Fall Plans

This Fall, the 29er High Performance Team will be working hard to continue the upward momentum of US talent in the 29er fleet by bringing back lessons learned at the 29er Worlds, and putting them into practice in high caliber training environments on the East and West Coasts.  We will be arranging monthly training opportunities, culminating in competition at the International Orange Bowl Regatta in Miami in December.  Throughout the season, our goal will be to work with teams to help create tailors plans for each skill level and circumstance that will be backed up with on the water support at events and clinics.

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Schedules and event details will be updated monthly in our newsletters, so if you are interested in receiving the latest news and plans, please be sure to subscribe by using the link on our home page.

For The Latest Updates On The 29er World Championship...

After three flight delays, a cancelled flight, re-routing through Scotland, four lost bags, a five hour rental car drive on the wrong side of the road (left!) from Scotland to our original destination, a mix up between an online booking company and our car rental company, which resulted in me not being able to rent a car, being rescued by team-mom-of-the-year, Annie Merson, a few wrong turns and one wild ride through the rainy Welsh country side at 2AM, TEAM USA HAS FINALLY MADE IT TO WALES!  And that's the condensed version of my first 48 hours back in Europe... Click here to read on

For the latest info on the 29er World Championship, visit our temporary blog linked to in the top menu.

On The Run - Youth Champs Debrief

Since the final day of Youth Champs in Rhode Island, we've been on the run, migrating from Newport to Boston, Boston to San Francisco, San Fran to Santa Barbara, and tomorrow we head out bright and early to hit the road to the Gorge.  It's been a whirlwind week, but I wanted to get the Youth Champs debrief posted for anyone who is interested in reading it before the Gorge regatta.

To view the debrief, click here.

US Youth Champs - Coaching Agenda

The Youth Champs start tomorrow and Willie will be acting as the 29er national fleet coach for the week.  The goal is to provide as much information and help as possible to any interested sailors.  A preliminary outline of the week's activities and briefings is listed below.  Feel free to join whichever briefings and discussions interest you.

Times and locations will be updated here as I find out more, but to stay up to date, follow @McWil49er on twitter.


Tuesday, July 7 - Race Day 1

1000 Morning Briefing - Dining Commons (tentatively - subject to change if coach meeting runs long)

Review Sailing Instructions
Local knowledge and forecast/tidal info
Day 1 regatta strategy
Roundtable tuning discussion

1030 Competitors' meeting

1200 First Warning

On the water priorities will be :

Breakdowns
Food
Video of course considerations
Video of scenarios and tactics
Video of boatspeed techniques

Group stretch immediately following sailing

Evening debrief to be scheduled.  Topics will include:

Course strategy review
Playbook play reviews
Video review

Photos, videos, and nightly playbook scenarios will be posted in the evenings.


Wednesday, July 8 - Race Day 2

0800 Morning workout - Meet downstairs at sailing clubhouse

0845 Morning stretching - Upstairs on sailing clubhouse deck

0900 Breakfast

0910 Regatta briefing with race organizers

1030 First warning signal

Group stretch immediately following sailing

Evening debrief to be scheduled.  Topics will include:

Course strategy review
Playbook play reviews
Video review

Photos, videos, and nightly playbook scenarios will be posted in the evenings.


Thursday, July 9 - Race Day 3

0800 Morning workout - Meet downstairs at sailing clubhouse

0845 Morning stretching - Upstairs on sailing clubhouse deck

0900 Breakfast

0910 Regatta briefing with race organizers

1030 First warning signal

Group stretch immediately following sailing

Evening debrief to be scheduled.  Topics will include:

Course strategy review
Playbook play reviews
Video review

Photos, videos, and nightly playbook scenarios will be posted in the evenings.


Friday, July 10 - Race Day 4

0800 Morning workout

0845 Morning stretching

0900 Breakfast

0910 Regatta briefing with race organizers

1030 First warning signal

1230 No warning after this time

Fleet meeting and discussion to be scheduled immediately following racing - Fall and Winter Calendars

Regatta wrap up will be sent out to the McBride Wilson mailing list including links to photos, videos, and playbook scenarios