Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, September 28, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton Yacht Club

Fleet Racing:

Our final fleet racing of the season was last Sunday. We had nine boats racing in Marblehead in the North Americans but still managed to get six boats on the line. 

Commodore Jayson was kind enough to submit the following recap:

A 16-20 knot easterly provided some big waves and a fun day of sailing no matter how you finished. Surfing downwind was great with just the right amount of drama to keep you on your toes. PRO Michael Rudnick ran a W1 and two W2 races leaving everyone pretty tired but happy to be on the water for the last Sunday of racing.

Team 500 had a new look and took all 3 races! The girls were awesome, fast sets and takedowns, trimming on the waves, surfing to the finish. (Commodore Lyden and Commodore Tankoos are now just writing checks and part of the shore crew for next year.)
Second for the day was Kirby and crew with the Sheehan/Sparkman boat in third.

Surrounding Commodore "I'll Sail With This Crew Any Day" Jayson are (l to r, top to bottom) Cathy Hoyt, Lauren Hokin, Gillian Jayson and Kate Lyden.

 Season and series standings are available here: http://www.fleet1.org/

Sonar North American Championships:

The North American Championships were held in Marblehead from Friday 9/24 - Sunday 9/26. A very competitive fleet of 33 boats completed 11 races over the three days, in conditions ranging from light winds and flat water to 20 kts with big steep waves on Sunday.

As mentioned, there were nine boats representing Noroton at the NA's. Local boat and Doyle sailmaker Jud Smith won the event but the next two finishers were from Noroton! Peter Galloway, with finishes of 2, 1, 1 on the last day came in second overall. Lee Morrison finished third, only three points behind Peter. I am also happy to report that, for a change, Lee WON a tie-breaker! This time over Dave Curtis. Overall, Noroton had four of the top eight finishers.

Here is a link to the final results:

http://www.easternyc.org/page/4617/5829

As a bonus, each boat had a Kattack GPS on board. If you are interested, you can check out the racing by going to the following site:

http://americanregatta.com/regattas/2010/Sonar/

Here are the skippers/sail numbers to help with what you are seeing:

Galloway     701

Morrison      619

Monro          605

Sinclair        360

Meleney      390

Harrison      772

Doerr           674

Shapiro        546

McArthur     418

Awards Night:

Club Awards Night will be Friday Oct 1 at 7pm. BYOB with appetizers courtesy of Kitty Brown. In addition to the Club Awards we will have a slide show from Club Cruise to Maine. Please RSVP on Website.

Calendar:

Friday-Saturday, 10/22-10/23 - Boat haul out day. Please have your boat out of the dry sail prior to this.

Tuesday, 10/26 - Dock's haul out day.

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, September 22, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton Yacht Club

Fleet Racing:

Last Sunday was another great day for racing. The forecast looked iffy but the wind held, a consistent 7 kts, allowing PRO Rick Doerr to get three D1 races in.

In the end, Ed Sweeney and crew (l to R below) Commodore Art Collins, Ed, Gunnar Edelstein with two guns and a 4 won fairly easily, beating Lee Morrison who finished second by winning a tie-breaker against Bob Monro.

The final results for the top three were:

Sweeney    4, 1, 1 = 6

Morrison   1, 6, 2 = 9

Monro       3, 3, 3 = 9

Next Sunday is our last fleet race of the season. Current standings for the second series can be found by going to http://www.fleet1.org/ 

Right now, our Guest of the Fleet, Steve Girling is leading the series with Lee Morrison in second and Ed Sweeney in third.

Sonar North American Championships:

The NA's, hosted by Eastern YC in Marblehead will take place this weekend. Racing will begin on Friday and continue through Sunday. There are currently nine teams going from Noroton: Morrison, McArthur, Harrison, Meleney, Doerr, Sinclair, Monro, Galloway and Shapiro. 

This year the class has hired a professional coach who will observe and record racing and provide a debrief to competitors as a group and individually after each days racing.

This should be fun.

Team Racing:

Noroton hosted the Kirby Cup team race on 9/11-9/12. Five teams participated, two from Noroton plus Marblehead, Seawanhaka and New York YC. 

In typical Long Island Sound fashion, we had everything from a race abandoned for lack of wind on Saturday to racing called for too much wind on Sunday. In the end, we completed two round robins. The Marblehead team, lead by Larry Ehrhardt (below right) displaying tremendous consistency and TR skill, won every race they sailed and took home the trophy.

Final results were as follows:

Marblehead 10 points

Noroton 1    6

NYYC         4

Seawanhaka  3.5

Noroton 2    1.5

Congratulations Marblehead!

Upcoming Calendar:

Friday Sept 24 - Sunday Sept 26 - Sonar North Americans, Marblehead

Sunday Sept 26 - Last day of fleet racing :(
Friday October 1 - Club Awards Night will be held on  Friday Oct 1 at 7pm. BYOB with appetizers courtesy of Kitty Brown. In addition to the Club Awards we will have a slide show from Club Cruise to Maine. Please RSVP on the NYC Website.

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, September 9, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton Yacht Club

Fleet Racing (aka The Scott Harrison Show):

Sunday August 29:

A beautiful LIS Sunday. With a light breeze out of the WSW, PRO Paul Norton was able to run three races. 

Scott Harrison, and his crew of (l to r below) Warren Costikyan, Scott, Johanna Giovanniello (what, no "u"!) and Adam Westerman, with finishes of 4, 1, 2, took the day beating Lee Morrison with finishes of 3, 3, 1 in a tie-breaker for first. Third went to our Guest of the Fleet Steve Girling who also won a tie-breaker over Ed Sweeney. 

Labor Day Series:

Day one of our Labor Day series was nothing short of awesome! PRO Jim Bishop started our first race, a D2, in 18 kts out of the west. After that, things settled down a little. The breeze continued out of the west but dropped to 12 kts for the next two races, also D2's. 

Day two was more of a struggle. After a postponement, PRO Tony Allott was able to get one D1 race off when the breeze hit 6 kts out of the south.

In the end, (cut and paste from 8/29) Scott Harrison, with finishes of 1, 6, 1, 7 beat Lee Morrison's 5, 1, 7, 2 in a tie-breaker for first place. Third went to Peter Galloway with a 6, 3, 5, 4. 

 

Scott's crew for the first day was Adam (as always) with Chris Zaleski and Marek Zaleski. For day 2, Scott had Warren Costikyan back on-board.

 

Two important notes: Due to Noroton's hosting of the Kirby Cup team race on September 11 - 12, there will be no fleet racing on 9/12.

Also, due to a light response, we will not have fleet racing on 10/3. With that, there are only two days of fleet racing left for the season, 9/19 and 9/26. 

Team Racing:

As mentioned, Noroton is hosting the Kirby Cup team race this weekend, 9/11-12. There are five teams registered. Two from Noroton plus Seawanhaka, New York YC, and a team from Marblehead, MA.

Preparations are well underway. The sonars, which have been generously donated by fleet 1 members have all been equalized and are ready to be launched Saturday morning, the Umpires and RC are set, Kitty has the food order – we’re in great shape.

Where we can use some help…

Saturday morning launching – starting at 7:30AM.  We have to put 13 boats in the water by the 8:30 competitors meeting.

Sunday afternoon hauling – starting around 4PM.  We need to get all the boats out of the water, put on their trailers and rinsed off.

Friday - we need 30 cases (24 bottles/case) of water picked up (Costco) and delivered to Volunteer (its high tide tomorrow at noon).  Lee will be picking up 10 cases today.  If you can help by picking up water for us, please let Lee know (leemail@optonline.net) how many cases you can comfortably handle – to coordinate, he will reply with our remaining balance.

Many hands make light work! 

Sonar North American's:

As most of you know, the North American's are taking place in Marblehead on 9/24-9/26. In addition to a great venue, dinners, parties...the usual licentiousness...This year the class has hired a professional coach who will observe and record racing and provide a debrief to competitors as a group and individually after each days racing.

There are currently nine teams going from Noroton...Doerr, Galloway, Harrison, Jayson, McArthur, Meleney, Monro, Morrison and Shapiro. Wish us luck.

Up coming Sonar Calendar: 

Saturday Sept 11 - Sunday Sept 12 - Kirby Cup team race

Sunday Sept 19 - Club racing.

Friday Sept 24 - Sunday Sept 26 - Sonar North Americans, Marblehead

Sunday Sept 26 - Last day of fleet racing :(
Friday October 1 - Fleet dinner and awards ceremony. Details to follow.

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, August 23, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton YC

Team Racing:

This past weekend Noroton won the Hinman Masters team race championship.  Along with our Grand Masters win two weeks ago, Noroton’s teams have now won 2 of the 3 big team race championships that have become the pinnacle of keel boat team racing in the United States.  Twelve teams competed in the Hinman this year.

In atypical Newport weather the event started with two days of light, and at times, calm winds followed by heavy wind and rain on the last day.  In this year’s championship, the winner was not determined until the last race of the final series.  In total 34 flights were sailed with each flight consisting of 3 races.

After the first round robin of racing - which was used to qualify the teams into Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets - Noroton was tied with Eastern YC.  Both clubs had won 10 of 11 qualifying races.  However, as Noroton beat Eastern in this first series we held the top spot in the Gold championship fleet.  The other teams in the Gold fleet were Larchmont with 8 points and Southern with 7.  These top four teams sailed two mini round robin series among themselves.  After the first set of championship races there was little movement in positions as both Eastern and Noroton each won 2 races and lost 1.  However, Noroton’s loss to Eastern in this series put Eastern on top by virtue of tie breaking rules.  So, it all came down to the final mini round robin series among the top four teams to determine the championship.

Adding to the excitement both Southern and Larchmont beat Noroton and Eastern in the first two races of the final round.  So, it now came down to the last race between Noroton and Eastern – winner takes all.  Noroton had a good start and held a 1-3-4 on the first reach.  The gusty winds allowed some movement going downwind but Noroton held its narrow lead at the start of the final leg.  Eastern worked hard to push our 3rd and 4th place boats back and succeeded in passing our 4th place boat.  But, with Noroton in first and an Eastern boat in last we were able to win the race and series by the narrowest of margins.  

Your Noroton Hinman Masters Championship team consisted of Paul Barringer, Britt Hall, Tom Kinney, Jim Linville, Lee and Susan Morrison, Kari Roberts, Kevin Sheehan, Steve and Melissa Shepstone, Don Vasta, and Karl Zeigler.

The Hinman Masters Team Race Championship is held annually by the New York Yacht Club at its Harbour Court facility in Newport RI.  In order to accommodate racing among the 12 competing teams we competed in both Sonars and J/22s.  In addition to the Gold fleet teams mentioned above, the New York Yacht Club, Annapolis YC, Boston YC, Royal Thames YC, Seawanhaka YC, Texas Corinthian YC, St Francis YC, and a combined team of Storm Trysail/Ida Lewis YC also competed.

Complete results can be found on the NYYC web site.  (http://www.nyyc.org/hinmanmastersaug)

Lee Morrison

Fleet Racing:

August 15, 2010

Ugh...why did I wait so long to write this. I can barely remember what happened yesterday. Let's see...I do remember our Guests of the Fleet (l to r below) Jeff Merz, Steve Girling and Jonathan Nye from Indian Harbor completely dominated racing that day.

With finishes of 1, 2, 1 they ended well ahead of Lee Morrison who finished second with a 5, 1, 3 and Ed Sweeney, third with a 2, 3, 5. 

And of course, many thanks to our PRO/sails rep/tactician Peter Galloway and his RC for getting in three great races.

August 22, 2010:

Racing yesterday was, in a word, awesome! Our first race began with cloudy skies and wind out of the SE at 12 kts. Our PRO Scott Harrison decided to send the fleet on a W2. In the end, Gary Coventry came out on top followed by Ed Sweeney and Steve Girling. Race two was also a W2 but by this point the wind was building to 20! Showing great consistency, Ed Sweeney made his adjustments and was able to win this race. Rick Doerr finished second and Steve Girling third. Our overall winner for the day was (l to r) Alec Wiggin, Bill Thomson, Ed Sweeney and Alan DeSantis.

Second place went to Rick Doerr with finishes of 4, 2 and third was Steve Girling with a 3, 3.

Up Coming Sonar Calendar:

Sunday Sept 5 - Monday Sept 6 - Labor Day Series

Saturday Sept 11 - Sunday Sept 12 - Kirby Cup team race

Friday Sept 24 - Sunday Sept 26 - Sonar North Americans, Marblehead

Sunday Oct 3 - Last day of fleet racing :(

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, August 11, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton, YC

Fleet Racing Sunday August 8:

EXTRA, EXTRA Late Edition Final

HELL FREEZES OVER!!!

Our first race of the day was the Rear Commodore's Race. Bobbing around during a postponement for lack of wind, there was a point we were not sure the race was going to happen. After a 45 minute delay, the breeze started to fill in....slightly. Our PRO and Rear Commodore, Randy Tankoos decided to give it a try when we began to see 5 knots out of the east so he sent us off on a W1.

Now for the really amazing part...

With a near perfect start, nearly flawless tactics and boat handling :-), the team of (left to right below) Joe Duwan, Yours Truly, and Geoff Durno won! They...we...I'm so confused...finished just ahead of the Monros with Julia at helm and a younger and much better looking Team 500 with Will Graves, Gillian Jayson and Cathy Hoyt.

As the first race was ending, we saw a big shift to the south with the wind picking up to 11-13! How great is that? Randy was able to get two more races in, a D1 and a W1. In the end, our overall winners were the Monro's with Julia and Ian (pictured below) and a little help from their crew of Bob and Fran. They won the day with finishes of 2, 3, 2. Second went to McArthur with a 1, 5, 3 while third went to Graves with 4, 2, 4.

Team Racing:

Last weekend a team from Noroton participated in the Grand Masters Invitational team race hosted by New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI and sailed in Sonars. Other teams included Southern YC, American YC, St. Francis YC and St. Pete's.

Our team consisted of:

Bill Jayson, Warren Costikyan and Basil Lyden
Ed Sweeney, Art Collins and Lee Morrison
Peter Wilson, Peter Galloway, Jim Linville and Carolyn Wilson

At the end of a weekend of racing which included completing three round-robins plus a championship round-robin, Noroton came out on top by winning 15 of 18 races over all!

Second place went to NYYC, 4 points behind Noroton. Third was American, 8 points back. Here are the complete results (click on to enlarge):

Peter Wilson's Rule's Quiz:

Here is the answer to last week's question. Please click on the image to enlarge it:

Up Coming Sonar Calendar:

Friday August 20-Sunday August 22 - Hinman Master's Team Race

Sunday September 5 - Lobster Bake (sign up online at Noroton.org)

Sunday September 5-Monday September 6 - Labor Day Series.

Saturday September 11-Sunday September 12 - Kirby Cup

Friday September 24-Sunday September 26 - Sonar North American's in Marblehead.

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, August 5, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1
Noroton YC

Fleet Racing, Sunday August 1:

Sunday was one of those days where it didn't matter how you finished. It was just great being out on the water. Good thing to because Scott Harrison, back from Marblehead, took up where he left off by winning two of three races and getting a second in the other race. He easily won the day, beating second place finisher Lee Morrison's 2, 1, 4. And third? Well frankly, third was so far back it is not worth mentioning. 

We had 12 boats on the line. The start of race 1 had a breeze out of the east at around 14 kts, then lightening to about 9-10 for the next two races. Add in some chop due to the adverse current, and you can really appreciate Scott's consistency. Of course, Scott doesn't do it alone. His crew of Warren Costikyan (left) and Adam Westerman (right) may have helped a little :)

PRO Kevin Sheehan and his RC did a great job running a D2, D1 and a W2 to finish us up. 


Peter Wilson's Rules Quiz:

Here's a new on from Peter...Click on the image to enlarge it.

Team Racing:


The Kirby Cup is five weeks away and we have already begun preparations. Fleets from Marblehead, NYYC, Seawanhaka, Rochester and Texas have all expressed an interest in attending. With a maximum of 6 teams allowed, it looks like we will "sell" this out.


Upcoming Sonar Calendar: 

Lots going on this weekend...

Friday August 6-Sunday August 8 -  New England Championships at Vineyard Haven YC

Saturday August 7-Sunday August 8 - YRA-LIS Championships

Saturday August 7-Sunday August 8 - Grand Master's Invitational Team Race

Sunday August 8 - Rear Commodore's Race

Also...

Friday August 20-Sunday August 22 - Hinman Master's Team Race

Sunday September 5 - Lobster Bake (sign up online at Noroton.org)

Sunday September 5-Monday September 6 - Labor Day Series.

Saturday September 11-Sunday September 12 - Kirby Cup

Friday September 24-Sunday September 26 - Sonar North American's in Marblehead.

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, July 29, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton Yacht Club

Fleet Racing Sunday July 25:

Even with the threat of afternoon thunder storms, we were able to get 12 boats on-the-line this past Sunday. With a very light breeze to take us out, we worried we might not make it to the course by the start of the race.

Our PRO for the day, Howard Vickery decided we should begin with a D1. 

At the start, the wind had picked up enough to make for a nice race. A bit of a lefty came through so most of the fleet tacked onto port at the start. About half-way up, with the fleet fairly split, the wind began to go right. Then it went further right, then still further right. By the time it was done, we had close to a 90º shift!

In the end the Raymonds, with Joshua at the helm, won the race. Second went to Lee Morrison and in third was Rick Doerr.

With Joshua, was (pictured l to r) Chip Raymond, Joshua and Jan Raymond. Also on board but not picture was Gavin Watson. 

After the first race, with a severe thunder storm on the radar, we decided to play it safe and ended racing for the day.

Fleet 1 series 1:

This race was also the final race of the first series. According to http://www.fleet1.org/our winner for the first series is Ed Sweeney with Lee Morrison in second and Peter Galloway in third.

Marblehead NOOD and ACC's:

Last weekend four of our fleet members, Peter Galloway, Scott Harrison, Bob Monro and Zach Shapiro hitched up their boats and drove to Marblehead to participate in the NOOD regatta which was also the Sonar Atlantic Coast Championships. Racing for the NOOD took place Friday-Sunday while only the races on Saturday and Sunday counted for the ACC's.

At the end of the day, with 25 boats competing, Peter Galloway finished 4th overall and 2nd for the ACC's. Scott Harrison finished 8th overall and 6th in the ACC's while Bob Monro ended 10th but 5th in the ACC's, winning a tie-breaker with Scott. Zach Shapiro finished 14th overall.

Fleet 1 Barbecue:

How do you barbecue lasagna? We'll find out this Sunday August 1 at 1730 hours!

As a point of clarification, and because I forgot who my audience is...i.e. ruthless, manipulative and hungry type A's willing to take advantage of any gesture of kindness, no matter how small :-)...the "free" dinner for fleet members will be limited to a max of 4 tickets per boat and are exclusive to the fleet member and their immediate family. Crew, other club members and guests are invited and will be charged $12 for adults and $6 for children under 10.

Team Racing:

Noroton will be participating in two team racing events in August. Both are taking place at New York YC in Newport. The first is the Grand Masters Invitational on August 7-8. Racing for NYC will be:
Bill Jayson, Warren Costikyan and Basil Lyden
Ed Sweeney, Art Collins and Le Morrison
Peter Wilson, Peter Galloway, Jim Linville and Carolyn Wilson

The second will be the Hinman Masters on August 20-22. For Noroton we have:
TK, Paul Barringer, Britt Hall and Kevin Sheehan
Lee Morrison, Susan Morrison, Don Vasta and Karl Ziegler
Steve Shepstone, Jim Linville, Kari Roberts and Melissa Shepstone

Our teams have been out practicing quite a bit the past couple of months so we have high hopes for a great showing. 

Finally, coming up on September 11-12, Noroton will be hosting the Kirby Cup team race. After successfully hosting this event last year, Fleet 1 and Noroton received approval from the Sonar Class Association to change the Kirby Cup Deed of Gift to allow us to run this event annually and become the Kirby Cup's home venue.

Upcoming Sonar Calendar:

Sunday August 1 - Let's Have a Barbecue! Hang out after racing for our first barbecue of the season.

Friday August 6-Sunday August 8 -  New England Championships at Vineyard Haven YC

Saturday August 7-Sunday August 8 - YRA-LIS Championships

Sunday August 8 - Rear Commodore's Race

 

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, July 22, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton Yacht Club

Sunday July 18:

Well it doesn't get much better than last Sunday. Winds 8-12 out of the west...well some of the time.  We were able to get in three races thanks to PRO John Geissinger and his RC.

The first race was the Vice Commodore's race. John sent us on a D-2 with 13 boats starting. Scott Harrison took up where he left off the week before by taking the gun in this race. He was followed closely by the Cranes with Bob Monro coming in third.

The rest of the day also belonged to Scott, finishing the next two races with a 2 and 1 giving him 4 points overall. Second place belonged to Ed Sweeney with finishes of 5, 1 and 3. Third was Bob Monro with a 3, 3 and 6.

Scott has been sailing really well the last two weeks taking 4 guns in 6 races! His crew for this week were (pictured top to bottom) Adam Westerman, Scott and Warren Costikyan.

Peter Wilson's Rules Quiz:

Here is Peter's answer to last week's question...

(Click on image to enlarge)

Sonar barbecue:

It has finally been scheduled. We will have our first "barbecue" on Sunday August 1, after racing. It is a barbecue in name only as the menu planned is lasagna, salad, Italian bread, ice tea and of course, beer. Any other beverages are BYO.

This will be free, that's right, you heard me, free for fleet members and their families. Non-fleet members will be $12 for adults and $6 for children under 10.

All are welcome.

July Sonar Events:

Fri-Sun July 23rd-25th - Marblehead NOOD and ACC's

Saturday July 24, 7p-11p - Summer Island Beach Bash. Member's sign up online.

Saturday July 31 - Mallory Cup Area A and B Eliminations
Sunday August 1 - Let's Have a Barbecue! Hang out after racing for our first barbecue of the season. 

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, July 13, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton YC Fleet Racing:

July 4th Series:

Somehow we managed to get five races in between Sunday and Monday, July 4th and 5th. Very light, shifty conditions made racing...fun. Still, we had 12 boats racing on Sunday and 15 boats on Monday.

Our first race on Sunday was the Commodore's Race. The winner for that race was Team 500 including Commodore Jayson, Commodore Lyden and Rear Commodore Tankoos. Funny how that worked. Led wire to wire. Second was Lee Morrison, third was Commodore Jim Linville.

Jim Linville was able to take the gun in race 2, finishing in first place with a combined 4 for day 1.

Day two of the series saw slightly more pressure but nothing to write in newsletters about. Jim Linville continued to dominate with finishes of 1, 2, 1, giving him a two day total, including one throw-out, of a 5. Jim was joined by Paul Steinborn (pictured at left) and Peter Galloway.

Second place for the series was Ed Sweeney, with 10 points. Third place was decided in a tie breaker between Bob Monro and Lee Morrison each with 14 points. Bob won the tie breaker with two second place finishes.

Many thanks to the race committees, PRO Art Collins on July 4 and PRO Warren Costikyan on July 5.

Sunday July 11:

The summer on LIS continued with light but better than expected conditions. PRO Bill Jayson and his race committee did a great job getting three races in. 

With 13 boats racing, Scott Harrison won the day with finishes of 1, 5, 1. Scott was joined by (pictured l to r below) Leo Schlinkert, Kelsey Harrison, Adam Westerman and Scott.

The top three for the day were:

Harrison   1, 5, 1 = 7

Galloway  2, 7, 3 = 12

Morrison  9, 2, 2 = 13

Sweeney   3, 4, 6 = 13

Peter Wilson's Rules Quiz:

                  Click on image to enlarge...

July Sonar Events:

Sat-Sun July 17th-18th - Sonar Invitational regatta, Falmouth YC, Falmouth MA

Sunday July 18th - Vice Commodore's Race. Harbor start 1230 hours.

Fri-Sun July 23rd-25th - Marblehead NOOD and ACC's

Saturday July 24, 7p-11p - Summer Island Beach Bash. Member's sign up online.

Saturday July 31 - Mallory Cup Area A and B Eliminations
Sunday August 1 - Let's Have a Barbecue! Hang out after racing for our first barbecue of the season. 

Sonar Fleet 1 Newsletter, June 28, 2010

Sonar Fleet 1

Noroton YC

Fleet Racing:

We had 11 boats out racing on Sunday, June 27th. Those out racing experienced a beautiful steady 10 knot breeze...IN THEIR DREAMS!  Actually we had a 4-5 knot breeze oscillating between 085 and 140! PRO Peter Wilson and his race committee had their "course change" hands full but managed to get off two nice races. Our winner for the day was the combo of Bill Crane and Olivia Crane who each took a turn at helm and both came out on top with two guns. The only difference between the two was that Bill Crane was WAY OCS in the first race. 

Joining the Cranes was Suzanne Burke, all pictured above.

Here are the top three finishes:

Crane/Crane     1, 1 = 2
Doerr                2, 3 = 5

Maguire            4, 5 = 9

Now for a special treat. We were able to enlist the talents of world renown videographer Christopher Milne to record the essence of Sonar Fleet 1 racing. What follows is the result of his many years developing his craft. You'll laugh, you'll cry but most of all, you'll be amazed. Hard to believe he's only 13.

Caption Contest:

This week's winner, from "Unknown" is:

Warren, I know J/24s have engines. Just keep paddling its getting hot back here.

Peter Wilson's Corner:

The answer to last week's question...

 

(Click on image above to enlarge)

July 4th Series:

Our July 4th series is this weekend on Sunday and Monday. Prizes will be awarded to the Sonar fleet at the end of racing on Monday. 

Dates: July 4, and July 5, 2010

Time: Harbor start at 1230 and first Warning signal at 1330

Series: Attempts will be made to complete at least six races.  In no event will a warning signal be made after 1600 either day. Completion of at least one race will constitute a series.

Scoring: The Low Point scoring system, rule A4 will apply, modified so that each boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores, with her worst score discarded if 5 or more races have been completed.

  
July Sonar Events:

Saturday July 3rd, 6:00p-10:00p - Blue Flames Party

Sunday July 4th - July 4th Series, day 1 of 2 and Commodore's Race (harbor start: 1230 hours)

Monday July 5th - July 4th Series day 2 of 2 (harbor start: 1230 hours) 

Sat-Sun July 17th-18th - Sonar Invitational regatta, Falmouth YC, Falmouth MA

Sunday July 18th - Vice Commodore's Race

Fri-Sun July 23rd-25th - Marblehead NOOD and ACC's