Our final session this winter is Tuesday, April 4.

Fleet has structured a palette of racing training activities for you in 2023. Our first offering is online racing training, using Virtual Regatta Inshore and Google Meet. There will be live coaching. No cost to you – it is all included in your NSC membership. Open to anyone at NSC who is interested in racing.

What you need to do

Before your first session, you must create a free account at Virtual Regatta Inshore and take the “Sailing School” there to learn how to use the virtual sailboats. This lets us focus on sailing, not tech support.

We connect on Google Meet to be in touch while we play. Please email Stephen Kidd for the link.

Once you are in the Google Meet session, we will tell you the code to join our Virtual race.

Objectives

The objectives are to provide an off-season opportunity for NSC racers and volunteers from different fleets to learn/improve on their racing strategies and tactics using online, multi-user, internet hosted software that simulates a sailing regatta environment; and encourage interactions between sailors from different fleets at both a social and technical level.

Time

Three Tuesday evenings 1920 – 2030 hours
February 7, 28; April 4

Participants

Racing is free for participants.

Participants will log on to a video conference call so they can be in touch with each other during racing.

Participants are encouraged to create an account with a username that includes their real first name so the coach can address them, but a pseudonym is also acceptable for those who prefer that.

Structure

10 minutes reviewing and discussing racing strategy and tactics content
50~ minutes actual racing practice
5 minutes debrief – with coach

Additional Info

Virtual Racing Training – What You Need (pdf)
Virtual Regatta Inshore – Creating an Account (pdf)

For more information please email the coordinators: Dave Gardner and Stephen Kidd