49er North America

If you don’t already know them, meet Erik & Trevor:

http://www.storckmooresailing.com/video/606537-Meet-the-Team-Erik-and-Trevor-as-Olympians

Here are some dates for the 2012 49er schedule in NA (more details to follow…):

San Dago Super Skiff Cup: April 21 to 22
Fall CORK: September 22 – 23, CORK

49er.ca Grand Prix
Icebreaker: May 19 to 20, Toronto Sailing & CC
OSGP: June 2 to 3, Nepean SC
RCYC Skiff: June 23 to 24, Royal Canadian YC
**Event to be Confirmed**: July 13 to 14, Toronto or Newport
49er.ca Championships: July 20 to 22, Kingston YC
North Americans: August 18 to 22, CORK

49erNA Grand Prix
49er.ca Championships: July 20 to 22, Kingston YC
PCC’s: August 3 to 5, Richmond YC
US Nationals: August 9 to 12, The Gorge
North Americans: August 18 to 22, CORK
ACC’s: October 6 to 7, American YC

49er NA Winter Series
2013 North Americans: January 18 to 20, Miami Rowing Club
RMOCR: January 27 to February 2, Miami Rowing Club
49er Mid Winters: February 8 to 10, Miami Rowing Club*
*(Coach’s regatta, $50 Entry, Winner Takes All Cash Prize!!!)

Details on www.49erNA.org and www.49er.ca !

Mark your calendars today!

Killer vid:

2012 Miami Training from Rob Frost on Vimeo.

All you guys on the left coast:

There is a skiff event in SD in April. Apparently it is pretty chill and pretty awesome. Should have a good fleet of 14′s present. The 49er’s are invited. Check out this link:

SD Super Skiff Cup

April 21 to 22, 2012

The women’s skiff contenders for selection for Olympic competition in 2016 have been announced. Check out http://www.sailing.org/37773.php for details and pictures!

The class has decided to host the 2013 49er NA’s in Miami before the annual Rolex Miami OCR. Mark your calendars today and stay tuned to 49erNA.org for details.

Ouch!

Find out what the best use…
Go onboard with USSTAG members Erik Storck and Trevor Moore to learn all the tricks of the trade in this video:

* INFORMAL USSA DEVELOPMENT SQUAD TRAINING CAMP*

Some hot shot 29er guys are making the big step into the 49er. Here’s their report:

Before the Orange Bowl regatta, Mike Deady and I spent three days practicing in 49ers with the Mollerus brothers and getting coached by injured USSTAG member Alex Bishop (aka ‘Frenchie’). The first day, we rigged up quickly and went sailing because the breeze was a nice 12-14 kts, perfect conditions for us since we are both still learning how to sail 49ers. We had an excellent day practicing tacks and gybes in fantastic conditions. The breeze continued to build over the afternoon to the mid-to-high teens but the water stayed nice and flat. We spent a good three hours just sailing up and down wind practising maneuvers. When we came in, we checked the tension and bend of the rig and discovered it was nowhere near where we wanted it to be for the conditions. The next morning we decided it would be prudent to go through all the rig settings so we would know exactly how much tension and pre-bend we had depending on where the turnbuckles for the primaries and lowers were set. We spent the morning doing that and were ready to go sailing by lunch. The breeze was similar to what we saw the day before in the afternoon, probably around 15-18 and with flat water again. We had another excellent session, once again practicing basic maneuvers. After about two-and-half hours, we were both getting tiered and decided to sail in. Unfortunately, we had some trouble with the bear-away and ended up pitching it in. We spent a bit of time getting back upright and trying to make the bear-away, eventually we did and made it back to the dock. We were both tired and wet, but happy and ready to get back on the water the next day. The third and final day was light, probably only 10-12, and we decided to practice low speed maneuvers. We spent most of the day doing drills to practice double-tacks, no speed tacks, accelerations, and bear-aways to two-sail gybes. We had a great day learning invaluable skills that we will need once we start racing 49ers. All in all, it was a perfect three days of sailing in Miami, nothing can beat good breeze, flat water, and 80 degree weather, all in the middle of December.

Jerelyn is taking mainsail flag orders for Rolex Miami OCR. Please order through 49er office by Jan 9.