Sunday June 19:
Okay, we're not moving to Newport... yet.
Finally a beautiful day for racing. A fleet of 13 sonars sailed out to the race course in an easterly with wind in the 11 mph range. Today was the Vice Commodore's race day so fleets of cruising boats, vipers and Ideal 18's enjoyed the perfect racing weather too.
Vice Commodore and PRO Tom Ross sent the Sonars on a D2 to start the day. Finding an advantage, right or left, was a tough call but team 506 managed to figure it out and made it around the 4 mile course in about 50 minutes. Nipping at their transom was Team 454 with Ed Sweeney, Art Collins, Patrick Collins and Alec Wiggin, who also had blazing fast speed. Third went to Team 605 with Bob Monro, Ian Monro, Janet Grapengeter, Michael Rudnick and Jane Collins.
Next was a D1 which was the right call as the wind dropped to about 8 mph for a good chunk of the race. Once again 506 got the gun giving them their second bullet for the day. But this time they were followed closely by team Jager with John Bainton, Gregg Delany and Ollie Schultz. Jager was in the hunt the entire race. Third in race 2 was team 500 with Bill Jayson, Randy Tankoos, Grant Tankoos and Andrea Kostanecki.
Final overall for the day...
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| Team 506: Scott MacLeod, Paul Barringer and TK |
1st - Team 506 with 2 points
2nd - Team 690 with 7 points (winning the tie breaker)
3rd - Team 605 also with 7 points.
Full results have been posted at http://www.fleet1.org/
Then it was back to the dock where we had to, I mean enjoyed spending the rest of Father's Day with our families.
Next up is fleet racing on June 26. Then, in just two weeks, we have our Fourth of July series on Sunday July 3rd and Monday July 4th.
CREW AVAILABLE:
A new feature we're trying. If you would like to crew, let us know by Monday morning and we'll include your name here:
For Sunday June 26
Andrew Passarelli 22, skill level: intermediate
DUES:
Pay your dues.
FLEET 1 CALENDAR:
***July 4th Series: Sunday July 3 and Monday July 4 (Commodore's Race Day)
Fleet barbecue: July 24 after racing
***Rear Commodore's Race Day: July 31
Canadian Nationals: Lunenburg YC, Lunenburg Nova Scotia Aug. 10-13 (Chester Race Week)
Fleet Barbecue: August 14 after racing
Labor Day Series: Sun-Mon, Sep 4-5
Kirby Cup: Noroton YC, Sat-Sun, Sep 12-13 (no fleet racing)
Sonar North American Championship: September 30 - October 2, Manhasset Bay YC, Port Washington, NY
***All races on flag officer's race days will count towards the trophy
*****Last day of racing: TBD. It could be the Labor Day Weekend Series. It could be later. We'll know soon. Because of the possibility of a shortened season, we will only have one full season series this year with trophies given out to the top five finishers.
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