Women's Clinic This Weekend!

Hi all,

Excited for the clinic this weekend! We loaded up 3 boats at practice today to bring down. This is a combined high school and college event and should be a great opportunity with a bunch of female coaches and sailors from around the PNW.

Schedule: 

Saturday, March 9th:

• 8:00 AM Carpools and sailors all meet at Sehome Hill Haggens (next to I-5). Sailors grab last minute snacks from Haggens and roll call to make sure everyone is there. Check trailer one last time.

• 8:15 AM Leave Bham headed for Sail Sand Point: 7861 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA

• 10:00 AM Report time. Unload trailer, rig, and change

• 10:45 AM Skipper's Meeting/Introduction to coaches

• Lessons ashore and on the water throughout the day

• 5:00 PM Approximate end time, head home

• 6:30 PM Back in Bellingham

Sunday, March 10th:

• 7:00 AM Meet at Sehome Hill Haggens. Roll call again but no trailer

• 7:15 AM Leave Bham headed for Sail Sand Point: 7861 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA

• 9:00 AM Report time. Rig and change

• 10:00 AM Discussion, Debrief from Saturday, eat lunch then transition to on the water

• 3:00 PM Off water

• 3:30 PM Debrief

• 4:30 PM End time (approx.) load boats on trailer

• 5:00 PM Drive home!

• 6:30 PM Back in Bellingham

Carpool drivers: Aiofe's parent, able to drive 3 sailors. Coach Anna driving 3 boat trailer and able to drive up to 3 sailors if needed. Katy's parent driving also. No one will be without a ride.

Sailors: Aiofe, Katy, August, Bella (Sat. only), Emma, Sofia, Campbell. 7 Saturday, 6 Sunday.

Cost: The event itself is free! Sailors should bring a little cash if possible to chip in for gas.

What to bring: 

• Sailing gear, water bottle, sack lunch, snacks (able to be tucked in a PFD)
• A notebook and pens/pencils to take notes
• A bailer, towel, change of clothes, and a trash bag for wet gear after sailing

Waiver: Sailors must fill out this waiver before attending: https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/5a6a4392ca618/web/

Parents are welcome to stay and watch (the pier at SSP has great views), but be warned that sailors will be on the water for long sessions instead of rotating ashore like at regattas. I will be bringing binoculars for anyone watching from the pier!

Please let me know if you have any questions! See you at the Sehome Hill Haggen's at 8am on Saturday :)

Best,

Anna Morrow

360-391-8681

Ranking Regatta #2 @ Bainbridge

Hi Everyone,

Listed below are the sailors going to Ranking Regatta #2. Because this is a varsity/gold event, we can only send 4-5 sailors per school.

Sailors - Avery, Axel, Bella, Emma, Katy, Max, Oscar, Oz, and Tristan.

The hosts have not sent the NOR out yet. So we are missing some key details for logistics planning. I will send out more information once the Regatta hosts get back to me.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Cooper 

Ranking Regatta #2 Signups Closing

Hi Everyone,

Ranking Regatta #2 signups are closing tonight! Please fill out the Regatta Signup if you haven't already. This is a Varsity only Regatta, so we can only send one team per school. Everyone should sign up if they are interested in going and we will pick the 8-10 sailors from there. We are short on carpool drivers so if any parents are available to drive, please fill that out on the signups as well.

Only half of sailors have completed our Goals and Pairs form. Sailors- this is your homework before sailing on Tuesday. It should take around 5 min.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Cooper 

Home Clinic Tomorrow

Good morning,

Our Clinic is from 10 am to 4 pm tomorrow, March 2nd. The plan is to start and end at the Zuanich dock, but we might move to the BYC basement if the weather turns on us. A Remind message will be sent out tomorrow morning confirming the start location. 

Wetsuits are required!  We are looking at a chance of snow in the afternoon. Please let us know if you need a wetsuit, BYC has a couple to lend out. 

Please bring lunch as it's going to be a long day. We will have a break for lunch. The exact time of lunch is TBD and dependent on the weather.

These are all the sailors who signed up! We are closing the signup tonight, so you have today to update if you are going or not. Since this is a home event and a clinic (not a competitive event), everyone who signed up as "yes" is expected to attend. 

Sailors currently signed up to go: Aoife, Avery, Campbell, Cole, Emma, Errol, Frank, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Nate, Oz, and Tristan.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Best,

Cooper and Anna

First Practice Recap +Swim Test

Hi,

Everyone did a great job today getting the boats ready for the season. Apologies for ending abruptly, the basement was double booked on accident.

Thursday might be quite stormy. If that is the case, we will meet at BYC basement again. A Remind will be sent out on Thursday on where to meet. Please let us know if you did not get the Remind message today but thought you were on Remind. If you are not on Remind, join it by texting @sailboats to 81010.

There are two opportunities to complete the swim test: one is tonight (Tuesday) with Scott at 7pm, the other is tomorrow (Wednesday) with Anna at 7pm. Both are at Arne Hanna and consist of a 50m swim and 5 min treading water. All sailors have to complete it for the season. It's not a test of how fast you can swim, simply a quick check in.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Swim Test, First Practice, and Regatta Signups

Good evening everyone,

The swim test dates are set: Tuesday, Feb. 27th and Wednesday, Feb. 28th. Both tests will be at 7pm at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center. The test is a 50 meter swim and 5 min treading water.

Our first practice will be in the Bellingham Yacht Club basement at 3:45pm on Tuesday, Feb. 27th. Sailors do not need to bring gear: our first practice will be getting things up and running for the season.

Regatta Signups are available here. Please list your (sailor's) name and sign up for what you can and cannot attend. 

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Spring Sailing

Sailors and Parents,

The sailing team pre-season meeting will be Tuesday, Feb 20th @ 6pm @ The Bellingham Yacht Club in the downstairs room. This meeting is for all parents and students who plan to be on the team or are interested in learning more about it.  The team is open to all high schoolers in Whatcom County. We have many important topics to cover at the meeting including practice and regatta schedules and expectations. It will also be a good meeting to attend for new sailors interested in joining the team, so encourage anyone who might be interested to come.  

Practice and Regatta schedule for the season are posted on the website: http://www.whatcomsailing.com/

REGISTRATION & TEAM FEES

Team fees are $350 for the fall season. As always, we don't want these fees to stop anyone from participating so please let me know if you need financial assistance. There is also a deposit of $35 for your team uniform (pinnie). If you paid this in the fall you do not need to pay it again.  This deposit will be refunded at the end of the season when you return your pinnie.

Registration is now open and online at whatcomsailing.com. Registration will close at 35 kids OR Sunday Feb 25th.

To completely register, please complete all steps listed on the Join page here. Remember, a sports physical is required, so get that scheduled ASAP.  

Registration and school clearance is required before you can practice. For a list of everything that is required see the Join Page of our website.  Attached is the sailor packet with detailed information.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Practices will be Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:45 to 6:30

Practice starts Tuesday Feb 27 @ 3:45 at the Bellingham Yacht Club.

We will go over more details at the meeting, but feel free to contact me if you have questions!

Scott Wilson

Whatcom Sailing

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com