AHYC RACING CLASS
Come and Bring Your Crew
For sailors who want to try racing, AHYC Race Committee is offering a racing course including classroom and on-the-water instruction to get you started. The course is free if you meet the two prerequisites for the course: A basic knowledge of sailing and,
A commitment to crew or race your boat in at least four races during the summer.
The second condition is because the purpose of this course is to enhance the racing at AHYC by creating better trained/coordinated crews for more efficient and relaxed racing.
The course will include:
| The different crew positions and their responsibilities when changing sails, jibing, coming about, etc. | |
| How to trim the sails and the boat for maximum speed and safety. | |
| How to use the current ( and find the marks). You will also need a New York Harbor Chart & Plotting Instruments for this part of the course. | |
| The racing rules and how to use them. | |
| The most important job for making the boat go fast. | |
The course will consist of 4 classroom sessions after work from 6:30 until 9:30,
3 sailing sessions after work, and one Sunday sailing session.
Schedule:
Wed. 5/03 Classroom Introduction to Racing and Boat Optimization
Thur. 5/11 Classroom Sail Trim: Making the Boat go fast
Thur. 5/18 Classroom Racing Rules and Tactics
Wed. 5/24 Classroom Racing Navigation
Thur. 6/01 Boat Practice: Crew Positions & Mechanics of Maneuvers
Thur. 6/08 Boat Practice: Basic Maneuvers and Sail Changes
Thur. 6/15 Boat Practice: Sail Trim - Performance Optimization.
Sun. 6/25 Boat Practice: Mock Race
Sign up for this program by calling:
Nick Smith at 420-5869 (Work) or 583-8624 (Home) or
Email to
Pete Rathemacher at 532-6758 (Work) or 872-9087 (Home) or
Email to
tara-rose@home.com