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I will be running a one day training session with Penny at Stokes Bay SC on Saturday 21 April. This will be a bespoke training package for Musto sailors limited to only 10 boats with an approximate programme like this:

Saturday

0900-0930 Intro, Safety Brief and exercise briefing
0930-1000 Rig and prep
1000-1200 Sailing session 1 (boat handling)
1215-1300 Lunch (Bring your own or from the Cafe next to the Club)
1300-1330 Brief for session 2
1330-1600 Sailing Session 2 (Starting, short course racing)
1630-1730 Debrief and Q&A

Sunday

Join the SBSC MPS fleet in Sunday racing (2 races back to back) starting at 1100.

Options for bad weather include: Tuning and Rigging seminar, on shore drills, weather and tidal forum, starting tactics, layline thoughts, pre start routines even a rules chat. This list is flexible and if anyone has a topic they have any burning questions please let me know.

Cost per boat £25 for the training, sailing club fees are £5 per day for visitors.
If anyone has any questions please let me know on the number below as demand is will be high.

Please sign up early.

I'll be there

Russ,

I'd like to attend but can only make the morning session so will understand if you'd rather allocate the space to someone who can make the whole day.

Thanks,

Ben

my boat is already there, don't know if Tania is coming, she is still not well, but if she is, Russ do you think you could get her on your rib so she could take photos?

I now have 10 names:

Chris Webber
Jamie Hilton
Sergei Samus
Ed wilkinson
Chris wright
Richard Pelley
Mike Palfreman
Steve tylecote
Tim Chapman
Dan Vincent (10)

Dan (Essex) and Ben (291) are on the reserve list.
Sergei, I will already have 2 in the RIB so I cant take Tania unfortunately.

All- If you cannot make it let me know asap as there are people waiting for your places. Let me know if there is any specific area you wish to cover either on the forum or via text to the mobile.

Thanks

Hi Russ and penny, I will have to miss out on the training this year, I think that missing this event is not a wise thing to do but I have problems at home and lots to do. I hope you could get some points down on the report so the people that miss this event can still pick up some points.
Thanks for doing the training for us again
Chris Wright

Forecast at the moment is WSW 14-18kts, plenty of carbs required the night before....! (10-11 deg C too, almost tropical)
High water is at 1223 BST so easy launch and recovery.

Please be advised it is a cadets morning at the club so all boats are to be on the beach early to make the cadets life easier. Thanks

Hi Russ,
I've got a couple of topic areas:

I'd like to go through talks and gybes, with foot placement, when to change hands and the variations people have etc. Mine were especially flaky at the open! I've never get round to practicing shore drills, so would be very keen on this if it's bad weather (forecast looks like 12-14kts now though).

I'm also interested in improving my gate mark roundings - how to choose which mark, how to approach and tactics/rules with other boats etc. This seems to be a place to lose or gain big.

Cheers,
Ed

I'd like to be on the reserve list if possible!

Thanks to Russ and Penny for a very professionally run training day.

The day started with 'Starting' discussion and a briefing on the exercises we would be going through on the water. The sailing started with a 'Warm up' comprising 5 x tacks, 5 x gybes and 2 x hoist/ drops - for those that weren't knackered we embarked on some old favourites including - Follow my Leader, Tacking on the Whistle - the far more challenging Gybing on the Whistle before going into a series of starts.

Dan Hare - new to the class and only had the boat a few weeks, impressed the older hands with his wire to wire tacking.

Steve Tylecote was a gybing inspiration to us all.

By the end of the session - everybody had had a moment of glory and probably a swim or two.

A debrief to wrap up - gave everyone something to go away and work on as we now start to prepare in earnest for the Nationals and Worlds.