Sturgis
Boat Works Optimist Clinics:
Silver
Level: June 21-22,
Eligibility: Sailors should have at least 1 year
experience in Red, White or Blue fleet, be serious about their racing and ready
to work hard. Knowledge of the racing
rules of sailing is required.
Description: This will be a two day intensive clinic. Sailors will be rigged and ready by 9 AM and
clinic will last 8 or 9 hours. Curriculum
will include boat handling, boat speed, starts, rounding, boat/sail set up and
tuning. Clinic will go on the water rain
or shine, light wind or heavy.
Schedule:
Day
1:
0900: Rigged and Ready
0915: Briefing, chalk talk, boat inspection
1230: Lunch (may be on the water)
1630: Back on Shore
1700: Boats De-rigged/Start Debreif
1800: End of Day
Day
2:
0900: Rigged and Ready
0915: Briefing, chalk talk, boat inspection
1230: Lunch (may be on the water)
1530: Back on Shore
1600: Boats Derigged/Start
Debriefing
1700: End of Day
Gold
Level: June 23-24,
Eligibility: Sailors should be in the top 40 overall in
the SM Sailing Grand Prix Series.
Sailors should be prepared for very long, very strenuous days in any and
all wind and weather conditions. Resumes
for very committed sailors not meeting the Grand Prix cut off will be
considered on an individual basis.
Description: This will be a two day intensive clinic. Sailors will be rigged and ready by 9 AM and
clinic will last 9 or 10 hours, taking lunch on the water and with extensive
debriefing after sailing. Curriculum
will include advanced boat handling, boat speed, starts and advanced sail
trimming/tuning theory. Clinic will go
on the water rain or shine, light wind or heavy and will include extensive debriefing
time.
Schedule:
Day
1:
0900: Rigged and Ready
0915: Briefing, chalk talk, boat inspection
1230: Lunch on the water
1630: Back on Shore
1700: Boats De-rigged/Start Debreif
1900: End of Day
Day
2:
0900: Rigged and Ready
0915: Briefing, chalk talk, boat inspection
1230: Lunch on the water
1530: Back on Shore
1600: Boats Derigged/Start
Debriefing
1700: End of Day
Coaching:
Head
Coach: Todd Fedyszyn. Todd is currently the Head Coach at the St.
Petersburg Yacht Club, one of the strongest youth sailing programs in the
country. Prior to St. Pete, he was the
Head Coach at Corpus Christi Yacht Club, where he took an almost non-existent
Optimist program and ramped it into a champion
producing southern power house. He did
the same with the CCYC Laser Team, producing some of the best youth Laser
sailors in the country. He has been a US
National Team Coach for over 5 years, has been Head Coach for several USODA
International Teams, including the South American Championship, North American
Championships, Garda Team and Danish Nationals Team, among others.