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:
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.
