Team Race Clinics Mar. 23-24 Signups Closing

Hi Everyone,

Signups for the TR Clinics are closing tonight at 7 pm. Thank you to everyone who has already filled it out. I recommend everyone take a second look at it to make sure all of the information is correct - Regatta Signup Sheet.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Cooper

Meet at 8am for Women's Clinic Sunday

Great job sailing in some challenging conditions today sailors!! 

New information for tomorrow- due to daylight savings, the Sunday start time has been moved to 10am so we will be meeting at Sehome Hill Haggens at 8am just like today. 

Rest up and dress warm for tomorrow- Don't forget to wind your clocks back for daylight savings!

See you tomorrow at 8am! :)

Best,

Anna

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 at 21:32, Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

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

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