Winter/Spring Instructional
We had a great turnout for our first instructional night on the Ides of March. &nbsp;Approaching the Atlantic Highlands Yacht club for the meeting it seemed eerily strange that there were no boats in the Atlantic Highlands municipal harbor. &nbsp;It was a beautiful evening for a sail with temperature reaching into the 70's that day. &nbsp;I guess it's still officially winter, so about 25 people showed for an evening of rules and downwind sailing instruction inside the AHYC. &nbsp;The class was greeted with a 20 question True/False Quiz on the rules which was required if they wanted to visit the bar. &nbsp;We had a nice mix of new faces and some of the same old guard. &nbsp;After going over the quiz answers, Our Guest Expert, Mark Modderman was introduced as "The Master of all things Wind", because of his prowess with kiteboarding as well as sailing. &nbsp;That was the best I could come up with for an introduction. &nbsp;The focus of the session was on downwind sailing covering things like how to transition from upwind to downwind without capsizing and what to look for while trimming the spinnaker. &nbsp;Look for the next winter/spring instructional announcement for mid-April. &nbsp;Let me know if there is a certain topic you would like to cover. <br><br>FLEET RACING: &nbsp;The first fleet race is coming up fast, April 22. &nbsp;Mark and Roger will be the race Committee that day. &nbsp;Let me know what races you want to RC. &nbsp;Preferences are given out in order of last year's finish in the fleet standings, if you tell me your choice by the first race. &nbsp;Greg <br><br>