Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, August 17, 2009

Sonar Fleet 1
Newsletter
August 17, 2009

Racing News:

The light summer breeze of Long Island Sound wasn’t enough to stop us yesterday. We got three races in thanks to PRO Luke Raymond and the rest of the RC.

With eight boats racing, winning the day was Rick Doerr and his crew (L to R above) Ellen Connery, Nick Connery, Rick and Bart Lund.

Top three finishers were:

1. Rick Doerr 3, 1, 4 = 8
2. Bob Monro 1, 6, 3 = 10
3. Gary Coventry 5, 4, 1 = 10

Hinman Masters:

The Hinman Masters team race, sailed in Sonars, took place this past weekend in Newport RI, hosted by the New York Yacht Club. Eight teams participated from around the country. They had 3 days of perfect sailing conditions and the NYYC race committee and on-the-water umpires were flawless in execution. Noroton YC managed a very respectable 4th place finish. The following are the results:



Sonar Worlds:

Our next Sonar Worlds meeting will be held on Monday, Aug. 31st at Noroton at 7:30PM. At the time of this meeting we’ll have just under a month before the Worlds start. So, please make every effort to attend and help identify and pin down any loose ends. We had a good meeting on August 3rd – a lot has been done in preparation for the Worlds and I believe we are in good shape. We have a great Race Committee and Judges lined up. SIs are being reviewed and will be posted in the next couple weeks. On-line registration will be up soon – we plan to test the system with the upcoming Sachem’s Head regatta. Guidelines for key areas have been created and reviewed. Based on initial inquiries we should easily hit our low end participation count of 40 boats. There are 20 ‘definitely’ and ‘likely’ boats from Noroton alone. The biggest outstanding items at this time are housing and finding volunteers to help on Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 29th and 30th.

Thanks,
Lee

Peter’s Corner:

OVERLAP OF RULES 18 AND 19

1. What rules, if any, does green break?
2. If there is contact between yellow and green, which boat breaks what rule(s)?
3. If there is contact between blue and green, which boat breaks what rule(s)?

This week’s events:

Sunday, 1:30p – Fleet Racing

Upcoming events:

Saturday August 29 – Sonar Seminar hosted by Peter Galloway and Brian Hayes (Time TBD but Plan for a full day)
Sunday 9/6 - Monday 9/7 - Labor Day Series. First gun at 13:30.
Saturday 9/12 - Sunday 9/13 - LIS Championships at Sachem’s Head YC.
Saturday 9/19 - Sunday 9/20 - Kirby Cup Team Race
Tuesday 9/29 - Sunday 10/4 - Sonar World Championships