CYC Educational Programs in the past

Past Talks

2007

Brian Watkins Tactics for Possession and Pully Point - Brian's presentation

Lake Tactics, Wayne Balsiger (Rainbow) leads the discussion, with Keith Whittemore ( Tundra Rose) and Sandy Pratt (Falcon) Presentation Notes

June 1

Discussion, video & photos of the 2007 505 Worlds from PNW sailors who were there

2006

October 28-29

505 Clinic - report and pictures

September 8

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Racing (But Were Afraid to Ask)"Frank Flannery and Kurt Hoehne

June 2

Rookie Rally 1

June 9

Rookie Rally 2

June 16

Rookie Rally 3

June 23

Rookie Rally 4
This year the Rookie Rally consists of a series of four class sessions by Bruce Vandeventer, based on the textbook "Getting Started in Sailboat Racing," by Adam Cort and Richard Stearns. The book costs under $10 at Amazon. If there is sufficient interest, we may supplement this with an on-the-water coaching event. All sessions are Fridays in June at Shilshole at 7:30 pm.

May 19 - Winning Swiftsure:

Tactics and Preparation. Shilshole Clubhouse. Speaker is Bruce Hedrick, Northwest Yachting Magazine.

March 10: Center Sound Tactics

Focusing on Possession and Pulley Point races. Shilshole clubhouse. Speaker is Jack Christiansen of North Sails.

April 7 - Shilshole:

Shilshole Bay and PSSR Tactics. Speakers: Mike Johnson from the laser fleet (Fish).
Mike will discuss Shilshole Bay local knowledge and the role that current plays. We plan to augment this with a second speaker from the keelboat fleets for North Course PSSR.

April 14 - Moved to May 5

April 28 - Leschi:

Team Racing. Speaker: Joe Petrucci, former sailing coach at Stanford University.
Joe gave an excellent introductory talk on this subject to the CYC J24 Team Racing teams a few years ago. If the J24s, Thistles, and other fleets get interested in team racing this season, we can supplement this with other talks.

May 5 - Leschi:

Winning on theLake: The Right Program, The Right Tactics. Speaker is Harry Dursch, J24 Self Abuse.
Harry celebrated 20 years of successful J24 racing recently, and no one knows the lake better.

Talks on foil design, sail trim and rig tuning, big fleet tactics, fleet racing rules, weather, communications, and other subjects are in planning stages; watch this space. Your ideas are welcome.