505 Training/Coaching April 13th

Three teams and coach Dan Wittig were out yesterday after work. Thomas Point light reports 7-10 knots for the 6:00PM to 8:00PM period. We were on the water at 6:25PM or so, though Bob Patterson/Kevin McGill were out some minutes before us, and Chris Legg/Tom Neel were a little behind as they figured out how to rig Cardiac Arrest.

It was quite light just off of SSA, but as we sailed upwind towards the spider "buoy" the pressure increased to marginal trapezing.

Coach Wittig had us rabbit starting to line up and then roll tacking on the whistle. Between drills we rounded his coach boat, which turns out to be a bit of a workout and good fun. We also had downwind gybing on the whistle drills which we started by lining up in a row beam reaching, and then hoisting on the whistle.

We were on the water practicing hard for just over an hour.

J could not make it, but Mike Coe brought a video camera, and Dan shot lots of video, which will be posted shortly.

After a debrief in the dinghy park, we moved over to Davis' Pub for water (and more water), beer and pub grub.

Overall, this was GREAT.

We really hope to see more of you out doing this. The benefits are HUGE.