NOROTON YC
Fleet Racing:
The season is off to a great start. On Sunday June 5th, we had 12 boats racing plus another four boats competing in the LIS Championships at Manhasset Bay.
Here at home, our fleet enjoyed three races run by PRO Greg Stevens and his RC. In the end, Ed Sweeney and crew Leo Schlinkert (pictured below), Art Collins and Bill Thomson won the day with a total of 7 points.
Next was Cathy Hoyt, keeping the tradition of great boat speed alive and well in Spitfire, followed by Lee Morrison who actually WON a tie breaker over Bob Monro.
Sunday June 12 turned into another great sailing day. Forecasts for rain and no wind turned out to be wrong (Can you believe it?). We had 11 boats on the line on a day with 7-8 kts out of the SE. PRO KC Hart ran two D2s with legs about a mile long, giving everyone ample opportunity to go the wrong way (when will I learn?). Apparently, Scott Harrison has no directional issues, winning the day with 4 points. Scott was joined by Adam Westerman (pictured with Scott), as well as Kelsey Harrison and Nathan Gleason.
Coming in second was Peter Galloway, who won a tie breaker with third place finisher Ed Sweeney.
Complete results are posted on http://www.fleet1.org/
LIS Championships:
Four Noroton boats participated in the LIS Championships hosted by Manhasset Bay YC and the USMMA. Six races were completed, three each day, on June 4-5.
Day one started with a postponement due to lack of wind. When the breeze finally fill in we saw up to 15 kts and 40ยบ shifts, making life miserable for the RC. Sunday was a little easier with a fairly consistent 6 kts.
For the regatta, Rick Dominique of the USMMA finished first, followed by Spencer Powers from Marblehead, and Noroton's own Alex Meleney in third.
Other Noroton Participants were Paul Steinborn (5th), Scott Harrison (6th) and yours truly (11th)
Full results can be found here:
http://www.manhassetbayyc.org/Files/SonarLISchamps2011_Sonar_Overall.htm
Upcoming schedule:
Sunday fleet racing: every week
July 4th Series: Sunday July 3, Monday July 4. Harbor start is 12:30 each day. Commodore's race will be the first race on Sunday
Sunday July 17: The Vice Commodore's race will be the first race of the day
Friday July 29-Sunday July 31: Marblehead NOOD
Important Links:
New SCA newsletter: http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/
Fleet 1 results: http://www.fleet1.org/
SCA Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/sonarclass
SCA Twitter page: http://twitter.com/#!/SonarClass
Go fast:
The traditional way...
The sailing way...
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