This past weekend I was sailing in New York, on the Hudson River at the Nyack Boat Club. What a great spot. This club is a working club with great members and great sailors and I was working with a couple that have a really amazing boat.
They sail a J80. The boat is probably the best sailing boat I’ve ever been on and a boat I sail often due to my association as a coach with JWorld in Annapolis. Last year I was fortunate enough to place (due to my amazing teammates) 4th in the J80 North Americans. I learned this week that that makes me a US Sailing B Class sailor. Shoot…I knew I was a B-class sailor all along:)
In this private coaching session, our first, we worked on a broad range of basic boat handling issues including trimming and helming fundamentals, proper tacking and jibing techniques, spinnaker sets and douses, and some tactical concepts. Our next sessions, predicated on the lessons learned from this session, will be more focused - but no less fun.
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