Ice Breaker
Sailing skills - What do you want to improve?
102 Level
MC Champ Bill Colburn
COMMITTEE BOAT
“PIN” END
Be a TCSC Racer – How to: 1. Become a club skipper 2. Crew in a Race*
3. Complete the On-Water Assessment a. Solo Rig & De-rig at buoy. b. Solo buoy departure and landing. c. Hold your boat in Irons (30 seconds).
4. Read the LHYC Sailing Instructions. www.lhycsailing.com
5. Take the TCSC racing quiz - open book quiz download it from our racing website - Lake Harriet Layline (Google it!)
https://lakeharrietlayline.wordpress.com
Use your TCSC Score Number
Give to the Racer Officer – before or after races Your name, sail number, TCSC number …
SOME BASIC RULES OF SAILING
BASIC RULES REVIEW FOR UPWIND • Boats on ______shall give way to boats on
starboard tack (Rule 10).
• When boats are on the same tack, the boat to
______shall give way to the leeward boat (Rule 11).
• Overtaking boats shall keep clear (Rule 12).
START LINE BASICS – OPPOSITE TACK
starboard
Overtaking boat vs. Boat being overtaken? who has right of way?
If you are over the line early Or If you touch the pin or hit committee boat go to the side, round the pin or boat and restart.
START LINE BASICS Also a good idea Complete your tacks without fouling
START LINE BASICS Know the boat and the pin laylines
START LINE BASICS Know favored tack / favored side of line
• KNOW weather forecasts
• Have Proper gear, watch
Get there early assist with boat set up. SIGN in Shed CLIP BOARD B4 RACE!
BE EARLY: Warm up and plan up!
GET OUT THERE EARLY
PRACTICE YOUR MOVES
Pre-start
COMMITTEE BOAT with PRO and CREW
START LINE
Develop Start plan A & plan B
START LINE BASICS – Strategies
Stay in the “box” DO NOT GO FAR AWAY FROM LINE Reach back and forth to find approach & Set up right, down from committee boat for starboard approach start
Find clear air, room to move, a start lane
Race Start Sequence
5 minute RACE START SEQUENCE
5, 4, 1, 0 -
Start!
CONGRATUATLIONS! YOU HAD AN AWESOME START!
LIFE AFTER THE START
Boat Speed – Boat Speed – Boat Speed – Boat Speed –
It’s fun to sail fast!
• To go fast you need clear air
• Heel of the boat (8-12 degrees),
• Always sit forward, close to the traveler
• Proper sail shape – not flat, not baggy
• Boom, blocks – around 1.25 feet apart
• Is your sail shape moving wind correctly?
GOOD TACKS – are smooth
Well practiced, well timed tacks! DON’T JAM THE TILLER OVER move tiller smoothly, consistently don’t put breaks on
DON’T rock the boat, keep heel consistent
UPWIND – THE LIFTED TACK
• Lifted tack: there will always be one tack taking you closer to the mark
• If you see your bow dropping against the shoreline – you are being headed – BAD!
• If you see and feel you boat pointing close to the windward mark – you are being lifted – GOOD!
UPWIND LEG – PLANNING • Look up the lake – look for dark water • Where are the WIND SHIFTS?
Be deliberate when you tack Don’t tack too often Tack in a smooth arc to maintain speed; sharp tacks are car breaks, slow you down
WINDWARD MARK
Entering the circle - 3 boat lengths from the mark,
Boats overlapping and on the inside at 3 boat length have right-of-way
Three boat lengths circle
BAD: boat A did not complete its tack GOOD: A has reached the 3 boat (before the three boat lengths zone), it lengths circle and completed its tack has no rights and has fouled B. onto starboard gaining overlap on B. Boat A must spin to exonerate itself. B must give A room to round the mark.
mark offset
DON’T UNDERSTAND the line.
Too far below, must pinch to the mark, slow, don’t make it.
Who has the layline? Who will have rights?
• Get to layline too late and you are stuck below a line of starboard tackers
Don’t run into the mark or the off set!
RUNNING DOWNWIND
DOWNWIND LEG • HEEL YOUR BOAT, DON’T ROCK YOUR BOAT • Low wind – sit on same side as sail • Med/high wind – sit opposite sail, hike
GIVE WAY TO BOATS GOING UPWIND WINDWARD/LEEWARD RULES
DOWNWIND LEG
Don't sail straight down wind on long course. It's faster to sail slightly off the wind
wind LEEWARD MARK ROUNDING
Three boat lengths rules apply at the leeward mark as well - Inside and overlapped has rights.
LEEWARD MARK ROUNDING • WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE HEADING UPWIND?
• PRACTICE ROUNDING – WIDE IN AND LEAVE CLOSE
LEEWARD MARK ROUNDING
Prep to round with a soft arc to keep momentum: start wide and then finish close to the mark
Sheet in as you are rounding up to mark:
After you round the mark, review position and then readjust your upwind course plans; sail fast!
2nd Upwind Leg
• Watch the wind shifts – where are the wind shifts up the lake? • Where is everyone going? • How can I keep John behind me?
FINISH LINE – Basics • Visualize the layline, know the laylines!
• Be higher to the LINE than others
• Cover boat below you.
• Thank you to the committee boat
COMMITTEE BOAT
IS THAT THE FINISH LINE?
Whooooo! Hoooo! I finished the race!
INTERMEDIATE CONCEPTS & TECHNIQUES 10 to 12pm Sat Apr 11 SPEED and DIRECTION Ryan Grosch, TCSC
10 to 12pm Sat Apr 25 Big Wind and Wind Shifts Stuart Oltrogge, CLYC
ON WATER PRACTICE
On Water Practices Weds in May Meet at boat shed @ 5:30pm May 13, 20, 27 Mon, June 1
**1pm, Sun May 10 after launch tuner upper**
THANK YOU! SEE YOU SOON!