Get Better at Taking Your Turn

If it’s been awhile since you’ve taken your turn at the helm of the race deck for your club’s regatta, maybe 2009 could be a chance to change that. If it’s been so long that you’re afraid you might mess the whole thing up — or you just feel like you need a brush-up on the finer points of race management — there are a couple of great opportunities coming to town that’ll have you making better mark sets and general recalls in no time.

Not sailing the Three Bridge Fiasco? Then think about heading over to the San Francisco YC for a Basic Race Management seminar a week from tomorrow. If you can’t swing that, then consider taking the advanced course — taught by Tom Farquhar and Bill Gage at St. Francis YC February 28-March 1. Both are open to everyone, and you can sign up online.

"Most clubs rely 100% on volunteers to run their regattas," says St Francis YC Executive Race Publicity Chair Susan Ruhne. "Even the clubs with a professional race manager still rely on volunteers to actually be able to run the events. Racers  running races understand what the competitors want!"