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 90ยบ 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.
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!
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
