As every year, Decemeber comes along and we are geting ready to visit Miami for Orange Bowl. This regatta is one of my favourites, and we always like to use it as a fleet practice for next season´s IODA events.

 

So my recomendation every time you are going to sail an event that is not a qualifier, is to set up personal goals to improve particular aspects of your sailing. For example, you could use this event to improve your starts, or maybe focus more on doing good tacticts. Some other sailor may use the chance to compare his speed with top international competitiors, or maybe improve the downwind speed or the mark roundings.

There are so many dirrerent things to practice, that we need to write down a list with our own strengths and weak points. And focus on improving the second ones during this event.

But don´t write it down and forget about it... make sure your coach knows what you are trying to improve, so that you can both analyze after every race and focus your efforts.

 

In the case of my sailing team, we clearly need to sail with a big fleet. We need a lot of work at a crowded starting line, as well as in mark roundings, where many boats are close together. Since we have a small number of boats in PR, our goal is to learn how to sail in a big fleet.

 

Make sure each of you makes a review of your past regattas and set up your goals: it`s the best way to improve your skills, one at a time.

 

Bocha Pollitzer and Robby Bisi will be the coaches for our team this year. We only have a couple spots left, so if you want to learn some new tricks from our experience, and share your knowledge with us as well, send an email to gpollitzer@optisailors.com and sign up for our coaching group.

 

See you in a few days!!! good winds...