The Official Monthly Newsletter for Annapolis Yacht Club’s Junior Program. Volume 2 – Issue 6 JULY 2010 Summer Sailing in High Gear! opment Team, AYC WORLD Race Team, and Green Fleet DOMINATION Race Team have all gotten out to and amazing start and Summer Sailing are now working towards 420 Race Team their first regatta in West River. Coaches Adrienne Optimist Race Team Patterson, Patrick Clancy, Development Team Steve Barbano, Nicole Popp, Ian Duncan, and Keisha Optimist Green Fleet Pearson come from an array of racing backgrounds and Beginner Opti college racing scenes that Beginner 420 rivals any club coast to coast. As for our Learn to Adventure Sailing Sail and Learn to Race Pro- It may seem like just ents to finally meet the AYC grams which take place dur- Intermediate Opti yesterday that the 2009 summer coaching staff and ing the morning and after- Intermediate 420 AYC Summer Programs really got the sailors excited noon hours respectively, came to a close and the last for what sailing on the Bay coaches Courtney Alexan- Creek Critters awards were given out at our had in store. With over 11 der, Cassie Todd, Tonie Sea Squirts annual awards banquet in programs catering to sailors Domino, Amanda Salvesen, August, but yet again the of all ages and skill levels it Kelley Ortel, and Anne summer sailing season is would be difficult find a bet- Megargel, work hard to upon us and WOW has it ter sailing and racing pro- give their sailors experience come in full force! gram on the Chesapeake! in sailing on the water that The AYC Summer Our Race Team Pro- will keep them coming back Kick-off BBQ on June 18th grams, which consist of the for more. NEW allowed the sailors and par- 420 Race Team, 420 Devel- ADVENTURE AYC Dominating on Both Coasts SAILING!!! July 5 -11 was an amazing week for An- Fleeters Louis Ripley, Caroline McNeil, and napolis Yacht Club and its junior racers! Harrison Koller made a tremendous show- Kayaking Jack Ortel and his older sister Kelly Ortel ing finishing 2nd, 6th, and 7th respectfully competed in the US 420 Nationals in Long out of 16 boats. Windsurfing Beach, California hosted by California Debuting our new windsurfing program, Open Bic Sailing Yacht Club and placed 2nd overall out of 48 Kyle Comerford came in a close 4th and had boats. Jack will be a senior this year at An- some of the other sailors thinking that J/22 Sailing napolis High while Kelly is attends Stanford maybe a change is in order. University in the fall. Last but not least, the Club 420 Sailing Fishing As for our sailors back here on the East class saw some competitive racing, but the Coast, the Junior Olympics saw many top AYC sailors showed that a little hard work Cruising finishes by sailors at AYC. In the Optimist goes a long way; Skipper Patrick Floyd fin- Fleet, Charlie Lomax, Kyle Schwitzer, and ished in a strong 1st with Maeve White and Seamanship Emma White took 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respec- Megan Yeigh coming in 3rd and 4th. Rac- Navigation tively overall, clearly dominating the race ers Elena Vandenberg, Austin Ortel, A.J. course in every way. Porter Kavle competed Libby, and Cassie Todd are showing tre- in White fleet and really put the hammer mendous improvement as the they are mov- REGISTER NOW! down finishing in 1st place with nearly a100 ing up the score board at each event. point spread between the next boat! Green Page 2 BAYCOMPASS 420 Race Team Junior Sailing

The 420 race team got off to a great start Is the AYC Jr. Sailing during week 1. The team has been focusing monthly newsletter on downwind sailing with an emphasis on spinnaker sets, jibes, and sail trim. Favorable 310 1/2 6th Street winds have also allowed for practice on the Annapolis, MD . Other activities have included start- ing drills, upwind and downwind speed test- Contacts: ing, and a combined race day with Severn Dan Ryan Sailing. It is essential to achieve well devel- [email protected] oped skills in flying the spinnakers in all wind strengths. Jay Kehoe Next, the team plans to tackle boat han- ments in everyone's skills. Next week the [email protected] dling on all parts of the race course. The group will begin team workouts as they pro- team will also focus on fulfilling their goals gress towards the Junior Olympics on July Adrienne Patterson [email protected] of getting comfortable in the boat, under- 10 - 11. Physical training will include core, standing rig functions, and becoming physi- arm, and leg workouts as well as some cally prepared for any conditions. cardio training. Coaches Adrienne Patterson and Patrick Clancy are already seeing great improve- Optimist Green Fleet The Green Fleet started the first week with a review of rigging, parts of the sail, safety, and the expectations the coaches have for them. The main focuses of this week were sail trim, weight placement, sailing and bail- ing, and the proper way to tack facing for- ward. The sailors impressed their coaches with their enthusiasm and eagerness to get on the water, ending the week with some much im- proved starts and windward return races. The skills introduced and reviewed this week will better prepare the racers for their first three regattas next week on the Chesapeake. Beginner Opti It has been an exciting first week in the Beginner Opti class! We have focused on the basics that will allow our sailors to get out on the water sailing on their own. Everyone is now an expert at rigging and de- rigging, and we have worked on teamwork as we practice taking care of the boats to- gether. On the water, we have focused on steering a boat, body position in an Opti, tacking, and sailing upwind. Each sailor has had the opportunity to skipper a boat, and we helped keep everyone cool while still aiming have made great progress so far! Obviously, to practice important skills. Next week, we we also experienced a giant heat wave this aim to master sail trim, points of sail, and week, but the sailors did a great job keeping jibing; to introduce knots; and to continue to a positive attitude and continued to bring enjoy sailing and being out on the water – energy to the activities every day – and we look forward to another great week! games like “Bailer Wars” and “Rock Star” Volume 2– Issue 6 Page 3 Development Team The Development race team is off with trying to get their hands on a Dave to a great start to what I’m sure will be Perry book to help them make sense of an awesome summer. The first day, we the rule book. On Thursday, we had a talked about the three basic compo- Race Day with some other 420 classes nents to become a good sailor: boat practicing regatta sailing and proce- handling, tactics/strategy, and starts. dure. Finally, the team has been work- The first thing we practiced was mak- ing towards self-reliance and prepara- ing sure we were disciplined in our ap- tion before coming to practice, includ- proach to drills on the water, and get- ing bringing e-tape, bailers, notebooks ting into the habit of working hard on and rigging properly before going out. boat handling drills that start out the Next week, we will be starting to use beginning of every practice. Tuesday, trap and spin. We will be practicing we worked on our roll tacks, dissecting using both and incorporating them into the process step-by-step and working our already established drills. It has on rolling much later. Wednesday, we been a great week and I’m very excited had a rules talk and I urged the sailors to be working with this team this sum- to review the rule book at home along mer.

Adventure Sailing Intermediate Opti Sea Squirts

After one week on the water, Ad- The first week of Intermediate The AYC Sea Squirts had an excit- venture Sailing is off to a great Opti was a great experience for all ing first week! Shortly after getting to start! Great breeze every day so far sailors. Everyone passed their capsize know each other, they began explor- has meant that we have been able to test with flying colors. The beginning ing the Annapolis waterfront, learning do lots of sailing in a variety of of the week saw us refreshing our the basics of water safety, and getting boats. Monday, each sailor took out memories of rigging and sailing up- out in the boats. The Sea Squirts in- an Open Bic, and we reviewed the wind. By the end of the week, every- structors, Tonie Domino, Amanda basics of sail trim and points of sail to one had mastered tacking upwind. Salvesen, and Nicole Popp, have been make sure that everybody was on the Friday, we practiced our downwind very impressed with the kids' positive same page. On Tuesday, we had our skills with a gybe-on-the-whistle drill attitude, eagerness to learn, and great first real adventure, traveling down down to Truxton Park. Then we cele- improvements only in the first week. past the Naval Academy bridge to brated the end of the week with a By the second day, the class mastered take a swim break and cool down in swim break. Back onshore, everyone capsizing and steering and passed the shade before a long upwind sail is rigging and de-rigging independ- their swim tests with flying colors. back to AYC. Wednesday and ently. This week, we will begin to We've never seen a class of kids this Thursday, we practiced in 420s join- practice boat handling. We're going to age with such an affinity for the wa- ing in a race day with the Intermedi- learn the proper way to switch the ter! On Wednesday, big breeze kept ate 420 sailors and the Development tiller through a tack, proper hiking us in so we went on a harbor tour and Team and technique, and sailing and bailing. practiced our new skill of towing.

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Adventure Sailing Continued from page 3 Beginner 420 The first week of the summer session at nique. After rigging, we were able to represented Adventure Sailing very AYC started off great. The beginner get out on the water and begin sailing. well, scoring a number of second 420 class was enthusiastic about learn- As the week progressed, the heat began places and a first by the end of the ing and were ready to have a fun time. building quickly in the morning so we day! Friday, we had the opportunity On the first day, the class learned about worked on rigging quickly as a group to to take out a J/22, and each sailor got the parts of the 420 and how to get out on the water. The class learned to drive, crew, and relax as we rig it, then we had a swim and capsize about points of sail and proper sail trim cruised the bay (and tried to go faster test to cool off. Tuesday, the begin- with ease all the while building on new than the Woodwind). We have been ning sailors learned and practiced steer- concepts on and off the water. saving our kayaking and fishing trip ing the boat, and proper tacking tech- for a day with less breeze, but it is certainly on the schedule for the ite activity with some pad- coming week. We may also begin to dle boarding and swimming work on the basics of navigation and thrown in. A J22 was taken seamanship and start learning the out on one particularly ad- basics of windsurfing, depending on venturous day, and supple- the wind. The Adventure Sailing mented with lots of pirate class is already growing in size, and songs and a tour of the An- we’re looking forward to another napolis waterfront. Bailer exciting week! wars and sprit pole races were another challenge that Sea Squirts continued from page 3 taught teamwork and gave By Thursday, the kids were learning the sailors a little bit of how to rig their boats by themselves friendly competition. Over- and get out on the water by them- all, everyone has gained selves. Friday was by far the most Creek Critters confidence on and around the water, exciting day of the week because the Creek Critters are off to a great and tons of enthusiasm has been Sea Squirts learned how to tack! The start! The sailors have learned how to brought to class each day! class seemed really excited by their steer an opti, figure out where the wind new skill and made a lot of progress is coming from, and most of all, have in perfecting it. With such an eager fun! Every sailor was able to master an group of sailors, we are sure to see eight-knot, and many put it to use on great things in the future. the water. Kayaking was another favor- We can't wait for the weeks to come! Optimist Race Team The first week of RBW racing team attend the top USODA events. In order went smoothly. With a new group of to be completely prepared for our re- eager children, we started off with a gatta season, we workout as a team dur- BANG! We jumped straight into drills ing the week. As the intensity of our working on perfecting our boat han- practices increases, we become more dling and touching up on our roll tack aware of the need of stamina and endur- techniques. We are constantly going ance in sailing. We continue to work over our ‘checklists’ both upwind and hard to uphold our reputation of good downwind in order to remind ourselves sportsmanship and teamwork through- of the many things that need to be cor- out the Chesapeake Bay area. We are rect in order to sail fast. Our regatta very OPTI- mistic about our upcoming schedule has been finalized (an interac- season! tive version can be found on our web- site annapolisyc.org) and we plan to Page 5 Page 6

Tuesday Twilight Tentative Summer 420 Racing Schedule Sail Date Event Location Boat Races & Barbeque July 15 Chester River Annual Chester River Club July 20-23 420 North Americans Brant Beach YC Club July 20, 27, July 30-Aug 1 Hyannis Regatta Hyannis YC Club Aug 10 Aug 1-4 US Sailing Youth Champs San Pedro YC Club Aug 9 Miles River Annual MRYC Club Aug 10 TAYC Annual Junior Tred Avon Club Aug 6-8 Buzzards Bay Regatta Beverly YC Club Come down around Aug 9-11 Buckley Team Race East Greenwich YC Club 5PM pm to rig and sail with your kids in casual races or sim‐ Tentative Summer Opti Racing Schedule ply some pleasure Date Event Location sailing. July 15 Chester River Annual Chester River July 17-19 USODA Team Race Nat’l Champs Fishing Bay RC Deltaville, VA July 20 USODA Girls Nat’l Champ Fishing Bay RC Deltaville, VA July 21-24 USODA Open Nat’l Champs Fishing Bay RC Deltaville, VA August 3-5 USODA New England Championship Sail Newport Newport, RI Aug 9 Miles River Annual MRYC Aug 10 TAYC Annual Junior Tred Avon

Summer Junior Sailing Awards Celebration

Annapolis Yacht Club

Friday, August 13

All junior program participants and their parents are encouraged to attend. Annual and special awards distributed at this event. Page 7 July 2010

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Annapolis Yacht Club Annual Regatta We would like to extend a special THANK YOU to all the volunteers from Annapolis Yacht Club and the Junior Program who helped make this year’s AYC Junior Annual Re‐ gatta run smoother than ever. Between registration, boats, committee boats, scor‐ ers, and those who donated their boats for use, we greatly appreciate it and could not have done it without you! It is support such as this which truly does rank the Annapolis Yacht Club and all its endeavors among the best the Chesapeake has to offer

THANK YOU!