OnBoard Sat 4th Sept
Mike
Mark
Mike
Pete
Barry
Annette, Pam, Paul, Alex and Simon are all otherwise engaged.
I assume John and Colin will be there. Please let me know either way.
With 3 or 4 instructors, we can manage up to 18 or 24 children on the water.
I expect more children to be there this week, as the holidays wind down and they return to school, but I doubt if we will exceed about 12.
The wind forecast is 7 mph ESE.
OnBoard
The children split into two main groups:
1) Complete beginners - the four who have only attended for the last one or two weeks, and who have to concentrate on static turns. These will probably need the safety boats for recovery.
2) More experienced who are concentrating on faster tacks and gybes. My feeling is that we need to try and change the formula a little, so that they have a new challenge and get the practise indirectly. Some have learnt to pump up wind, so a small triangle course to sail around may be appropriate, and those that can't will soon learn.
Team15
Have been practising harness technique and gybes. I am happy to take them, unless someone else has a burning ambition to do so. Will ask what they want to do - light wind skills, simple freestyle, racing, etc.
As always decisions will be made on the day.
Mike Sapsard
Mike
That is fantastic progress.
We'll do the knots for Daniel and get stage 2 signed off. Then do some stage 3 theory, before letting them out on the water.
Mike
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 12:38 +0200, Young, Annette (GE Healthcare) wrote:
Just to let you know on Daniel - he needs to cover his knots to complete his stage 2.
He has managed starboard beachstarts, needs to complete a few port beachstarts and a few more starboard ones to be able to update his log.
Emma has no problem with beachstarts (port and starboard) - has been practising deeper beachstarts and completed her first waterstart! (feet of the ground) Hooray!!
They both need to cover some theory work on stage 3 - as the last few weeks it has been windy so we have been getting on the water to practice:- beachstarts, faster tacking, upwind and downwind sailing, sailing in stronger and gusty winds, harness work (hooking in and out), footstraps (getting into front foot strap).
They have also covered some simple freestyle - switch stance, duck gybes, normal gybes, foot in water - (other foot in water), one handed sailing (alternate hands), sailing holding onto the harness lines etc etc
Have fun!!
Tony
John has a level 1 course at 9am on Saturday
Tony
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Subject: OnBoard Sat 4th Sept
It looks as though many will be away this weekend. According to the Availability spreadsheet the following will be there:
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