SUNDAY OCTOBER 6
It's a shame so many fleet 1 boats can't make it out this time of year. We had five boats go out on Sunday. They collectively had the time of their lives. It was soooo much fun.
The wind was out of the east at 15-20. Here's Norwalk light's (Peck's Ledge) numbers:
Props to PRO Scott Harrison and his RC for getting three races in, a D2 and two W2's
Lee Morrison and team 619... Chris Shapiro, Susan Morrison and Tim Sickinger were pretty much unstoppable. They took the gun in all three races,
Second went to Bruce Kirby and team 633... Britt Hall, Howard Seymour and Bob Lawrence who finished second on all three races.
Third, winning a tie-breaker, went to Bob Monro and team 605, Francesca, Ian, Michael Rudnick and Janet Grapengeter who beat Team Vespa with Ed Infurna, Ed's sister Julie (who set and jibed the pole despite being on the boat for the first time), Bruce McArthur and Andy Ross.
Also out racing was Team 726 with Michael Aingorn, Sara Rakov and Paul Steinborn. Yes, you read that right. They went out in 15-20 with just three.
Full results here: http://www.fleet1.org/
That was the good news. Now the really fun part...
Team 619 won one race even after rounding up at one point (good job by Bruce Kirby, who was hot on Lee's heels, in avoiding him).
Team 605 decided to try their luck fishing with their spinnaker in race one. It turned out to be slow. Plus, we don't think they caught anything.
Team 726 apparently thought putting large vent holes in their spinnaker might help their downwind speed... they were wrong.
Team Vespa, who keeps their spin pole on the boom, decided to see what would happen at the leeward mark if they put the shrouds BETWEEN the pole and the boom. Also very slow.
Other than that, with three races including 10 mark roundings, six spinnaker sets and great surfing waves in 15-20, it was pretty much ho-hum.
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| Chris, Susan, Lee and Tim with the coveted first place... oh wait, those aren't the glasses. |
Only one more chance to sail. Then it's months and months and months before we do it again.
MONDAY OCTOBER 7
We had a little weather come through. Here's a short video...
NOTES:
Boat haul-out begins Thursday October 17. For those of you who are storing your Sonars at Noroton and are having Ed Morgan wrap them up, the sooner you get your boat ready, the better. Don't make Ed wait until crunch time just before haul-out.
TIME TO START PLANNING...
The 2014 North Americans will be held in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on August 8-10. This date and location was chosen because it is the week before the IFDS Worlds in Halifax and immediately before the start of Chester Race Week, one of the biggest, best and most fun regattas in North America.
The OA of Chester Race Week plan to give the Sonars a start if anyone was interested in making a vacation out of the trip and hanging out to do some more racing.
Noroton will be hosting the 2014 ACC's on October 4-5.
CALENDAR:
Last day of fleet racing: Sunday, October 13
Celebration of the Season Party: Sunday October 20, 1600 hours
