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<DIV>Liz and I have a social commitment on the 19th and may not be able to
attend the seminar. </DIV>
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<DIV>John Sligh</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Bert@apexq.com href="mailto:Bert@apexq.com">Bert Foster</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sonar@lists.wyc.org
href="mailto:sonar@lists.wyc.org">sonar</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=MYC@aol.com
href="mailto:MYC@aol.com">Blake Middleton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 08, 2009 4:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Sonar] Team Race Seminar Friday
June 19th.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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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