FREE Start Racing Clinic

FREE Start Racing Clinic June 13, 2009

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The FREE Start Racing Clinic was a GREAT success!

Thanks to Santa Monica Windjammer Yacht Club for hosting
South Bay Yacht Racing Club FREE Annual Start Racing Clinic



The efforts and contribution of time and the support to South Bay Yacht Racing Club by all the volunteers made this event an amazing success with a panel of
5 top speakers
12 coaches
and over 45 attendees and a great Yacht Club to host us.

From the feedback we received, participant appreciated the format and learned a lot. The on the water practice was a great success, specially been able to watch the video at the debrief back at SMWYC in the afternoon was an eye opener for some.

Here’s what happened that day, if you missed it:


Sailing Smart: Winning Techniques, Tactics, and Strategies
Check-in and breakfast at SMWYC

9.30: Chalk Talk: 'how to' of sailing tactics, as told by some of the best racers

Peter Drasnin - Jim Durden - Curt Johnson - Robert T. Patterson


♦ Discussion about the rules that apply during the starting sequence
♦ Our best racers will reveal some of their tactics and strategies
♦ How to formulates plans that get you in clean air in a large fleet

Noon: On-the-Water Training
♦ Coaches on boat
♦ Sailing Drills: How to Sail Better, Faster, Smarter, Safer
♦ Rolling sequences in order to practice your starts several times
♦ Video-taping of the starts from the Race Committee Boat

Afternoon: De-brief at the SMWYC
♦ Review of the on water videos with commentary by coaches


Thanks to Ken Quant for sending me
The Basic Sailboat Racing Rules All Racers Should Know - by Ken Quant


June 2009 Start Racing Clinic