailors,<br><br>
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. <font size=4><b>We need to find a place to have
it.</b></font> 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.<br><br>
Marty suggests: to get a head start, check out these web
sites:
<a href="http://www.sailingeducation.com/tools.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.sailingeducation.com/tools.html</a> Within the above site,
they'll have links to the following, which are also worth
seeing.
<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/CTR2005.html%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0" eudora="autourl">
http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/CTR2005.html
</a>
<a href="http://www.sailingeducation.com/tools/legler_jargon.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.sailingeducation.com/tools/legler_jargon.pdf</a> <br><br>
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:
<a href="http://www.sonar.org/site/files/Library/Movies/Sonar%20Roll%20Tacking.mov" eudora="autourl">
http://www.sonar.org/site/files/Library/Movies/Sonar%20Roll%20Tacking.mov</a>
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." <br>
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