Sunday September 7:
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| Photo: Mark Sullivan |
A shifty, puffy, northerly offered the nine boats that went out racing the toughest conditions of the season. Tough for competitors and tough for the RC. Still, PRO Steve Shepstone ran three races, two W2s and a W1 1/2.
Actually, we're told that what was happening was two separate breezes were competing for the same space. This meant, for the most part, if you went right, you'd sail into a righty. If you went left, you'd sail into a lefty. If you played the middle, you struggled.
Scott Harrison (happy birthday, Scott) and team 772 tacked onto port at the start of all three races and went right. Apparently that was the thing to do as Scott finished the day with only 4 points, taking second in the first race and winning races 2 and 3.
Fast Forward doubled 772's points with scores of 1, 3 and 4 and still finished second overall. Third went to team 506 who finished with 13 points by virtue of finished of 6, 4 and 3.
Scott's take on the day:
Tricky has been the word for this summer. Team Shepstone did a great job getting 3 races off in an up and down northerly.
We got readings from 340-30 degrees with substantial changes in velocity. Changing gears and finding the lifted tack were our primary mission.
We started 2/3’s to the favored pin side and tacked on to port in all 3 races to avoid the pin pile up as the fleet compressed with the adverse tide on the left side of the line. We found pressure on the right at the bottom of the race course and equal pressure at the top. 3 times we sailed off the race course given the severity of the shifts, and playing the edges was dangerous.
Down wind was about pointing the bow to the leeward mark and staying in pressure.. Sailing into a hole was death, as in the first race, when Galloway, Monro and Harrison stopped dead at the finish line and drifted across with the tide.
Given the lack of wind over Labor Day, we were happy to get 3 races completed.
Click the link for full results (be sure to select "Series 2"): http://www.fleet1.org/
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| Team 772: Adam Westerman, Scott Harrison and Warren Costikyan |
No fleet racing on Sunday, September 14 as the club is hosting the Kirby Cup team race next weekend.
Six clubs will be joining Noroton for two days of racing... Boston, New York, Rochester, American, Seawanhaka and Vineyard Haven.
For those owners who have volunteered use of their boats, please make sure you take everything off your boat as soon as possible. Take your sails, sheets, spin pole and any personal equipment like life jackets. There are bins in the junior sailing room with your names on them for storage. Leave only required equipment (bucket, paddle, etc).
ACC REGATTA:
The Atlantic Coast Championship regatta is coming up in three weeks, September 27-28. Online registration is open at http://www.sonar.org/.
Click the link for the NOR: http://tinyurl.com/qfaobb9
We've lowered the registration fee to $195. That includes chili dinner on Friday (for those launching), Saturday and Sunday continental breakfast, snacks and beer after racing and Saturday evening dinner for four. Where else can you get that kind of deal?
To have the best regatta we can, it is critical that fleet 1 boats register early. Our goal is to get 30 boats out on the water. That will only happen with your support. As we all know, the more boats that are registered, the more boats that are willing to travel.
Here is the remaining Sonar Class regatta schedule for 2014:
Atlantic Coast Championship, September 27-28, Noroton YC
FLEET 1 CALENDAR:
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
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