Coronado Yacht Club will host 420 clinic in south bay December 19-20 Coached by Esteban Forrer  

Little about Esteban, Coronado Yacht Club junior sailor in sabots, lasers, 420’s, 29ers, and Coronado High School Sailor

Currently Assistant Sailing Coach, Jacksonville University

2014, 2015 & 2016 College Sailing Nationals (All-American Honors)

Junior sailing

2013 C420 US Sailing Youth Championship 5^th/32 (Helm)

2012 C420 US Sailing Youth Championship 2^nd/33 (Helm)

2012 C420 Midwinter Championship 1^st/85 (Helm)

2012 C420 Team Race Nationals 1^st/36 (Helm)

2011 C420 Orange Bowl Regatta 4^th/75 (Helm)

2011 C420 Buzzards Bay Regatta 1^st/140 (Helm)

2011 29er National Championship 3^rd/21 (Crew)

2010 Laser 4.7 Orange Bowl Regatta 5^th/32 (Helm)

2009 USODA Team Trials 5^th/211 (Helm)

420 Clinic Agenda

• Zoom Briefings/Discussions
  • “Sailboat Racing Metastrategy”
  • “Aligning sail trim, heel, and tiller angle with the driver’s intentions”
  • “Eight visual cues to identify and exploit for a good start”
  • “Starting game-theory”
  • “How do apparent wind shifts impact my sail Trim?”
  • “Laminar vs Turbulent Flow”
  • “Tuning for different conditions”
  • End Sunday with racing

Schedule

Thursday or Friday Zoom meeting (TBD)

Saturday, sailors arrive by 9:00 to Coronado YC, rigged by 10:00, and hit the water

Sunday, rigged by 10:00

Sailors will be done by 5:00 each day

Sign-up as a team and need to provide your own boat

Cost: $200 per team, space is limited please register by December 6th.

Due to COVID all sailors must always wear mask on and off the water, and we ask that parents drop off sailors in the mornings to keep group size down. 

Any questions please contact 

Jill C. Powell

Junior Director of Coronado Yacht Club

jroffice@coronadoyc.org

619-435-0522 office

619-994-1687 cell

The Coronado Yacht Club is adhering to the San Diego County Health Department emergency health orders and adapting as new addendums are issued to the health order. As the safety of our members and valued staff are of utmost importance, we want to assure we have proper protocols in place for safety as outlined in the most recent health orders. We will continue to make daily electronic announcements on club offerings and assure to share any new liberties and club usage allowed by the updated health orders.