So we started the day with digging out the trailer for the trip to Florida. This took a group of about 8 of us about 45 minutes, (what a winter!).
After that task was done we headed out sailing for a few hours. Started with a long line and short course sailing, the group had plenty of practice with tacking and gybing as well as mark roundings.
After sailing we began to load the trailer and of course eventually it began to snow, oh well we plan to finish loading this week and then begin the drive south on Thursday.
We had Luke, Alanna, Chris, Alex H , Kyle and Eric on the water today.
Well done to all the sailors that came out for some of the sailing at both of our winter camps!
Al
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
NewYearsCampSnowDay09
Well the day started with flurries that were supposed to be rain, per usual for the last 2 weeks.
We decided to go and had Kyle, Chris , Ben , Alex K , Luke and Alex Heinzman come sailing.
Jen and I thought lets go out , it's worth a photo op at the very least.
So out we went and the snow just kept falling, we ended up with a nice 10 to 12 kt easterly.
We did lots of mark rounding and tacking/gybing on the whistle .
About 2 hours on the water and the coaches were frozen as well as most of the sailers, a few wanted more but we figured it was soup time!
One more day to go and hopefully loading tomorrow for Florida, (assuming we can dig out the trailer in the parking lot!)
Al
Friday, January 2, 2009
New Years Camp 09
We arrived at the club this morning to the parking lot being a literal skating rink.
Eventually by the time we went sailing at noon it had warmed up and it was relatively decent on the water.
11 sailors left the dock and we had a good practice working on start drills as well as mark rounding.
We had a 6kt south easterly for a 2 hour session. Most of the team's feet were numb by the time we went in .
The next important call was to either go hsve a hot shower right away or hold off, (too quick a thaw out in the hot shower causes pain and itching in the hands and feet!)
2 more days for the camp then load the trailer for Florida.
Al
Eventually by the time we went sailing at noon it had warmed up and it was relatively decent on the water.
11 sailors left the dock and we had a good practice working on start drills as well as mark rounding.
We had a 6kt south easterly for a 2 hour session. Most of the team's feet were numb by the time we went in .
The next important call was to either go hsve a hot shower right away or hold off, (too quick a thaw out in the hot shower causes pain and itching in the hands and feet!)
2 more days for the camp then load the trailer for Florida.
Al
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