point in Seattle for the annual Northwest clinic. Both days were beautiful and about 60 and sunny.
On Saturday the whole group separated between novice and advanced. Our whole team went to the novice group. We did chalk talks then had the chance to get out on the water. In the morning, before the wind died, the people who went out did tacking drills and follow the leader. The wind died around 11, so we reviewed rigging a boat. The wind fortunately picked up again in the afternoon, so we got to go out again from around 2-5. We practiced starts and did practice races and did many drills (One time we had to do 7 tacks on the upwind leg and 7 jibes on the downwind leg). Then we combined with the advanced group and did a triangle race with them.
On Sunday we started at 9 again. We did more chalk talks and then got out to sail. We practiced lots of roll tacks, which was really helpful to all of us. Unfortunately the wind died around 11 again, so everyone went to a nearby field and played frisbee/soccer. It was great to be out in the sun! We then had another chalk talk, then went out on the water again and practiced more races. We headed in around 3 and did a debrief then headed home.
On Saturday the whole group separated between novice and advanced. Our whole team went to the novice group. We did chalk talks then had the chance to get out on the water. In the morning, before the wind died, the people who went out did tacking drills and follow the leader. The wind died around 11, so we reviewed rigging a boat. The wind fortunately picked up again in the afternoon, so we got to go out again from around 2-5. We practiced starts and did practice races and did many drills (One time we had to do 7 tacks on the upwind leg and 7 jibes on the downwind leg). Then we combined with the advanced group and did a triangle race with them.
On Sunday we started at 9 again. We did more chalk talks and then got out to sail. We practiced lots of roll tacks, which was really helpful to all of us. Unfortunately the wind died around 11 again, so everyone went to a nearby field and played frisbee/soccer. It was great to be out in the sun! We then had another chalk talk, then went out on the water again and practiced more races. We headed in around 3 and did a debrief then headed home.
-Ellen Ytterberg '12
