letter-to-mom
The final Race Week ever, and we went out in style — a race win, third overall on the last day, new sails, and a slow cruise home through the Swinomish Channel with the J/105 fleet. Now it’s pig roast prep, then the final push to North Americans.
letter-to-mom
It's sure easy to tell when I am meeting up with friends on the road, the daily trip reports go cold. :). This week has been all about getting down to the race track for Close Enough Engineering's last race of the year. Tuesday night was packing
letter-to-mom
Good Morning! I hope that all is well with everyone. These past two weeks have been a gentle introduction to the fall. The weather here has been mostly pleasant, with a few days of clouds here and there. Catherine and I managed to get some Theatre in at the Edmonds
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Big Themes * Starts & Positioning * Starts are about on time, on the line, at full speed, with clear air. * The “Swirl” technique (sailing down the line on starboard, gybing at the pin, coming back on port, then tacking again) helps crews work backward from their desired start sector and time
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* Classroom – The Bubble (Terry) * Introduced the concept of the bubble as a way to visualize downwind energy management. * Key idea: keep the boat “on top of the bubble” to stay energized and fast, rather than slipping into a de-energized state. * Downwind legs are where the biggest speed differences show
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What another beautiful day in the Northwest. Thursday brought a bit more breeze, and we made the most of it. We started in the classroom, unpacking lessons from the day before and digging deeper into tactics. The focus was on starts, mark roundings, and especially how to defend the right
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Wednesday – Focus on Starts With no wind in the morning, we didn’t get out on the water until mid-afternoon. Even then, we had to rock the boat out of the marina before the breeze began to fill. Once outside, though, conditions improved, and we were able to run
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Another glorious day of learning how to sail - this time for boat speed, boat to boat tuning, and rabit starts for fleet tuning. Group dinner at the club house rounded out the day.
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Day one of the North U Performance Racing course is in the bag, and it’s already exceeding expectations. The weather was fantastic yesterday and looks to be even better today — at least temperature-wise. Not sure about the wind yet, but yesterday’s breeze was spectacular. We’re sailing