RS Tera Southern Squads 25/26 Weekend 1 - RLYC

Weekend 1 for the RS Tera Southern Regional Training Squad was held at Royal Lymington Yacht Club over the weekend with some challenging conditions with everything between 5 and 26 knots. the focus for the weekend was foundations, boat handling, and decision-making. It was great to see so many familiar faces back on the water, along with some new sailors joining the squad for the first time.

Going back to basics

The weekend’s focus was all about foundations. Before building speed, tactics, or race strategy, it is important to work on the core skills for good performance. We spent most of Saturday working on boat handling under pressure techniques — tacks, gybes, mark roundings, and transitions to and from upwind to downwind.

Thought process on the water

A key area we worked on with sailors was decision making on the lead up to the windward mark and different approaches dependent on boats around you, especially within diamond 9. It was great to see sailors thinking about locations of their manoeuvres on the race course rather than following the herd.

Looking ahead

It was a great weekend leading into what will be a great winter programme for the squad.

A big thank you to everyone for your effort and focus on and off the water. And thank you to the coahing team for their help in delivering great content.