Sonar Fleet 1
Noroton YC
A group of real winners!
(l to r) TK, Randy Tankoos,
Ed Sweeney, Susan Morrison,
Lee Morrison, Peggy Hersam
and Commodore Jayson
Racing News:
We were able to get six races in over the Labor Day weekend. Sunday was the best day of the year with a fairly consistent 14 knot ESE (110º-120º) breeze. The chop that generally comes with an easterly did not disappoint either.
After three races on day one, with 15 boats on the line, we had a tie for first between the Cranes and Team 500 comprised of Bill Jayson, Randy Tankoos, Kathy Hoyt and Ned Jones. In third was Lee Morrison, just three points behind.
Labor Day racing was a slightly different animal with the east wind down to about 5 knots. But we still had some chop so there’s that!
Winning the day was Lee Morrison with 7 points in three races.. His crew consisted of wife Susan, Don Vasta and Marya Schmidt. Second was Colin Gordon with crew TK (aka Tom Kinney), Mike Huang and Duke Young sailing Sonar #384. Third was Rick Doerr with 11 points.
The overall for the two days, including one drop-out looks like this:
Gordon (OCS) 1 3 5 1 3 = 13
Morrison 3 (5) 5 4 2 1 = 15
Jayson 2 6 2 (7) 4 5 = 19
Sweeney 1 (10) 7 6 6 2 = 22
We have lots of great pictures from Sunday thanks to PRO Peter Galloway! The pictures can be viewed by going to:
http://gallery.me.com/petergalloway/100052
I would also like to thank our PRO for Monday, Michael Rudnick and his great RC!
Kirby Cup:
The Kirby Cup team race, hosted by Noroton YC is less than two weeks away. Sailed in Sonars, teams represented are Noroton YC Fleet 1, Marblehead, MA Fleet 14, Texas Corinthian YC Fleet 13, New York YC Fleet 15, Vineyard Haven YC Fleet 28 and Seawanhaka YC Fleet 24.
We are still seeking used 2003-2007 North mains and jibs to be used in Kirby Cup racing. If you have sails you would like to loan us, please put them in the upper living room preferably before next Monday evening. Jibs should be labeled with the sail number on the tack (so, we know who they belong to).
Spectators are welcome to come out to watch the racing from Volunteer which will be on station in the vicinity of the race course. If you are not familiar with team racing, you should come and check it out. The races are short with lots of action so there is very little down time!
LIS Championships:
The LIS Championships, are this coming weekend, 9/12-9/13 at Sachem’s Head YC in Gilford, CT. This is a great opportunity, and maybe the last, to get some really great competitive racing in before the Worlds.
On-line registration is available for this regatta. Just go to the Members Only section of www.sonar.org, then Regattas -> Event Registration to register.
Sonar Seminar:
We had a great turn-out for the Sonar seminar last Saturday. Many thanks to Peter Galloway and Brian Hayes for taking the time to share their thoughts on everything from rigging to sail trim to race course management.
We would also like to thank Ched Proctor for his assistance during the on-the-water portion of the seminar.
Peter’s Corner: Rule’s questions and answers from Senior Judge Peter Wilson.
Answers to last week’s questions:
Click on image to enlargeAnswer: There is no clear answer because the definition Obstruction makes yellow an obstruction for both blue and green not only when they are both behind her, but also when they overlap her. ‘A boat racing is not an obstruction to other boats unless they are required to keep clear of her, or give her room or mark-room…’
Blue claims that green did not give her room to keep clear of yellow once green chose to go below yellow, and therefore broke rule 19, which exonerates blue from breaking 18.2(b) with respect to yellow.
Green, however, claims that blue could have easily seen that she (blue) would not be able to go between yellow and green and still give mark-room to both of them, so she (blue) was not compelled to break rule 18.2(b). Green also says she broke no rule as she was entitled to mark-room from blue and was simply taking the room to which she was entitled.
It is likely that the definition of obstruction will be changed for 2010.
This week’s question:
Click on image to enlargeThis week’s events:
Saturday 9/12 - Sunday 9/13 - LIS Championships at Sachem’s Head YC.
Sunday, 1:30p – Fleet racing
Upcoming events:
Saturday 9/19 - Sunday 9/20 - Kirby Cup Team Race
Tuesday 9/29 - Sunday 10/4 - Sonar World Championships
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