SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

FLEET RACING:

Sunday July 27:

Ahhh... summer on Long Island Sound. A beautiful SW breeze at 5 kts. Adverse current. Does it get any better? Yes.

11 boats raced. PRO Kevin Sheehan did a great job getting two D1 races in. He tried for a third but it wasn't to be.

Team 605 was fast, really fast. Of four marks (in two races) they were first at three. More importantly, they were first at the finish line in both races.

Team 619 with Lee Morrison, Susan Morrison, Don Vasta and Mark Sullivan (BTW, Mark was a crew training participant this year) finished second while team 506 with Scott MacLeod, Bruce McArthur and Harry Milne finished third.

In Race two, team 772 with Scott Harrison, Warren Costikyan, Adam Westerman and  Peter Bang (also a crew training participant) finished second while 506 ended out third once again.

It's no surprise team 605 won the day.

Team 605: Bob Monro, Janet Grapengeter, Michael Rudnick, Ian Monro and the birthday girl Francesca Monro

Second went to team 506 with six points while third was team 454 with Ed Sweeney, Leo Schlinkert, Alec Wiggin and Timothy Sweeney. They finished with eight points.

This ends the first series. Our overall winner for Series 1 is Peter Galloway and Paul Steinborn on Team Fast Forward. Second is TK and team 506, third is team 500 with Bill Jayson, Basil Lyden and Randy Tankoos.

Full results can be found here: http://www.fleet1.org/

SONAR REGATTAS:

The Marblehead NOOD was this past weekend. The Sonar class had 10 boats racing including two from Noroton... Rick Doerr and Andy Fisher.

Local sailor Dave Curtis won the event with 12 points (including one throw out) in 7 races. Second went to Rochester sailor and current world champion Eric Voss. Third was Skip Shumway, also from Rochester.

Rick finished fifth, Andy ended out ninth. Full Results: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eid=941&RaceClass=Sonar

Next comes the North American Championship on August 8-10 in beautiful Lunenburg Nova Scotia. It's a long drive but we hear it's worth it. There are currently 24 boats registered including 12 IFDS international crews.

The NOR can be downloaded here. Register at http://www.sonar.org/

Here is the remaining Sonar Class regatta schedule for 2014:

North American Championship, August 8-10, Lunenburg YC, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Atlantic Coast Championship, September 27-28, Noroton YC

FLEET 1 CALENDAR:

North American Championship: Lunenburg YC, Lunenburg Nova Scotia Aug. 8-10
Opti Championship: Nototon YC, August 10 (no fleet racing)
Fleet Barbecue: August 17 after racing
Labor Day Series: Sun-Mon, Aug 31-Sep 1
Kirby Cup: Noroton YC, Sat-Sun, Sep 13-14 (no fleet racing)
Atlantic Coast Championship: Noroton YC, September 27-28
Last day of racing: Sunday October 5