2019 Fall Sailing: Update #13

[Director PYSF]

Hello PYSF Parents and Sailors—

WOW!!!  What an awesome Holiday Party this past weekend! The skits were hilarious as usual, the auction baskets were amazing (so creative!) and Sequoia was so welcoming!  It was great to have the current and staff commodores of the club leading christmas carols too.  So fun!  A HUGE thank you goes to Anne Wright, Amy Gee, Larry Mayne and all of the volunteers behind the scenes who helped make it such a success.  Can you believe Larry built the stage that day?!  Thank you all so much! 

While we are in the Winter Season and sailing takes a bit of a break, we still have plenty going on!  The deadline for registration for PCISA #3 (Rose Bowl) is tonight.  We have 3 teams from Design Tech competing on Jan 4-5.  We completed our first 420 Fundamentals Clinic last weekend.  The focus was on setup and boat balance theory.  SO much information was shared.  It was great to see the dots being connected for the kids.  Being able to answer “why” is a powerful thing!  We have  added an additional C420 Clinic in January as a follow up which will focus on the Downwind Fundamentals.  I have listed all of the clinics we are hosting below.  We have things for the Opti sailor, High School sailor, new C420 sailor and those heading to I420 North Americans.  I hope everyone takes advantage of the chalk talk series we have in January as well.  All of the clinics are on our homepage under Quick Links        

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.  I look forward to great things in 2020!!!  —Molly  

• Jan 8, 15, 22: Team Racing 101 Chalk Talk 
• Goal: Learn fundamentals of 3 versus 3 team racing (concepts, rules, plays)
• Who: Opti Champ, High School, 420 sailors
• Cost: $50/sailor
• Jan 11-12: I420 Clinic
• Goal: Warm-up for North Americans
• Who: Anyone that is competing in the I420 or has extensive C420 experience
• Cost: $200 charter + $200/sailor
• Jan 11-12: C420 Fundamentals Clinic 
• Goal: Learn downwind fundamentals of C420 
• Who: Opti Sailors transitioning to C420, C420 Intermediate level sailors
• Cost: $200/sailor
• Jan 18-19: Opti Warm-Up Clinic
• Goal: Warm-up for Spring Season
• Who: Opti Champ Level sailor
• Cost: $200/sailor
• Jan 25-26: High School Warm-Up Clinic  
• Goal: Warm-up for the Spring Season
• Who: Anyone that is a returner to High School sailing (no new sailors)
• Cost: $100/sailor