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Knives and forks and pepper and salt What the ?! Welcome: T.R.I.Y.A. Sailing Tup Radford, an Old Boy of Scots, wanted to give all Wellington area college age students a bigger boat to learn to sail in. A remarkable asset. TRIYA runs… Learn to Sail. E.O.T.C . Teams Racing: Goal, Local Champs then Nationals April 2018 Advanced fleet sailing. Goal, Nationals March 2018 Naval Point YC. Learn to Sail for those College age, that missed out on Opti LTS. Extension for those that did Opti. Tactical, Close Teams Racing. racing, Rules application. Planning ahead Decision making Execution and Response. Imaging the value in fleet racing. Eg Buoy room set up and response. We invite students from all colleges around Greater Wellington Winter and Summer Programs Lots of SKILL work.… Moving together in the tack Teams racing: 3 v 3 boats STARTING tactics Lots of Strategy. Lots of Safety and get sailing again techniques Learn key Flags ! TEAMS Racing Program: Rigging and Boat set up, Adjustments: what and when to adjust Capsize and recovery techniques Starts and starting tactics Rules and rules application. Speed control to create situations. Eg Mark traps. Boat handling, mark rounding. Tactics, Boat positioning. Magic number 10, Racing. Teams Racing is about the APPLICATION of the rules to gain advantage for your team. The very close short racing forces teams to plan and execute rules for boat position or avoidance decisions. AWESOME SKILLS Goal, Teams Racing 8 Teams : Local Champs April 2018 Evans Bay. 2017 Goal achieved 2 teams : Nationals April 2018, Taupo Personally amazed at the acceleration of knowledge and application . Committed sailors , knowledgeable , skillful, confident. Great coaches at TRIYA. FLEET RACING Sailing nicely: Speed v height. Winter Program and summer blocks, GOAL: to extend a group of experienced young sailors to perform creditably at National Competition Double Luff Spinnaker handling 12 Much better. Trapeze skills Trapeze Skills. Racing tactics. : gybe inside and soak down What do I do NOW ???? Great skills for progressing into the E6 Youth Scheme. 17. It can be close, Learn the rules of sailing. 19. Start line tactics in big fleets, mixed fleets and small fleets Team work is big here, we work together to launch and retrieve the RIB So. Why is 420 so good for the job. Olympic Sailors learned skills in 420: Peter Burling Blair Tuke Alex Maloney Olivia Powrie Jo Aleh Jason Saunders Paul Snow-Hansen and more ! So What did they learn as 14 to 18 year olds in 420 class. • Boat and rig set up. • Inter relation of the parts of rig, sails, hull, foils and optimising the relationships. • Double luff kite. • Teamwork All parts are interrelated. Understanding how rig works… Eg Windy day C of E – boat balance - cunno - Rake – jib fairlead – Jib luff tension – rig tension - Spreader effective angle- prebend – leech tension – vang & cunno - mainsail twist - pointing speed and height - centreboard rake - C of E Fleet Racing Regatta Course covers: Technical rigging set up and adjustments Pre-race routines Starting in big fleets (mixed class and one class fleets) Boat handling for big fleets, first beat decisions. Tacking and gybing for speed. Trapeze techniques Spinnaker handling (double-luff, Pole spinnaker) Boat speed vs height decisions. - modes Mark rounding tactics and techniques Using the rules. Capsize and recovery techniques Weather systems, geography, wind oscillations. Wind variations and “local knowledge”, sailing in the Nationals course area. Fitness. Start sequence 420 10 Kite set check. Tack Angles up course Prestart check Kite sheets set. Line Bias TIME Transit 5 TIME Course Flag Transit Line Bias 4 TIME cunningham Vang set Plate angle Venturi 1 TIME Jib sheet Free SPACE 30 Weather sheet set 15 Hook Up Wire 0 Gone. Pathway • 420 sailing at TRIYA Pole, double luff spinnaker handling. Tight close racing, rules applications are paramount in teams events and training. Makes TRIYA program a natural pre-requisite to the E6 Youth Scheme that runs to U23 age. Pathway • Pole-Double Luff spinnaker Obvious step to keel boat sailing • Rigging and boat set up… • Required understanding of many adjustments on the 420 makes it an ideal trainer for any boat you move into. Pathway • Types of courses – trapezoid, triangles in 420 sailing. • Greater range of tactical decisions required with the double luff spinnaker. • Go high and set ? Go low, set and dump ? Just go and hope ? GOAL for current program : Goal achieved : 4 of 5 boats offered place in NZ team. NZL Nationals 9-12 March 2017 in Evans Bay. Selection for Worlds…? 420 International class World Championship, 15-23 December 2017 Freemantle AUS . Congratulations on Selection: Andre VanDam, Fin Georgeson: Daniel Winsley, Ryan Tait: Hamish & Alex Edwards: Darby Georgeson, Helena Terry: TRIYA www.triya.co.nz enrol on the website, Learn to Sail, Teams racing, Advanced Fleet racing Or Talk to Phil. .